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Stick fighting belongs to traditional martial arts. Sticks are often carried around as hiking stick or walking sticks. Also the cane in the city was a tool for self defense in the streets as defense de la rue or Bartitsu told us about historical European martial arts aka HEMA. But there are other fighting arts from peasants or workers. For example the famous Ziegenhainer made out of cornel or the similar bastone genovese (Italian stickfighting) I train with. The Makila from the Basque country, a special French batôn is made of medlar. Elias Flatcher offered them to me, if I have a look and gave him feedback. Thank you very much! We also will have a look at a cane with a crook out of hickory which is the walking stick of choice from Col. Monstery, a famous soldier of fortune and fencing master of New York city! We take this hardwood and gave it a go in very hard sparring to test them and feel them. So if your FMA, Arnis or Eskrima background tells you to use your fighting art with canes, you may know which one to choose. Same thing is true for la canne and other martial arts using sticks or even canes. My Hickory cane About the Makila:
