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| Dean Reinke Deans' Stroke Musing |
These come to you via the StrokeNation on youTube channel. I like the fact that they have 14 exercises using a cane, and 3 with a Hula hoop. But you know the drill, nothing on your own unless your doctor/therapist approves. You know how dangerous that cane is - it might turn into a snake(1)(2) or a sword cane(3) or gun(3) or self-defense(4)(5).
-- Deans' Stroke Musing
1. God ordered Musa to throw his cane onto the ground. As a sign to Musa from God the cane was transformed into a snake. Musa became scared, but God ordered Musa to pick it up, as it would change back to its original form.
2. And Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. But Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers; so the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments (Exodus 7:10-11).
The magicians of Egypt in modern times have long been celebrated adepts in charming serpents; and particularly by pressing the nape of the neck they throw them into a kind of catalepsy, which renders them stiff and immoveable, thus seeming to change them into a rod. They conceal the serpent about their person, and by acts of legerdemain produce it from their dress, stiff and straight as a rod. Just the same trick was played off by their ancient predecessors.... [A]nd so it appears they succeeded by their “enchantments” in practicing an illusion on the senses (2002, 1:295, Exodus 7:11-14).
3. The best known such hybrid weapon is the sword cane, still made and used for personal defence. Rifle canes were impractical in the days of matchlock ignition, but with the invention of mechanical locks, it was possible to design one that worked. There surely are a few wheel-lock examples in museums, and rifle canes were made on a custom basis in the flintlock era. The invention of the percussion cap and a more easily concealed firing mechanism made rifle canes really practical weapons.
4. Cane as a Weapon is a book by Andrew Chase Cunningham presenting a concise system of self defense making use of a walking stick or umbrella.
5. Cane Fighting: what cane to buy for self defence with a cane Boomers are getting older but though most feel very in-control of their lives, some have just a wee bit of edginess about self defence. Therefore many are very interested in cane fighting and self defence with a cane. I have been teaching self defence with the cane to seniors and women for over 12 years and one of the most common questions I have been asked is, “What is the best cane to buy for self defence?”
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