Raising Cane: The Unexpected Martial Art

by Octavio Ramos Jr.

When you think of a cane, do you think of an elderly person walking down the street, using the "stick" as a crutch? When author Octavio Ramos Jr. sees a cane, he sees a hard-hitting self-defense weapon with a crook and horn capable of incapacitating any opponent within a matter of seconds. This book teaches the art of one of the most unexpected self-defense tools ever created. Carried anywhere--into almost any situation--the cane rarely attracts undue attention...until you need it to.

Genres: Martial Arts

176 pages, Paperback

First published November 28, 2006

Reviews

[richard.bjorklundgmail.com · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unexpected and practical

Unexpected and practical as well. There are few, if any, martial weapons that may be as easily taken everywhere. Recommended.

[HillbillyMystic · Rating 5 out of 5]

I teach my kids advanced martial arts. We’re currently working on the bow staff, sai and rule number three: Anything Can Be a Weapon. They also know I've been teaching advanced martial arts to my siblings since the year of our Lord 19 and 84. Matter of fact my brother still owes me 1.25 USD for one of his ninjitsu lessons. So we were planting some heirloom raspberry bushes the other day when I found a robin who needed to be put down. She was just suffering, staring at me, twitching, yet unable to move for what might could have been days. That's why my hounds were obsessed with this region just outside their grasp. So I had a Forestry tool and demonstrated a standard overhead four point front strike to them, not unlike the overhead strike versus one attacker from page 23 of this piece that is more like a cook book or Bible than read and set down novel. My kids never know what to believe from my Big Fish tales that melt seemlessly into MENSA level dad jokes. They usually believe the truth is a lie and soak up the magical fiction like I was L Ron Hubbard giving a speech in downtown Clearwater. It was pure, dumb luck (having only made it to yellah belt in any art) when I made the the perfect strike and the blade cut a slice like I was Beatrix Kiddo fighting a Crazy 88. I was as shocked as they were but kept my composure all the same. Unfortunately now my kids F-ing halfway believe I know what I’m talking about. And that's not even the tallest tale I told this week. My cowgirl asked me if I was a "godder." She described this term thusly, "You know someone who believes Jesus was real." It's funny this sounds ridiculous to her yet she has generations of stories, and creation myths about the tooth fairy? She has pretend animals, fairies, goblins and orcs in the wafer thin "forest" behind our house. So I told her my belief in the Maker all depended on what book I was reading at the time. Then I told her she was hypnotized the night before while falling asleep listening to a hypnotist on youtube but I never fell prey because I am not suggestible (I am). So I told her I knew the secret word at the end that would make her fall asleep anytime, anywhere. I told her the word that could wake her first, which was Aztec. I finally allowed I'd say the word however when I did it was I who immediately fell into a deep sleep. Twice she said Aztec but still could not remember the more complicated phrased word, but kept begging to hear it one more time and promised not to misuse it or ever tell anyone else. I told her there was no way I was going to tell her again because I'd wake up 20 years later and she'd have taken over the world with some kind of horse cult or something. So as the week fades into the black muddy river my kids believe I know advanced martial arts and that a word exists that will put me to sleep at will. That's what I call a strong week soldiers.

[Timothy Lee Toles · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is good guide for people who have to use a cane.

I was diagnosed with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) 10 years ago this May of 2021. I was a Kenpo Karate Instructor, 1st. Brown, training for my Black Belt when I was diagnosed, along with a stroke partially paralyzing my right side. Wanted to continue training but didn't know how until this book. The rest is history in the making...

[Gary O'Brien · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some good info here. It is very basic just as the author says. Great for those of us with no knowledge of the subject.