Stick Self Defense Techniques- Short Stick Strikes

[@TheGreatest1974]

I just made myself a debarked blackthorn baton 14” long Matt. Smoothed it out and oiled. Lovely. 👍🇬🇧

[@pasquinilli]

Sounds awesome!

[@beardedbiker333]

Very very versatile self-defense weapon right there.

[@jks5023]

Another update here,I made a DIY striking bag using a cardboard box fortified with duct tape cushion flooring and stuffed with couch cushions.

[@don.richard8823]

Thank you for sharing self defense lessen 🦾🇺🇸 and you motivated me back to doing nunchucks again! ☯️

[@barryhowell3673]

I got a cool hickory tire knocker that is hickory with a bolt in the end. It is the perfect Tanbo size. It was only 10$.

[@dymipies]

Mr. Pasquinilli, greetings from Poland :) And thank You very much for all knowledge You share with people all over the world.

[@DrR.F.FranckVARGAPhD-k7t]

Respectfully thanks for your advice. -Franck

[@jimtalor9537]

I've been watching you for a while now and you're videos are great workout for me ... And I've also learned to be aware of my surroundings. Can't thank you enough. Btw I'm 65.

[@misterx8585]

The Bo is my favorite, but it's fun to learn how to fight with all kinds of sticks.

[@martialartsfitness1]

In my view, learning how to fight with a basic stick will allow you to transition into knife and cane as well as other martial arts weapons. Thank you for your videos.

[@billyjohnson2495]

If you want to make a descent bag to practice on, go to an army surplus and buy an old laundry bag and fill it with old rags or clothes.

[@paulie75647]

Have been working with a 12 inch red oak stick. It does make me work a bit closer than a 18 inch stick would, but it is easier for me to carry or conceal and it's harder for someone to grab the other end of my stick.

[@todd5792]

I think you are awesome with information

[@pasquinilli]

Thanks Todd!

[@rickhosmer5370]

Hey Matt! I’m so glad to have found your channel. You are a very talented, natural teacher, and I appreciate your viewpoint and insight. Keep it up!

[@VTPSTTU]

Thanks for the video! I put another 36 inch dowel rod in the mineral oil a day or two ago. I'll probably leave it for two or three weeks. At this point, I'm barely doing the swinging clubs or the staff stuff. I'm taking my walk every day, but my second exertion of the day is moving snow. With so much wind and drifting here, simply throwing the snow a few feet is pointless. I also think that throwing the snow is more likely to hurt my back. I have a nice shovel, and I tend to load it up with about twenty to thirty pounds of snow and carry the snow about ten or twenty yards to dump it. I can do that for about twenty minutes at a time. Sometimes, I don't last that long. Sometimes, I last a little longer. If that doesn't get all the snow moved, I have to rest for several hours before trying again. I hope that I'll get a little relief at some point and can do more of this training. I do most of my striking practice using the cane. That's the tool that I'm most likely to have available if anything ever happens. I do more spinning with a bo because the heavier weight is better exercise and spinning a bo just seems more fun than spinning a cane. I do about as much swinging club work as I do staff and cane stuff. When I'm doing the staff and cane stuff, I also throw punches and elbows. I haven't practiced much with anything shorter. I did pick up a hammer the other night and practiced some of these moves. What do you think of putting a rake handle between two sawhorses, lying out horizontally (face up) with feet on the floor (specifically heels), and doing a kind of partial-weight pullup?

[@roberthertel5565]

Use something stronger than a rake handle, just to be safe

[@brucebrookshaw3401]

I am so inspired to learn from u and the mind-set and techniques you show us. I ordered the tanbo stick on line too. Now i have a new focus heading into 2024. Thanks so much Matt.

[@Luxury_vagabond]

Master.

[@MarshOakDojoTimPruitt]

thanks Matt

[@grbeck-uk5433]

Brilliant 👍

[@z3160200]

Hi Matt, really like these videos. I made a slight variation on the stick. The first stick I made is oak, its about 40cm (about 15.5 inches) and 1.25 inches in diameter. I have both soaked it in linseed oil and weighted the end with lead. The short stick I have made is about 19 ounces and feels solid. The other stick, I bought from Aliexpress is a "mini baseball bat", but it is thr exact same shape and size as an old school police baton. After soaking that too in linseed oil, it feels much heavier and stronger. I have been using your video as a daily 20 minute training session.

[@ernestopalomar6751]

Good evening🤠

[@dougboal7620]

Thanks!

[@pasquinilli]

Thanks Doug!!!

[@kirkcavenaugh758]

Good vid

[@silentwalk1768]

Thanks Matt practise makes perfect cheere

[@therominator8709]

I love the jo staff but i feel like it makes me look like I'm just looking for trouble. I'm planning to have the tanbo in my bag so I can protect my students. So I'm definitely taking in all the advice on training

[@yintaichi]

Thanks Matt. I'm almost sure I've seen vintage Japanese pics that showed short sticks with small iron rings at the ends for even more of a work out, then .. in the usual way , when you take the rings Off , Look out ! Also , having made many yawara - bo ( a short stick for controlling horses ) and others, , I always like to put a thong at one end . Can be slipped over the wrist or better yet, have a bead on the end to flick into the attacker's face. With the yawara , the thong goes around the back of the hand and loops over the free end for a no - hold hold.

[@alexblue6991]

In Britain the laws have changed so much the police don't bother about shoplifters anymore it's left to the shopkeeper to protect their shop and if you're home gets broken into they don't even turn up now rapist don't get sent to prison anymore the prison are full and if a woman gets her drink spiked they tell her don't bother reporting it Alec from Scotland

[@dougboal7620]

Hi Matt, how you doing? Darn i just caught the tail tail end of class. But i am getting closer. I have been working on my wrist flexibility by relaxing them in the bathroom sink with warm water, not hot, and then rotating them forward and rearward with my tanbo before my workouts. I have heard you say that you now use Butchblock to soak the sticks. Is that correct? I want to purchase some. I have been praticing with the 18" police baton techniques, on the heavy bag with the tanbos, and i want to reoil them. I have also adapted permanently to the 1.25" instead of the 1", and they are so close to the same power, of the poly short baton. Have a good day. Doug.

[@ahammad786]

Nice

[@kirkcavenaugh758]

Let's gooo

[@gavinelliot3564]

Keep the left up/99 hits a minute. hard and fast/your shits in the dirt.T800Aust

[@therominator8709]

Quick question Matt, someone said linseed oil is better than butcher block oil. They also said it's a good idea to put the stick in your oven on like 200 for about an hour before oiling it (I think) and that it's still going to be really slippery so I should add a grip. Can you comment on this. If I'm using a short stick then I want to get this right

[@TTR_Winker]

How long should you let the tambo be in oil?

[@davidlavi55]

Matt - if you sell these Tanbo sticks directly, please put a link up. The ones you posted don’t seem to work. Thank you!

[@tobiasmuller6232]

What's a tambo?

[@tbluemel]

In what kind of oil did you soak your stick?

[@pasquinilli]

Butcher block oil

[@tbluemel]

​@@pasquinilli Thank you!

[@therominator8709]

Bought the materials. Just need to sand and oil

[@ilqarkarimli7943]

You all talk about self-defense from an ordinary person. But an ordinary person will not fight. Usually a fight is started by people with boxing, wrestling, karate skills...