Underappreciated historical weapons: THE STICK!!

[@TheMuckrakers1900]

Dude you are 100% correct when you proclaimed that a visible weapon wards off would-be assailants. I've worked with a number of ex felons in my life, one used to be a mugger. Even though he robbed people with a pistol he looked for people who felt like the least amount of trouble. People who had visible expensive items, who didn't have good situational awareness, baggy clothes, looked weak etc. The second they looked like they were trouble he didn't bother and yes that included people with canes. So I bought myself a cold steel axe head cane, I don't wear headphones, and I wear a leather jacket that makes my arms look thicker than they are. Since making those changes in my early 20's I haven't been jumped in a decade. I can't say for sure that it's my appearance doing the entire job but I think it helps. I'll take anything that helps even a bit since I live in Baltimore, America's third most violent city (but I promise we're trying to be better lol)

[@TheMuckrakers1900]

Clarification I just realized I need to make. I have had the cold steel cane only for a year, but I've been carrying one kind of cane or another for about a decade.

[@BBCTopgearfan]

Midwestern here. Been to your city once it was lovely. But you guys aren't lying when you say it's bloody violent. I was only 19 and in the 16 hours we spent there I had 3 attempted muggers, thankfully I was able to grab a local chicken and propel it into the strike zone causing the whole city to attack once and two spontaneous flocks of feral chickens to descend on the hapless would-be criminals. In all seriousness, it was one attempted mugging and he had a small knife. I pulled my bigger "farm kid sized knife" and he left quite quickly I might add. But that is the story of the only time I've ever had an attempted mugging.

[@Nein1ron]

Cold steel blackthorn walking stick (shillelagh) is a monster. Nigh-unbreakable, and good weight , length, and width.

[@tash5186]

Concealed weapons are good for the attacker, not the defender

[@sharpshooter488]

Or u can just open carry...

[@wolfknight6061]

“Sticks aren’t swords” I felt a great disturbance in the force as if millions of kids cried out in disappointment

[@Faruq-xn4gj]

Are you saying The Stick I found in the wood is not a Holy Weapon?!

[@RemingtinArms]

Well sticks aren't, but the tube from the wrapping paper is

[@ИльяУшаков-о7о]

Why so? Swords are just the sticks made from the iron. Every weapon is the stick! Al hail the mighty stick!

[@thoughtprism2963]

Well, not if your name is Shang Bu Huan.

[@gunslinger2566]

A sword is just a small stick with a long blade.

[@TaurusTheCrazyBull]

Nunchucks: ''Are you actually saying i am worse than-'' Shad: ''Whatever you are about to say, yes, 100% of the time yes''

[@AxxLAfriku]

AAAAAAHHHHH!!!! PAAAAAIIIINNNN!!!!!! I broke my hand yesterday because of the hate comments I get all the time. I was so angry that I punched a hole in my computer. Please don't hate me, dear tau

[@xXnoscopeheadshots]

Well I know who isn't going to be getting his grain threshed anytime soon.

[@gormauslander]

@@xXnoscopeheadshots you know you can thresh grain with a regular stick, right?

[@xXnoscopeheadshots]

@@gormauslander Damn it, just let the nunchucks have this, they don't have much else going for them

[@Vlad_Tepes_III]

@@xXnoscopeheadshots They can't have this. Nunchucks cannot thresh grain, I've tried. The shaft needs to be at least twice as long as the head (hehehe).

[@hanshorstjoachim9498]

Shad is talking about not having to conceal the stick, but in the same time uses the stick to conceal the fact that he is carrying a pommel.

[@Devin_Stromgren]

Best comment. You win the internet sir.

[@mrbank3453]

Why doesnt this have more likes

[@oldscratch426]

Classic sleight of hands

[@jakubslavik5595]

Let's carry him to the top pals!

[@myknife_life]

Because you can end them rightly with a stick without using the pommel 😉

[@keats7096]

If he makes a video comparing sticks vs. rocks, it should be called "Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Which Will Break Them More"

[@mercwiththemouthsnewphone6798]

PLEASE

[@shadowdragonx07]

😄😄😄😄

[@pagansage8459]

This brings me joy

[@ConsarnitTokkori]

depends on the flavor of rock they're much more unwieldy, so there's that too

[@Slavicplayer251]

sticks and stones may break your bones, but together they steal your soul

[@remiicario]

The art of bonking your enemy to death is underappreciated, really.

[@KaalVahzenYah]

Is that a tf2 reference?

[@blackjacktrial]

Bonking with girthy shafts. Shafts that can have grips that slide up and down said shaft without uncomfortable friction. I'll see myself out.

[@jasperzanovich2504]

Phrasing!

[@loganferren283]

But first you have to throw a jar of milk at your opponent then bonk them to death

[@The_Rising_Dragon]

@@blackjacktrial Bonk! Go to Horny jail!

[@malekithX1]

"length matters" "pathetic little sticks" "Big, large, meaty, girthy sticks that you can just wrap around the shaft and really swing it around!" "What kind of stick do you want?! You want BIG STICK!!" - Shadiversity, promoting unhealthy body expectations for men. LMAO :,D

[@ghostcraft9343]

You also see him sliding his hand up and down the shaft when saying it’s not the same as a “sword”

[@dhruvchandra6049]

Oh god! 😂😂😂

[@arminius504]

😐

[@matusfekete6503]

And so our little boy graduated from Captain Contexts' school of inuendos.

[@DrakeKnight99]

Me thinks that's more for trees than people

[@mrtyphoon8923]

Straight from Dark Souls PvP "I do not fear a man with a giant sword in full plate. I fear a naked man with a stick."

[@unclesunbro1577]

Praise the Sun 🌞

[@dopi3220]

Just for those who didnt👍praise the Sun. Peaple in DS which run around naked with broken swords probably have 4000h on it and find game is too easy. It i more likely that they doge your attacks and parry every other. Praise the sun

[@trutyatces8699]

If someone has the balls to strip naked in Dark Souls, stay away or hold them close because they *will* kill anyone who pisses them off.

[@knight_kazul]

As a wise man once said: "I fear no man, but that ... thing ... it scares me."

[@gunnar6674]

@@trutyatces8699 Discarding the armor leaves more carrying capacity for arrows. I’m not really naked - I’m dressed in a suit of arrows. Then I return dressed in loot that the dragon dropped.

[@billybob7135]

My grandfather HATED having to use a cane as it made him feel weak when he spent his whole life preparing for old age... until he realized how cool he looked with one and started showing it off with his suits.

[@Helperbot-2000]

stick wins on style aswell, truly an excellent weapon

[@TheNapster153]

​@@Helperbot-2000 the one reason I as a young lad want a stick. It certainly gives a more aged vibe which I often go for alotm

[@lag00n54]

my grandfather loved having his cane because he practiced Kali/arnis for long time so he feels safe with it he knows how to use it and the advantage having it than none bonus with looks :>

[@Rexir2]

"There is no shame in deterrence. Having a weapon is very different from actually using it." Ghandi, Civ 6.

[@vilkarmooringstead5346]

*proceeds to nuke every city he can*

[@thetragicallyhiphippo]

@@vilkarmooringstead5346 and complains about your troops on his border when he has even more on yours

[@ihatethatyoutubedisplaysyo8106]

Nuclear Ghandi moment

[@corvus_armatura7595]

That's a nuclear hot take right there.

[@RandomRetallingsofRiggins]

lafifi true few infantry and maybe a plane but ghandi has death robots and heavy tanks

[@rational_x1255]

at this point I'm just convinced shad is actually just an overexited Golden Retriever that magically turned into a human in the middle of chasing the stick his owner threw for him

[@Mahfireballs]

Lol this comment is to good actually made me chuckle out loud. XD

[@johnmccallum8512]

Beard is the right colour as well

[@zolikoff]

Basically the opposite of Kain Pathos Crow

[@MyNameisRevenant]

Sounds like the concept for a great movie.

[@samwisethebrave3858]

I feel like I've watched an anime like this 😂

[@teamtwiistz]

"the length matters" - Shadiversity

[@teamtwiistz]

there you have it, confirmed by an actual scientist

[@eisenkrahe7125]

Now this is some Solid stuff here

[@TheMcK777]

@@eisenkrahe7125 I see what you did there

[@priestesslucy]

Length _absolutely matters_ but girth is even more important

[@lukesheridan4623]

matt easton has entered the chat*

[@radorezz7627]

"I walked in with my walking stick in casual dress" I'm just imagining him in the hardware store with his brigadine and walking stick

[@katsukamijo3943]

Shad: The stick is underappreciated in history. Me, an Asian who grew up watching Sun Wukong : The most badass asian mythological weapon was a frigging stick!

[@KristovMars]

Growing up in Australia watching Monkey, the 70s Japanese tv series, my brother and i destroyed every rake and broom my parents bought. "You filthy demon!" Whack, thump, ow.

[@8-bitsarda747]

that's a 17,550 pound iron pillar though, I don't think most people can carry something like that

[@katsukamijo3943]

@@8-bitsarda747 My point is : He could've chosen any of the magical weapons that the dragon kings offered him but no. It HAD to be the S T I C K!!!

[@8-bitsarda747]

@@katsukamijo3943 this is true. He got STICK

[@krankarvolund7771]

Also in greek mythology Hercules only carried two weapons, a club and a bow. And he used his club quite often ^^

[@Tomato_Dragonzord]

"Honey! Our neighbour is into it again." "What did he bring this time?" "A big stick." "Oh dear. Take the kids inside, now."

[@chabri2000]

in ninja turtles: donatello, the smart one that did rocket science, creature vaccines, robots, flying cars, and hacked computers, used a boh staff (a bigger longer stick) as a weapon. Meanwhile, michaelangelo, the dumbest turtle that did not have common sense or situation awareness, used nunchaks. Coincidence? I think not

[@Vlad_Tepes_III]

Excellent observation, Donatello.

[@fangsabre]

Michelangelo is also seen as the most naturally talented of the turtles, and thus was given the one that requires the most discipline and skill to use effectively

[@chabri2000]

@@fangsabre yes, kind of a wasted talent on him, imagine if he trained like leonardo and/or just used a decent weapon, he would be probably the best one in combat. He already proved he can defeat raphael in the multiverse tournament even with nunchanks (tought he kind of make him ragequit, but still counts)

[@fangsabre]

@@chabri2000 the current comic run is actually about Mikey being the last turtle standing, and now hes out for revenge and using all the weapons

[@vksasdgaming9472]

How about diplomatic, culturally most informed and best at solving disputes? He relieves pressure when things get tense and deliberately uses most complex and versatile weapon. He is just as skilled as his older brothers are despite being laziest and goofiest of them. Not to mention being extremely dangerous when angered.

[@novasolarius8763]

Consider adding a metal cap to the lower end of your walking stick. Helps against wear on the wood and provides defense against splitting.

[@christopheraufdengarten1177]

Also gives your stick a weighted end for extra damage.

[@wesleythomas7125]

Shillaleagh. "Wot, Oi can't 'ave a walkin' stick? Oi'm old, Oi am!"

[@abberss]

Listening to an Australian man elaborate on the virtues of a stick for half an hour is peak Shadiversity and I love it

[@crow_man4672]

@@_Green_Onions_ sticks are also versatile as tools, you can clean dirt of your shoen with it. when i was a kid i sometimes used small sticks to open the chocolate milk when i had lost the straw

[@ActionNerdGo]

If gun isn't an option, choose stick.

[@AvramMoreh]

Shad missed his true calling as a Stick infomercialist.

[@johnluis2358]

Shad: "The stick is also a walking stick." Me: Has flash backs to Gandalf concealing a magic staff.

[@MrBottlecapBill]

It wasn't a magic staff. It was a WALKING STICK. Gandalf knew how to play the game.

[@89Keith]

Wormtougue rolled a 20 for perception there

[@Brion57042]

I love that during the entrance scene, Ian McKellen holds his staff at an angle to the camera so that you hardly see he's holding it.

[@chazzplaysytcopper554]

I love that he calls nunchaku "Physically disabled sticks"

[@SephirothRyu]

What is brown and sticky? A stick. What are nunchucks then? Crap on a stick.

[@ChamChamRealSmooth]

because they are

[@Tylorean]

„Sticks with erectile disfunction“ as he called them once

[@chazzplaysytcopper554]

@@Tylorean That's even better! 🤣

[@Tylorean]

@@chazzplaysytcopper554 haven’t seen the third video in the nunchuck series huh? Watch it, it’s great!

[@spiritofthewolf15x]

As someone who walks with a limp due to a motorcycle accident and as someone who actually has been "held up" before, I can tell you, my walking stick is an INCREDIBLY functional self defense weapon.

[@TheAlison1456]

Do people give you weird looks for using a walking cane or is it generally accepted? If they do, do you feel cool in a way that makes up for it?

[@spiritofthewolf15x]

@@TheAlison1456 being that I'm only 35 I get some looks, but once they see the limp they usually mind their own. As for feeling cool? Eh? Maybe? I need it to be mobile so...

[@simonklein4687]

We really need to make walking sticks cool again!

[@LucyWest370]

Yoda beat the crap out of R2 D2 with it. Very effective.

[@squelchotron8259]

I'm a heavy dude so I use a walking stick to help with slopes. Very useful.

[@ashholiday123]

Not only does shad have better armour than me, but he even has a bigger stick. Let me catch a break man :(

[@lord2.0works]

Owning a large stick is a pathway to many (bonking) abilities some consider to be *unnatural*

[@anttitikkanen5985]

Is this "Shaft-envy?"

[@ivanalukic1612]

Don't worry size doesn't matter its how you use your stick.

[@Walt_Chocolate]

Assert thy dominance!

[@bab1ell1e]

@@lord2.0works is it possible to learn this power?

[@MichaelClark-bd2sw]

A pimp with a cane never looked as impressive as Shad with a stick.

[@westcoastwarriorsarchive7929]

wild west pimp style

[@llmeathookll248]

Cane? STICK!

[@endlessidiocy8009]

Though if I'm going out with a cane and want to use it as a weapon, it's gonna be a sword cane

[@philleW12]

"Dont you mean a Chad with a stick!"

[@brittakriep2938]

Remember the time , when Gentlemen wore tophats and metal grip canes, those canes are a hidden mace.

[@OVALetsPlay]

i am glad youre sticking with this type of content

[@tianamaycry]

I see what you did there. 😂

[@newironside]

Shad starting the Cult of Stick is one the most wholesome things on the internet

[@abdullahelnaas4473]

What do you mean lol, the first five minutes of the video was just stick innuendos

[@gmanbo]

Sir let us not compare length or girth but POWER

[@williamharper8745]

@@abdullahelnaas4473 the thumbnail, too.

[@shawnm1902]

Clearly, that's why his stick is in his hands

[@Andemas]

Not cult. Club

[@SirBlade666]

Gandalf: "You would not part an old man of his walking stick?" TSA: "Yes, and your knitting needles too."

[@rharvey23]

walking stick for sure. but how many men knit?

[@jasonswiatkowski9127]

Dumbledore did...

[@PhilBagels]

And your nail-clippers.

[@jmoneyjoshkinion4576]

And of course the VERY DANGEROUS DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE and the container that it comes in. Re-read that and remember chemistry. Some call it... WATER!!!

[@JonatasAdoM]

The TSA would be more like: "Your magical staff is completely fine Gandalf; but that pointy hat!? That's a level 3 safety violation!"

[@Sjiria]

This is the most convincing salespitch for a walking stick/cane, and I want one now.

[@papalegba6759]

check out skinny ebony canes, they're low key very good. look innocent but are strong & heavy. popular in africa, called rungus in kenya, can get em cheapish off ebay.

[@MrJoeyWheeler]

And for Open Carrying, too. xD

[@AlexKS1992]

@@papalegba6759I’ll keep my eyes open and look them up.

[@RysterNo1]

I had a spine surgery a few years ago and needed a stick for some extra support. As a young man this telegraphs an "easy target". The amount of times I've been surrounded by a group of people acting aggressively is rather ridiculous. All I ever had to do is get in more of a rooted stance and lift the stick upwards. Faces drop and people leave. I never even had to swing it 😂 no one could even get close and would more than likely debate whether they were prepared to get a smack 😂 stick is friend

[@alexp5461]

"You can grab any length of the shaft you want." You can see the split second of realization as Shad realizes how that sounds before going "Fuck it, let's roll with it."

[@SupersuMC]

"I've found there are very few fights you can't win with a few whacks from a good, strong stick." - Roran Stronghammer, _Brisingr_

[@derpy_mushroom531]

This is true, when you aren't a Dragon Rider with Elf like strength given by the spirit of the dragons during the festival in Du Weldenvarden (can't remember the name) because if I recall correctly, Eragon broke said stick within the first few chapters

[@notTheDutchBoy]

Awesome books

[@barbershopbible]

@@derpy_mushroom531 the Agate Blodren

[@randomperson-gx8vy]

@@derpy_mushroom531 He didn't break the staff, although he might have if he didn't give it to someone else.

[@danieljensen2626]

Completely unrelated to the video, but it's such bullshit that Roran didn't get the third dragon.

[@SollowP]

Break stick in half? Now there's two stick. Stick win every time.

[@Irreverent_Radiation]

And are sharp so you can go stabby stab someone's eye

[@kaptinbarfbeerd1317]

@@Irreverent_Radiation And if you don't want stabby stabby, just hold the other end of the stick and you still have bonky bonky

[@Profile__1]

Stick never beaten, only beater

[@tabiasobi]

Attach chain between two stick? Now you've got ... never mind.

[@JoaoGabriel-th4xy]

After you boink boink the guy you can walk away with style

[@jesupcolt]

Shad quoting Teddy Roosevelt is peak big stick energy. Also, I agree Shad. Everyone should normalize open carrying again.

[@lety7715]

The amount of emphasis you put on the word "Stick" makes this video 10x better than it already was

[@LOCKEYJ]

“Axes, oh my god axes... STICK!” - this video has so many quotable moments

[@patrickn.4113]

Right?😄i can't get enough of it😄😄

[@PartigradeCannon]

Broke: Hiding a sword in a cane to surprise an attacker. Woke: Bludgeoning the attacker with the cane itself.

[@mikato2]

Bespoke: drawing a sword from the cane *and then using both.*

[@reywashere5284]

Stroke: Pulling a stick out of a cane to surprise an attacker

[@arthas640]

This is why I carry a Madrone walking stick. Its lighter then oak but more flexible and stronger, but it has a very decorative look to the grain so it looks less like a club and more like a fancy cane.

[@clausroquefort9545]

ascended: hide copious amounts of drugs in the stick. apply either to attacker or yourself.

[@ceedubelu]

Bloke: Shoot the attacker with the your rifle cane.

[@doubledogo204]

I absolutely love the excitement that shad gives into this video.

[@JSpence163]

As someone who spent a few years training with a bo, and I may be biased but, STICK GOOD.

[@robertellis2504]

I took umbrage when he said a sword is superior to sticks.

[@theloyalwraiths8827]

@Comet Simple answer yes. Complex answer, not only is a staff generally considered inoffensive to have, think walking stick. The large reach, low chance of killing unintendedly, alongside the massive leverage amplifying force, yes, the staff is a great self defense weapon.

[@max_garcia]

@Comet just look at how people handle spears and that is what a Bo staff is… minus the stab and throwing. Pretty quick to do attacks with as well… double bladed sword has some attacks that can be translated to bo staff. Shad made a video of the sword so go watch it if you can

[@zatoby6705]

Stick good

[@mrmcclish]

I did some stage combat for 3 years and I would much rather have a Bo than any other melee weapon. It parries, thrusts, counters and clubs very quickly between all 4. They are not as "lethal" but goodness, they are fantastic weapons.

[@1vantheterrible814]

Guys I am scared Shad went from being a educational Medieval KZbinr to "return to monke". Ok but seriously when is the "Rocc vs. Sticc" video coming out I need it in my life.

[@1vantheterrible814]

@Enderlance Yeah, bringing the entire KZbin squad into the Sticc vs. Rocc debate is just what we need to survive through corona.

[@alvianekka80]

You mentioned monke. Now I want Shad to review Kong's axe from Godzilla vs Kong.

[@johnjacomb2645]

He's always been return to monke tier...

[@phoenixeye4610]

the true best weapon is rocc on sticc

[@1vantheterrible814]

@@phoenixeye4610 A C E N D E D

[@MeMySkirtandI]

"You wouldn't part an old man from his walking stick" Gandalf understood the concealability of stick. Also Little John is the only famous character I know who consistently is armed with a quarter staff.

[@nathanielwilcox4947]

And quarterstaffs are devastating weapons.

[@xxxburke]

Dang you beat me to it! Lol

[@Elementaro17]

“Only” is a bit of a stretch I think. I can think of several fictitious characters who use quarterstaff’s and the bo staff was a prominent self defense weapon in ancient China for a long time and even has a modern competition centered around it, “Gunshu.” It unfortunately not as cool as other weapons so doesn’t get much love in stories, whether fiction or not.

[@MeMySkirtandI]

@@Elementaro17 Cool! I said he's the only one I knew of. I don't know everything.

[@elenas3571]

Donatello had a quarter staff!

[@get2gaming]

One of our employees loves how you say "Stick" so much that he wrote a joke reference to it in a recent blog article. Seeing this myself, I get the appeal now😆

[@thetalon100]

“When I first joined the Corps we didn’t have these fancy shmancy tanks! We had STICKS! Two sticks and a rock for an entire platoon! And we had to share the rock!”

[@twiddlerat9920]

Just bonk the elites on the head!

[@thetalon100]

@@twiddlerat9920 “Wort wort wort!” *bonk* “WUUUAHHHHHHH!”

[@commando0110]

"who has taught you these lies?"

[@B0SS.BrookeSchmidt]

I thought of this quote too when I saw this video!

[@cgamejewels]

You forgot to say: And we liked it!

[@dragoknight589]

Don't forget about sticks in sports! There are a lot of sports where sticks hit things: Stick hits ball: Baseball Stick hits smaller ball: Golf Stick hits a circle: Hockey Pancake stick hits ball: Tennis Stick hits stick: *duel of the fates starts playing* Stick hits person: *duel of the fates intensifies* Stick is person and hits another stick person: Those stick fight animations Stick is used by dog to hit other dog: Jail

[@V2ULTRAKill]

Flat stick hits ball: cricket

[@dragoknight589]

@@V2ULTRAKill While the list of things sticks can hits as activities provides some iconic examples, it is far from complete. Thank you for playing your part in expanding the stick hit list. Wait...

[@cullenkerr6556]

*bonk

[@gentlecaringviolence]

Bonk

[@gmanbo]

@@gentlecaringviolence BONK

[@Control_Z.]

I have never seen a man so enthusiastic about a stick. very inspirational

[@GeggaMojjaaaaaaa]

i am very enthusiastic about my stick. its a big meaty girthy stick

[@Zachomara]

@@GeggaMojjaaaaaaa I still can't believe he went there. XD

[@ebtheartist3843]

@@GeggaMojjaaaaaaa 🔬

[@ego8330]

@@ebtheartist3843 oh my

[@kieranquinlivan9456]

Ireland has a similar thing where we just use our hurleys. And it's hilarious to think about how no-one really considers them as dangerous when one of our most famous myths involves the hero killing a guard dog with it and being made to replace it cause he was more effective with his hurley

[@mercwiththemouthsnewphone6798]

Cu culain?

[@kieranquinlivan9456]

@@mercwiththemouthsnewphone6798 Ya

[@simaogomes8077]

same same here in portugal with roller hockey sticks

[@klausvonzeit8686]

Just listening to Shad enthusiastically say "stick" immediately brightens my day.

[@kasey42]

Just don't ask him to say deck.

[@rotisserieprotocol3582]

I was smiling the entire video tbh

[@arsteel2388]

"Underappreciated historical weapons: THE ROCK!!" is going to be an upcoming video, I can feel it

[@qtheplatypus]

Rocks attached to sticks.

[@Subarashii_Nem]

I mean.. basically a sling which was super popular in ancient Rome.. xD Edit: Not used just by the Romans, just more sources come from ancient Rome iirc.

[@PaulsGarage]

They are literally everywhere, you don't even need to bring your own!

[@janekkrawiecki4654]

Basically a pommel

[@TheGreatAshenOne]

Can you smell what's cooking

[@IanRudderow]

I didn’t think I’d be this excited to hear about a cool stick that Shad found

[@SwordsMaster7.]

A small note: the visible weapon thing kind of reverses when you are involved in a shooting. Then they will likely shoot the biggest threat first. If multiple people are armed, however, I think that it will get a little less likely.

[@sternis1]

12:10 - Shad unscrews the "pommel" of the walking stick Everyone - "End him rightly!"

[@KairuHakubi]

OI you got a loicense for that stick?

[@Faruq-xn4gj]

You beat me "End him rightly"

[@MisterHavoc]

TBF, that's what you do when you've bludgeoned your opponent savagely and he's trying to crawl away: End him rightly with the pommel to the back of the head.

[@samuelevans738]

Pommels of Mass Destruction! Insert persona 3 reference here.

[@_Korinzu]

When mages get angry, they cast their most powerful spells. When they get enraged, they beat you down with good ol' stick. 'wizard staff'

[@mx_nana_banana]

Wizard while beating an orc with his staff: “WHY. WON’T. YOU. DIE!

[@drakologarnus7248]

games always have wizards using a magic pixie dust bolt from staves now. but hardly any have wizards defending themselves by using say a metal staff or magical wood staff to inflict blunt force trauma.

[@bow-tiedengineer4453]

Ah yes. This reminds me of high school D&D. Everyone chanting to the low level druid "Hit it with a stick! Hit it with a stick!"

[@sirderp2343]

@@mx_nana_banana “Nanomachines, boy! Dey harden ‘n response ta physical trauma! Ya kan't hurt me, 'umie!”

[@thegentlemanreturned]

@@mx_nana_bananaOrc: BECAUSE. WIZARD. CAN'T. CAST. SHILLELAGH WAAAGH!!

[@Fazeshyft]

Goes to GameStop, clerk says, "Sir, we don't allow weapons in this store." "I like the stick."

[@Devin_Stromgren]

Nobody questions it if you carry a cane and fake a limp.

[@AdamsAndCompan]

As someone who wears 2-4 piece suits on a regular bases I love my walking stick. Metal core with a hound dog on the handle. It's also an umbrella. It's a great poking or bludgeoning weapon. I'm 22 with no real reason to need a walking stick. I normally don't even walk with it. I just carry it. Great weapon.

[@spooky5787X]

Shad pre 2021: today we will talk about medieval castles Shad post 2021: I sell stick and stick accessories

[@brucemaximus3797]

That lockdown hit the economy _hard,_ eh?

[@That80sGuy1972]

D^mn you... I just heard the post 2021 one in Hank Hill's voice and still laughed.

[@Cionaoith]

There are more reasons to appreciate this weapon than you can shake a stick at.

[@ediscaptain]

When shad took the handle off I thought he was gunna end us rightly by unscrewing the pummel.

[@kylestanley7843]

Honestly I thought he was about to make a pommel joke too lol

[@workingmothercatlover6699]

My dad uses a cane. Online, he got a sheleliegh, which I have no idea how to spell. It looks really nice, especially when he wears it with his full Scottish dress. It is basically a stick with a mass of metal weight concealed in a handle. I hope he specifies in his will who is to get it, or there may be a fight over it. It is gorgeous.

[@PVT-Parts]

Shad has too much fun making fun of nunchucks and this is the logical conclusion.

[@blargh3428]

Now I'm just waiting for the rock video

[@maxmazza2987]

Shad is just the real world embodiment of all the adventures young boys imagined while swinging sticks in their youth. Respect.

[@Chraan]

It's incredible to think that it is imprinted in our genes to pick up one of the most functional weapons by default.

[@LucyWest370]

Bow Chicka bow wow

[@Triumph263]

@@Chraan We tend not to think we have much in the way of survival instincts yet every child has had a fascination with swing sticks around like weapons and finding rocks they feel an unexplainable fascination with.

[@vinnie666]

yes, shad is like luffy... he truly understands a man's romance.

[@BattleGrown]

Shad is working on being the internet's new meme god

[@TheBlueOctoling]

He's doing a phenomenal job

[@Che8721]

Stick

[@mutecanvas3509]

I would gladly vote for him

[@joecoffee968]

For many years I have occasionally carried my traditional cane (solid oak) and I am not in the least bit handicapped in anyway. At first I was amused by the number of people who would go out of their way to hold a door open for me or go out of their way to somehow assist me. It eventually began to annoy me. One guy in his car held up traffic insisting that I cross the street. I had to yell at him and explain I was not wishing to cross the street, I was just standing there deciding where to eat breakfast. Great video. Thank you for your words of wisdom.

[@Adam-mv4fw]

"peace means having the bigger stick than the other guy" ~howard stark

[@AntonVeliTajan]

We all know the old Latin saying: "Si vis pacem, ligno portare!"

[@LordVladius]

When Shad was unscrewing the top of the walking stick, did anyone else think that he would “end us rightly”?

[@ShinoTheBlackCross]

yep thought the same

[@purpleganja2]

18:48 The one in the right hand!

[@zanemccomas5599]

This video actually inspired me to go out and buy a walking stick, but for a different reason than just self-defense. My grandfather just started using a cane to walk and I noticed that he felt self-conscious about using it, and would purposefully leave it behind when going to public places because he felt embarrassed causing him a lot of pain. After looking into it more, I realized that many people feel like this and especially young people who need to use one feel like it's uncool. I just bought myself a nice one, and I want to use it wherever I go to show people it's ok. So I guess I just wanted to say: thanks for helping me come to that realization Shad, and also great work on your videos.

[@JR-sx3gl]

Bless. I can relate so much. My mum had skin cancer on her face and she was not allowed to leave house without a hat even in cloudy, cooler weather. I wore hats together with her for company. I found that apart from some compliments there are some really mean people, who will comment: Look at her, being so posh and thinking herself above others in this hat. Anyway whether you like Harry Potter or not you must admit, that the cane carrying Lucius Malfoy is classy and sexy.

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@JR-sx3gl Also stylish, like Mr. Watson with his sword cane.

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@JR-sx3gl One more thing to add. Yes, people can't mind their own business. They'll come after you if you're wearing a jacket outside of winter, if you walk the beach in pants instead of shorts, they just can't avoid being insufferable.

[@StarboyXL9]

Walking sticks genuinely help with walking for long distances, they help keep some of your bodyweight off of your feet, help you avoid pitfalls, and can be a half-decent weapon in a pinch.

[@Pir-o]

@@JonatasAdoM nah, most people avoid confrontation. But they gonna have passive agressive conversations with eachother

[@temjiu9915]

Great Vid man! as a former practitioner of the Filipino stick arts (Escrima and Kali), I know how deadly sticks can be. And they're cheap. and everywhere. The tip of a fighting stick can easily be travelling at over 200mph at the contact point, and if you know how to align your bodyweight behind it, that's a huge amount of kinetic force. A rattan stick is tough enough to literally stand on over blocks of concrete, and yet I've shattered them with one blow against a hard surface. Even if a piece of armor could block it, I guarantee that kinetic energy will still transfer, and bones will break. Oh yea, and most wood handles are made of Ash, and it is definitely a hard and reliable wood. solid, but far more flexible then open grain woods like oak. Rattan is better, but it's obviously used in select situations, and is optimal with proper training. And we've tested Rattan sticks against bladed weapons, and they can take a ton of abuse from blades, even catching them in the stick itself which can help with controlling the blade to your benefit. It take a big blade and a ton of force to directly chop through a rattan stick, even when secured to prevent bouncing and ricocet. NOTE: on the topic of concealing weapons: Statistics over here in the US (not the politically charge junk, real stats) show that an exposed firearm can actually prevent more encounters then a hidden one. As the old saying goes, "An armed society is a respectful society".

[@spacehuntervii2174]

"Throughout history, every culture has had their own interpretation of the quintessential walking stick. From the city gentleman to the hard-working farmer, every man had a stick! These awesome tools were once incredibly commonplace, but sadly carrying a stick fell from popular fashion. Weve long championed a revival of this practice and weve worked hard to try and encourage people to bring back this once-great tradition! The walking stick is so much more than just an aid to stability for the injured, ill or infirm. As any hiker or outdoorsman will tell you, its also an excellent tool for traversing rough, slippery, uneven and treacherous terrain, a useful pointer or probe and in dire straits it makes a capable self-defense option!" - Cold Steel, Walkabout Stick

[@spacehuntervii2174]

Oh my Gosh, Shad liked My comment. Cherry popped

[@MaDmanex100]

I love my JO. I use it when i travel everywhere. I burned in some cool patterns too so its both a statement and a self defense tool that can be used in any country.

[@Todo776]

Never thought I'd see medieval Teddy Roosevelt talking about caring a big stick

[@Maddog3060]

Medieval Theodore Roosevelt is exactly the best thing to describe Shad. Thank you.

[@zacharyrodriguez4348]

Do pre-historic?

[@RenlangRen]

Oh my god! Shad is a reincarnation of Teddy!

[@tjbr50]

I feel like Shads casual dress is something like: "Squire, fetch my gambeson, but leave the brigandine for today."

[@nujevad28]

What about for sleepwear, does he have a sleeping gambeson or just the regular tunic?

[@vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489]

I'd imagine his children are his squires

[@Qaianna]

I now imagine the scene at the store less like 'it's a walking stick, no worry' and instead 'it's not one of his swords, he's going casual'.

[@ashenwanderer3592]

I always found it funny that lords would put so much cash into outfitting knights, when 3 peasants with heavy branches could beat the beat them to death

[@snowdrop9810]

If they didnt die that is. The armor exists for a reason, some guy in heavy plate armor can shrug off hits long enough to slash three times and kill the guys easily. Yes, he likely can be hurt really hard, but an unarmored guy wont be able to shrug off a wound from a sword

[@otakon17]

@@snowdrop9810 And that's why you use FOUR peasants.

[@nightmarechameleon7502]

@@snowdrop9810 I'd like to raise to you the exponentially increasing difficulty that it is to win a fight when outnumbered. Sure, the scenario is entirely hypothetical, but three peasants with big sticks would both overwhelm and outrange a knight in combat on foot with a sword, especially so because knights were trained as mounted soldiers to use lances, and both weighed down and half blinded by his armor. There's a reason there aren't many historical heavily armoured ground troops.

[@snowdrop9810]

@@nightmarechameleon7502 actually, I’m think heavily armored ground troops did exist, but USUALLY with large armies .When you have 20+ thousand men in heavy armor, kinda hard to outnumber and overwhelm them, especially if they are on a hill/have something on their flanks to make surrounding them harder. Plus, in that scenario, a bunch of peasants with big sticks wouldnt be able to do as much as they would fighting a small force or a single person.

[@essimathews9056]

It's kinda like a rock-paper-scissors scenario that depends on the context of the fight. If it was just a knight against three peasants with sticks, sure, he'd be easily disarmed if he wasn't mounted, surrounded, and wailed upon till death. I also imagine the context in which a knight would be fighting three branch-wielding peasants would be on the peasant's home-turf. In conclusion, I imagine it's a lot like the dogs with bombs that were trained to get under tanks. Objectively a tank is more armored, more destructive etc, but a dog with a bomb is a dog with a bomb.

[@jordicl4325]

"the sword is not a stick like weapon, you can't grab it in any place" *cries in halfswording*

[@samnope7344]

Am I the only one who was just thinking of EFAP when he said a sword isn't a stick like weapon? *Cries in Mah-Rey-Suuuuuueeeee*

[@chrishubbard64]

The sword is two generations removed from the mighty stick. Someone put a blade at the end of a stick and saw that it was good. Then they pondered, "What if I remove all of the stick but the hand hold and replace it all with blade?" And thus was the first sword born, AND IT WAS GREAT!!

[@danlotroth9231]

It's ironic that I'm reading Musashi translation atm, so often than not this historic character defeated his opponent with a stick, albeit hard n shaped. The often quoted school of his father teaching him the wooden truchen (aka STICK)

[@Kromunos]

I've never seen a man be so fond and proud of his *BIG STICK*

[@Noname-lx4hn]

*Big* *and* *girthy* *Stick*

[@Red-mg4ro]

it's an impressive length. Weighty, long; truly marvelous wood.

[@ProfessorWaffel]

But is it better than bacon?

[@MCPANDA44]

My stick is better than bacon

[@olyviermonteau4300]

@@MCPANDA44 you fool, what if girls eat it then?

[@yoursodumn]

I love how the nunchuk nonsense has made Shad into a major stick stan

[@AlexandriPatris]

One of my favorite scenes from the Wheel of Time series is the one where Mat defeats Gawyn and Galad with a quarterstaff even though they had swords and were fighting him together. The key was the greater reach and the momentum that could be generated at the end of the staff.

[@SketchAndEtch]

I've once made a character in DnD that was built entirely about making a regular-ass stick the deadliest weapon known to man. He was able to pick up any branch off the ground and slay a dragon with it. Fear the bonk dispenser.

[@maddie9602]

Druid or Artificer?

[@SketchAndEtch]

@@maddie9602 Yes

[@vastjack8090]

I need more details

[@maddie9602]

@@vastjack8090 if I can hazard a guess based on the above, Artificer/Druid multiclass, +1 enchantment and Shilleleigh are both involved?

[@SketchAndEtch]

@@maddie9602 Most of that, yeah.

[@dallenhumpherys7911]

Next time on Shadiversity: Underappreciated Historical Weapons: THE ROCK!!

[@henrypaleveda7760]

"if you have enough of them, you can make a castle!"

[@bombomos]

And we had to share the rock

[@ElHarmonyV]

It can double as a melee weapon and a throwable range weapon.

[@anttibra]

"Guns are basically glorified way of throwing rocks!"

[@littleredruri]

JOHNSON

[@Dionaea_floridensis]

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, and nunchucks will only ever hurt me"

[@Felipera_]

And the user.

[@CriticalCoen]

@@Felipera_ Cowabung-ouch!

[@stevene6482]

@@Felipera_ that’s what the OP said “hurt ME”

[@darkskyinwinter]

Your sticks and stones may break my bones, but my nunchucks will only hurt me.

[@jmoneyjoshkinion4576]

No that is not the quote I hear. "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains excite me."

[@noahfenech3369]

24:05 I have worked in electronics retail before where we stocked a big heavy metal torch. I bought one and went on a hike that went wrong and while treading through the darkness that night, I felt a lot better with that think in my hand than had I nothing. I've also recomended it to someone looking for a self defense item for a young family member who was being followed by a boy on her way home from school. The rationale being that it is heavy and baton shaped and blindingly bright to shine in someones eyes.

[@icepl831]

stick is like that one starter weapon with so many upgrade paths that its still viable in the endgame

[@wheybig2972]

I love how damn excited Shad gets when he talks about Stick

[@vincentfrick6880]

It's log its log its big its heavy its wood its log its log it's better than bad it's good.

[@clon1122]

"No, you would not part an old man from his walking stick?" right before Gandalf started beating the fuck out of some Rohirim guards.

[@Supermegamanuel01]

To be fair, if he was just a regular Joe with a stick he wouldn't have standed a chance

[@HattedGamer01]

@@Supermegamanuel01 He would've stood even less of a chance if he didn't have a stick, though.

[@Mixu.]

Interestingly enough I just watched that scene yesterday, and it's actually his companions that beat the guards, Gandalf focuses solely on the king Your point still stands though!

[@Astraeus..]

The silly part is that almost literally everybody in the entire world knows Gandalf and that he's a fu@$ing wizard, which makes anybody letting him keep his staff a complete moron.

[@taloscal]

@@Astraeus.. that's true, but a part of me also thinks that at that point most of those closest to Theodon would have realised something was 'wrong' with him... so letting Gandalf come in with his 'walking stick' may have just ended up fixing him... which was exactly what happened.

[@scottypittman1]

Shad quite literally sold me on the idea of using a walking stick. I am now going to purchase one. Thank you, Shad.

[@Astrologon]

With all the stick innuendos being thrown around, I'm surprised Shad didn't call nunchucks "limp stick".

[@pango4425]

In a nunchuck video he said that they were mentally disabled sticks with erectile stickfunction.

[@GattToDaChoppa]

@@pango4425 🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@conradkai9705]

The “helicopter”

[@Shaylok]

Beware the man who speaks softly.

[@parmesanman2359]

Blacksmiths: I can forge a number of effective weapons for different combat situations such as: many types of swords, spears and other pole arms. Shad: *S T I C K*

[@hydrogenone6866]

*"Speak Softly And Carry A Big Stick; You Will Go Far."* ~Roosevelt

[@Maninawig]

The original Teddy Bear

[@Real11BangBang]

Great American

[@erikjaroy8214]

That man was the Platonic Ideal of a Chad! 🇺🇸

[@ct7567CaptRex]

Ive got a better version: Speak softly... and drive a big tank! Who cant tell me where thats from?

[@LedosKell]

@@ct7567CaptRex Patton? Even if it's not I'm still saying Patton.

[@GoblinLord]

Thank you shad, for showing me the way of the bonk, I now know that every Assassin in Assassin's Creed should wield a walking stick along with their hidden blade (seriously, that walking stick argument with it simply being fashion, or being aid is a seriously good argument as a ""concealed weapon"" as it literally fits with their rule of "Hide in plain sight")

[@lazilexi]

We need a crossover episode - Shad hits Jazza with stick, Jazza has nunchucks to protect himself. Jazza thinks it's a fair fight, Shad laughs

[@justmonez]

Yes

[@jkgf4671]

Who's Jazza?

[@leodoran8678]

@@jkgf4671 shads brother who is an art youtuber

[@gekoultima6668]

so shad abusing his brother with the king of simple weaponary

[@inventiveowl395]

What about swithing the weapons instead? Shad has quite good experience with nunchanku and anyone can handle the stick. I would be very intrested as how would that turn out ( *we all know how but Jazza would think the opposite* )

[@galien2718]

"Man gushes about sticks for almost half an hour" This is my kind of shit.

[@fenris225]

Missed the chance to say “This is my kinda schtick.”

[@matthewian5874]

I’m choosing not to like as you’re on 69 but just know you are appreciated

[@theMoerster]

"What are you doing"? "Just watching Shad polish the knob of his big, girthy whacky stick"

[@goatgang6461]

Hmmm...

[@OldDeadMan]

Shad was leaning into that stick pretty hard, there...

[@ahmetmukemmel6083]

Material of the stick really matters. When i was a kid other kids used to play knight with wooden swords in my neighborhood. I asked my dad to make me one too. He cut down a springy branch from the old tree in our backyard and polished the handle part and gave it to me. There wasn't any intact sword left besides mine by the afternoon. 😈🤣

[@Amixan0402]

My take away from this episode of shad rants is "embrace stick" and "walking sticks are cool no matter what you are wearing "

[@Greideren]

Reject pure aesthetical reasoning, return to stick

[@johnmccallum8512]

Best stick I saw was in a market inCyprus I was fiddling with it thinking of a souveier and found out it was a bloody pigsticker as well

[@khajiitimanus7432]

@@Greideren Yes.

[@Dragrath1]

On a related note it also means mages staves can't be dismissed as a physical weapon

[@DoctorM42]

@@Dragrath1 d6 is a decent damage

[@Aotearas]

Just wait until Shad hears about that newfangled invention called the bow and arrow. It shoots sticks!

[@steemlenn8797]

No. The spear thrower "shoots" sticks. The bow shoots twigs.

[@scotteyers8518]

We could put sharpened pommels on the stick thrower!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alexandernannini1074]

The bow a stick that shoots sticks

[@kronoscamron7412]

I guess we will have to stick around and find out.

[@steemlenn8797]

@@kronoscamron7412 Haha! You can stick your funny answer in the ***! ;)

[@norobot858]

shad is the only person who can make a more than 20 minute long video about wow beeg sticc go bam bam

[@MidnightdoesWoT]

*bonk bonk

[@WishedWash]

@@MidnightdoesWoT **unga bunga

[@AlriikRidesAgain]

@@WishedWash ***whap whap

[@KindinEmil]

Never thought i could watch a twenty minute video of Shad being really excited about a stick

[@alphaironheart]

"When I was in the Corp, we didn't any fancy shmancy tanks! We had Sticks! Two Sticks and a Rock and we had to share the Rock between the whole platoon! Now buckle up buttercup you're a very lucky Marine." ~ Sgt. Johnson

[@thorn9382]

Baseball bats are basically just sticks shaped to have a better grip and they're pretty appreciated as weapons

[@KristovMars]

Yep, good for home defence. Or protecting yourself on or near a sports ground. But probably more likely to be viewed as a weapon if you're walking around K Mart with it.

[@wordforger]

Baseball bats=clubs. Clubs=sticks with heavier ends for better bonking.

[@josephlane1614]

So much so that they are illegal to have in many states if not being carried for sports. I keep my brothers in my car and am just yearning for the chance to give it back to him officer, but he and my family live hours away.

[@netanelschwell3111]

the bottom of most baseball bats is more lethal then the batting end.

[@brickvision8858]

@@josephlane1614 keep a baseball glove and ball in there with it, it'll help in court

[@Tar-Numendil]

"This poor physically disabled stick. What happened to you?" Oh my god i'm dying! 😂

[@geraldfrost4710]

it had corrective surgery.

What a great line :D

[@timelessninja]

f

[@ghostrider196319]

Put a screw insert in end and then a brass cap with hole drilled through it, gives strength and allows you to screw in different attachments to it. I use a gear shift knob, sharpened bolt, a wide hook to grab things, need to make a trident for things such as frog gigging,

[@alexanderren1097]

Shad: memtions rocks and sticks together My brain: "Back when I joined the corps, we didn't have any fancy schmancy tanks. We had two sticks and a rock for a whole platoon. And we had to share the rock!"

[@jyshot]

Thanks for the tank he never gets me anything

[@barrymanning4861]

@@jyshot Oh I know what the ladies like

[@Just_A_Dude]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one!

[@phantomkitsunezero]

Laws: You can't have a weapons, they are dangerous Shad: Let me introduce you to .. the Stick.

[@keepermovin5906]

Ah yes Europe

[@JonatasAdoM]

@@keepermovin5906 "Get him, he has a fork in his backpack!"

[@henrypaleveda7760]

there is acutal historical precedent for weapons confiscation like this in Japan's feudal era and then there's the gun control laws (state as opposed to federal) that cropped up in the American frontier during the western expansion.

[@magunbfp9030]

We so need a shirt of Shad posing with a gentleman’s combat cane and underneath “Get Stick!”

[@mustangmckraken1150]

Just Shads face and the word girth

[@AxLdmh]

#EmbraceTheStick

[@Ashley-the-fox]

#EmbraceTheStick

[@WensanSeno]

Shad is really at his habitat with the BIG STICK ENERGY! And I love it! XD