Biker Cane

Biker Cane Being a biker presents certain challenges. Like how can you take responsibility for your protecting yourself and those around you without risking a hassle from law enforcement? We all know how the Man is cracking down on riders and that you or your bike is likely to get searched at any time. Part of your answer might be a cane.

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The cane is a qualified appliance under the Americans with Disabilities Act.  You’re ‘disabled’ if you have a chronic problem or pain that limits a normal activity for more than 6 months.  Sore feet, a tight back, or a bad knee qualifies.  No doctor’s report necessary.  No person, public or private, can take your cane away from you under penalty of law. The cane makes a pretty good weapon.  At 36” long it’s effective for both offense at a distance and defense in close.  The 3/4” hickory makes it hard enough to do damage with strikes and sweeps.  Both staff and sword martial traditions can be easily adapted, as can police nightstick techniques.  Perhaps most importantly the cane quickly becomes an extension of your body because of the familiarity gained by carrying it over time. Ever since our earliest ancestors were running around in a loincloth and, in a moment of inspiration, grabbed a tree branch to hit some dude over the head we’ve been using stick weapons.  Almost every country’s indigenous martial art includes some kind of stick work.  Chinese short staff, Japanese Jo of Bo, Escrima and Arnis from the Philippines, the English single stick and the Irish Shillelagh, Canne do combat in France, Juego del Palo in Venezuela.  If it works for all of them it’s probably going to work for you too.   Find out more about Biker Cane

About Angus McIntosh, author of "The BadAss Cane" I grew up in KY, TN, MI, and NY. I got thrown out of SUNY Purchase for drug use and failing grades. I kind of graduated from Hunter College 3 years later with a double BA in History and Psychology. (I never filed for my diploma.) I considered attending grad school but studied martial arts and Zen instead. I earned black belts in both Aikido and Tai Chi Chuan and studied other arts less seriously. I read voraciously and can hold my own on most topics, except maybe math. I've washed dishes, worked in a warehouse, spent 4 years at IBM, managed and then bought for a chain of independent bookstores, been a personal trainer specializing in mind-body relationships, started and closed a dojo, founded a nonprofit, worked with high need kids, and started the Temple of the Circus Monkey. As an adult, I've lived in NYC, Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Francisco. I like Asian girls, sex, motorcycles, rum, cigars, eating out, Coca-Cola, hard boiled detective stories, bad movies, and game shows. I have the attention span of a teenage gnat. Follow Angus on Twitter at https://twitter.com/#!/ArchbishopAngus Or his blog at http://avoidingthesquirrels.com/ Biker Cane