Publisher's Synopsis
As professional fight promotor Harry Barnett, who worked with Sonny Liston, George Forman, Muhammed Ali, and many others, said "As Mr. Gordon accurately notes, todays Covid-19, unemployment, social unrest, and growing poverty have created a different world than we lived in only five years ago. Merely taking a leisurely walk outside or to your car puts you at risk." Half of self-defense is knowing how to avoid having to fight, and that can often be accomplished by common sense, cane twirling, and not looking like a target. The other half is knowing how to protect yourself with the cane and to recognize dangerous situations. For example, assume an unfriendly looking man near you steps back with one foot and scratches his chin with the hand from the same side of the body. Cops say there is a 90-to- 95 percent chance the person is preparing to unleash a roundhouse punch at you.I helped train many San Francisco police officers. Cops of those days used the Billy club (also called a nightstick or baton). In May 2020 during the riots across the US, most of the cities' police officers used sticks with a side handle (PR-24s). In many jurisdictions, it is illegal to carry a club, but it is always acceptable if you need to walk with a cane. Protect yourself with a cane. It's probably the best protection you can have unless you want to carry a gun or a knife.
