Portuguese Combat Stick Jogo do Pau, bastão curto

Portuguese Stick Fighting When known how to use it can defeat, someone with a knife and even more than one aggressor. In this case we see training against one opponent. Always, play by the safe; develop good defences for an optimum counter attack. This type of strategy is the opposite for multiple attackers. In one to one combat you train for defence and then follow for counter attack, while for multiple opponents is a continuous attack strategy. Accurate notions on distance are of vital importance for this type of combat. Otherwise is non effective and useless. Also the kind of weapon is most important, or else the strikes wouldn’t cause enough damage on the opponent, letting him unarm or closing the gap between you. The best stick isn’t necessary an iron pipe, but also plain rattan or other types of canes may not carry enough power to break bones. The best type of stick is larger at the tip,so it can carry a more momentum while not being excessive heavy for the wrist. Effective technique is the one you don’t need excessive uncontrolled power on a strike, but must be powerful enough to break your opponents bones, and at the same time keeping you balanced and in a perfect position for a defence or another immediate strike. Simply because in real combat, just making pain to an aggressor isn’t enough for stopping him, and even if you have a lot of power in your strike but it misses, it’s no good.