Defense against melee implements with a sword in modern day?

No, I can only guess. Intelligence has not been listed but should be at the top of the list. Maybe one should substitute street smart for intelligence. My son visited me twice and managed to get robbed both times. Lucky for him it wasn’t his property he lost, a sombrilla belonging to me and a camera belonging to his wife. In the case of the sombrilla, he was attending a party as my guest and removed his jacket throwing it on the unguarded sofa with the sombrilla in the pocket. On leaving the jacket was still there but no sombrilla. With the camera, he was down with a church group to work on an orphanage that the church had an interest in. During the visit he met a poor man, and being the religious man my son is, he decided they should pray. When he opened his eyes both the man and camera were nowhere to be seen. I could put some words around that but religious discussions are forbidden. I nearly forgot, they tried him again immediately afterwards. He was approached by someone claiming to know the guilty man who he would get for money. I know this as my son asked my opinion to which I said to save his money, the camera was gone. I can give countless stories, two of which involve my army buddy. It could be three, the last cost him his house because of a slicky-slick girl, and I won’t go into that. The first, he stood too close to my iron outer fence while talking to two fellows. One reached through the fence and grabbed his gold chocker. My buddy is not a man to mess with, he was around when the Special Forces were organized and had 20 some years in with much experience. He thinks he broke the man’s arm; at any rate the choker fell on my side of the fence. The second was a group tour to Mexico. I’ve forgotten the occasion. They had landed and taken the group bus to wherever. They had disembarked and were standing around outside of the bus preparing for the next leg. His backpack was in the way, so he set it down while reaching for his bags in the bus’ luggage compartment. At that point someone grabbed the backpack and ran, never more to be seen. In fact, he almost had a similar incident here. After landing and while going to the car I had one of his bags and a friendly ‘porter’ was beside me part way then gave up and approached my buddy. After the trunk was opened the ‘porter’ grabbed the bag he was carrying trying to relieve him of it. They were literally having a tug-of-with one at each at the end of the bag. I warned not to let the porter have the bag. We both said “no” several times, one woman said “no” twice and I can’t remember about the second woman. My buddy likes women. Hehe The porter insisted on not heeding our nos. As always one blow from the cane ended the discussion.

A dog's favourite attack is from behind.  I can only say be aware of your situation.

Another tactic that has changed more than one dog’s mind is twirling and spinning a cane. I can’t remember which move goes with which name now, that part is unimportant. Before the government acted to rid the street dogs they were everywhere, especially in the parks. They would congregate there to eat the peoples’ leftovers and the benches offered some shelter. A single dog is one thing, two or more is another story. They would sometimes become territorial and start guarding their area. I’ve seen more than one man fight off a dog. I don’t care to go into detail here to cover all. But one story is one day a dog decided to make sport of me in a park. I turned, faced the dog, and begun spinning, or was it twirling the cane. I’m sure of the action but not the appropriate name. I advanced spinning until the dog retreated still spinning, climbing and descending knee high walls and crossing grass the signs said stay off. To make a long story short the dog made several stands only to retreat as my advance got close and by this time I was alternating spins and twirls. That oversize crook in my canes works wonders. Finally, the dog broke completely and ran out of the park. I don’t think anybody had seen anything like it. Thinking back on it I probably did make a good show.  Believe it or not I got an applause and possibly some stood. That caught me totally off guard and I should have done a better job of acknowledging such a bow or something. I have since on several occasions helped to settle a dog’s mind by simply spinning the cane as I walked by.

If I’m not mistaken Shade has training. He joked about this and his out of shape in one video. I’m not a fan of his and rarely watch his videos. No disrespect for Shade.  I’m afraid that you missed the point. I said that I carried telescoping nanchakus in my pocket until I found that nunchakus kick back. I later found this video to illustrate what I was talking about. At that time I thought that I had broken my thumb. Are you saying that I shouldn’t worry about such? 

Animal Control? We have no such thing. And if we did what good are they when a 70-80 lb. dog is a few feet to a yard or so away with every intention of making mincemeat of me? By the time they got here an ambulance would be more appropiate.  The second issue with your question would be location. Giving my location for a rescue could be a bit tricky. A most common question here is for a vehicle to pull up and ask where something is. I’ve even had ambulances do that. In my case, “Help me, help me, there’s a large dog about to attack me. I’m 960 yds. north of the church in Barva” [translated for your convenience]. Get real. It appears that you are comfortably setting in some distant country telling me how I should live? 

I can’t argue, swords where popular during Victorian times. There were schools on how to use them. They worked then, and mine does now. No firearms available here. I’d rather not carry an iron rod due to its weight, if nothing else. Besides it would be slower than my cane. But haven’t tried though. Many places would probably prohibit my doing so. A cane raises no suspicions and can be carried anywhere by law.

Let me know if there is anything else that you are unclear on. I’m at your service.

I have repeatedly suggested a cane throughout the forum and in nearly every case been rebuffed. Usually by those that don’t know the cane nor my country. While I admit a firearm will trump, they are not always available or desired. Much of the time I get the feeling those doing so have little faith in their skill. I have lived in this country for nearly ¼ of a century and have tried several types of weapons for defense and have found a cane the best in my case, and it has proven itself against man and dogs. Below is a video of my style of cane. When I started Grand Master Shuey, I think was just starting his business, and like Thompson, was relying heavily on CDs. It appeared that he was grooming his son for the business, and his canes were reasonably priced. I have some at about $35. Now, there is no mention of his son, the business seems to be taken over by someone else, YouTube is the main source of information, and no mention of his son, Shuey Jr. I have carried a sword cane and on two occasions used the blade but find a Cane Masters by far more useful and is my EDC. A number of videos can be found on YouTube by doing a search as Cane Masters. Early on, one of my stick fighting instructors said, to know the crook is good, but I would most often use the shaft. I found this true, but find the crook everything and is the reason I prefer a Cane Master. The video below is from a seminar that the GM conducted years ago and emphasizes the crook, showing several scenes of twirls and spins that go almost unmentioned. They are very useful in warding off an attack and couldn’t be done without the crook. The video also shows the cane being used as a tonfa and other techniques if one knows what to look for. The video gives a reasonable overall effect of the cane.  Knowing the pressure points also helps.

I'm having a hard time justifying to myself the time for taking the time to respond. I’ve lived here for nearly 25 years, tried numerous weapons and have found that a cane works best for me and have listed several reasons why. The best reason, so far I have not touched on is in that time, and I’ve had more confrontations than I care to go into, I’ve survived all without so much as a scratch. It makes no difference to me what other's preferences are or think it should be. As for the caveats.

#1 Cane Masters has changed much over the years and I no longer deal with them as their prices have become outrageous. And the new owner? has changed things drastically. Furthermore, I have enough to last more than a lifetime. As for “object you just happen to have that works for self defense, a weapon of opportunity” that can be applied to a pen, credit card, a street belt, to name a few and we would be in a world of hurt if baring. So much for hypothetical cases. Buy the cane for its intended purpose. International law dictates that a cane can be carried anywhere and is specific in its definition of a cane. What the man in the streets may think a cane is, may well not fit the international definition. It doesn't matter if in any of the countries that have been mentioned, airport, or whatever. I’ve carried mine through international airports, various countries, embassies, banks, government offices, or whatever that becomes upset with my 1⅜” Swiss Army pocket knife.  If a cane happens to be in one's hand during a difficult time, so be it.  At least one has it with him.

#2 Develop a back problem, a balance problem, possibly a trick knee, or whatever.  It would be far easier to pass off than walking around even a pellet gun as an EDC as has been suggested, or firearm. I’m not opposed to those, and in fact carried a Crosman 7713 in my bicycling days with good effect.

#3 In the case of custom canes I’ve specified the length, type of wood, eyes, what engraving, if any, so I consider my canes are made for me.

I’m considering taking action against memebers if getting injured in the next fight, if that’s the case, as until now I’ve won. Now that I know all of these hypothetical reasons that that could go wrong with what I’ve successfully been doing for the last untold years won’t work, I may well become injured. One might compare that with a bumble bee. Statistics show that he can’t fly, but not knowing this he continues to fly.

I like canes.  They work for me.
 

Customizing can easily be done.


More with eyes and head shape like bird with long beak.


Snake Head and EDC cane both with eyes made from eye rings.
 

Indeed do bumblebees fly and young beefy men with a such a cane get into trouble if they try to enter the Oktoberfest.
Not to speak of the annual sword cane idiot.

Nevertheless a cane can be good weapon, most of us just didn't agree in a post but with silent nodding.

MrStabby you have made my day, and am just short of literally lmao. At 84, next month, I can imagine the reaction from the police taking my cane on the grounds that I might hit someone with it. With that mentality their jail must be running over from the people carrying ballpoint pens on the grounds they stick someone.