Musashi's Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone)

taekwondo
, 
hapkido
is a pure fighting art that
combines powerful striking and kicking methods with
devastating joint locks, throws and breaks. Learn the secrets of
hapkido’s effective techniques including how to use its
fundamental wrist, elbow and shoulder locks to defend against
a variety of street attacks. Drawing from his own real-world
experience, Burrese shows how to adapt these techniques to
the needs of the bouncer, security specialist or law enforcement
officer.
14. 
Hapkido Cane
: Big Stick Fighting from the Dojo to the
Street (Burrese)
An often misunderstood but potentially deadly weapon, the
cane is one of the few self-defense tools you can take virtually
anywhere no matter what level of security you’re facing. Learn
how to maximize the combative use of the cane, turning it from
just a leg support to an invaluable part of your arsenal.

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Stripping away the flashy martial arts moves to leave behind
the bare essentials of big stick fighting, Burrese teaches you
the rapid, vicious strikes that take advantage of the cane’s size
and heft, and then transitions seamlessly into brutal
combinations of striking and blocking that will have your
opponent wishing he’d never mistaken you for an easy mark.
From there, he shows hooking and grabbing techniques that
enable you to move into joint locks, chokes and stick
submissions relying on street-proven principles of movement,
not fancy dojo dancing. Whether you carry a cane out of
necessity or choice, this video will give you information on big
stick fighting you can use to keep yourself safe on the street.
[1]
Founder of the 
Itto Shoden Muto-ryu
school of swordsmanship, Tesshu was
known for his calligraphy as much as for his fighting prowess. An elite bodyguard
for Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu, after the Meiji Restoration Tesshu hung up his
swords to become governor of the Imari Prefecture. His exploits are described in
the book 
The Sword of No Sword: Life of the Master Warrior Tesshu
by John
Stevens.
[2]
 Sporting subtitles such as 
The Classic Guide to Strategy
, 
A Classic Text on the
Japanese Way of the Sword
, and 
The Definitive Interpretation of Miyamoto
Musashi's Classic Book of Strategy
, among many, many others.
[3]
 The duel has been immortalized with an impressive, larger than life sculpture of
the two warriors battling on a small island in the Kanmon Straits, close to
Shimonoseki. Kojirō is depicted with his long sword whereas Musashi is armed
with his 
bokken
. At the time of the battle the island was called 
Funa-jima
, but
afterwards it was renamed 
Ganryū
, after Kojirō’s style of swordsmanship, an
interesting historical oddity since Musashi won the battle.
[4]
 There are numerous (and conflicting) stories of Musashi’s childhood. In some
accounts his father died when he was eight, in others his father abandoned him
when he was that age, but we believe this to be the most likely explanation of what
actually occurred.
[5]
 RACI is an acronym that stands for Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and
Informed. It is a model that is frequently used in business to clearly lay out roles
and responsibilities for activities that cross organizational boundaries so that
everyone involved knows what they are supposed to do, nothing gets inadvertently

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missed, and there will be no duplication of efforts or arguments about who’s in
charge for each aspect of the work.
[6]
 Based on the Scoville heat unit rating, ghost peppers (otherwise known as