COMBATIVE CANE MANUAL

by Matthew Lynch

Taken from an 1877 manual for physical conditioning issued by the French Minister of Defense, this manual on stick fighting offers a look at one of the influences which shaped modern La Canne. This military system uses a heavier cane or "baton" which must be held with both hands, thus calling upon a soldier's strength as well as his dexterity.

53 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 12, 2018

About the author

Dr. Lynch is a Chair and Associate Professor of Education at Langston University, a blogger for the Huffington Post, a columnist for Education News, and a education advice columnist for Education World. He spent seven years as a K-12 teacher, which gave him an intimate view of the impediments that hinder genuine education reform. He has focused the second stage of his career on researching topics related to educational policy, school leadership and education reform, particularly in the urban learning environment.

Dr. Lynch’s scholarship is intended to make a redoubtable, theoretically and empirically based argument that genuine school reform and the closing of the well-chronicled achievement gap are possible. His research and commentaries have been featured in publications throughout the United States and have centered on issues ranging from school reform to politics. Throughout his career, he has been interested in developing collaborative enterprises that move the field of education forward.

Dr. Lynch is the author of It’s Time for a Change: School Reform for the Next Decade, the newly released A Guide to Effective School Leadership Theories, and the forthcoming The Call to Teach: An Introduction to Education (Pearson, 2014). In addition, he is the editor of the following projects; Before Obama: A Reappraisal of Black Reconstruction Era Politicians (Praeger, November 30, 2012), the book series Studies in Anti-Intellectualism and Academic Disengagement (Rowman & Littlefield), and a forthcoming book entitled Reimagining School Reform and Innovation (Sense, 2013). For more information, please visit his website at www.drmattlynch.com.

Reviews

[Kenneth · Rating 5 out of 5]

A French manual of combat with the 'cane' or short staff. A military training manual from the 1800's, laying out the techniques, the order of instruction and the progression into partner drills and sparring. Really useful stuff, unlike almost all the modern 'cane' books I have looked out.