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Canne De Combat
Canne de combat is a French martial art
As weapon, it uses a cane or canne (a kind of walking-stick) designed for fighting
Canne de combat was standardized in the 1970s for sporting competition by Maurice Sarry
The canne is very light, made of chestnut wood and slightly tapered. A padded suit and a fencing mask are worn for protection
Pierre Vigny is considered one of the most innovative masters of la canne. He created a system that could be best described as a mixture of several indigenous European self defence methods, resulting in one of the most complete and effective stick fighting methods ever devised
E.W.Barton-Wright
A student of Pierre Vigny, would go on to assimilate the maitres stick fighting skills into his own system of self defence called Bartitsu
- H.G.Langwas
Responsible for introducing the Vigny syllabus into the Indian police force during the 1920s. His book police - riot method - The walking Stick Method of Self defence
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