The Art and Science of Staff Fighting: A Complete Instructional Guide (Martial Science)

Description

NINE LEVELS, EASY TO EXPERT

This book stands excluding other staff training manuals. Whilst most titles focus on forms and twirling, The Art and Science of Staff Fighting emphasizes the dynamics of combat. The creator draws on thirty years of martial experience, presenting the best of both Eastern and Western traditions.

Joe Varady lays out a comprehensive course of study in nine levels, from beginner to expert. He guides readers through such fundamentals as stances, striking, blocking, and footwork. In advanced lessons, readers learn disarming techniques, groundwork, and facing multiple opponents.
But this book is not just for staff enthusiasts. Even those unfamiliar with martial arts can adapt these techniques, increasing their skill and confidence in defending themselves.

“Our environment is regularly full of improvised weapons,” Varady writes. “Staff fighting techniques can be effectively applied in a self-defense situation the use of a walking stick, coatrack, curtain rod, floor lamp, hockey stick, fallen tree branch, broom, mop, shovel, or rake.”
Equipped with this knowledge, readers will begin to realize that, in one way or another, they are nearly at all times armed―and capable of defending themselves.

This book features

• Nine levels of instruction, progressing from easy to expert

• Over 600 photos with motion arrows

• A “nondenominational” approach to staff, utilizing the best of Eastern and Western arts

• A comprehensive, methodical approach to building staff skills

In case you are already a student of the staff, these lessons will not conflict with your katas or current style. Instead, they’re going to augment your techniques, broadening your options.

Whether you are an experienced staff fighter or a layman seeking practical techniques for self-defense, The Art and Science of Staff Fighting will allow you to develop the skills you want.