Whilst meandering along the streets of the City of London during the reign of our noble Queen Victoria perusing the offers from women of negotiable virtue for a bit of the old in and out be sure to keep your trusty walking stick on hand. One never knows what unsavoury types may lurk behind the next corner so be sure to pick up your copy of Self-defence with a Walking-stick: The Different Methods of Defending Oneself with a Walking-Stick or Umbrella when Attacked under Unequal Conditions (PartI) to ensure artful handling of one’s stick in such conditions.
An excerpt of the publication is produced below for your edification.
It is always most desirable to try to entice your adversary to deliver a certain blow, and so place yourself at a great advantage by being prepared to guard it, and to deliver your counter-blow. To induce your opponent to aim a blow at your head you take up the same position of rear-guard as described in the last trick, but instead of exposing your arm so much, you push your head more forward, leaving it apparently quite unguarded. Your assailant foolishly accepts the invitation, and you promptly draw yourself out of danger by swinging your left foot behind your right. This movement gives an automatic counter-movement to the right side of your trunk and helps you to swing in a very heavy right-handed blow across his wrist, which might thus easily be broken.
