CANE: Fast & Loose

Once a master trapper, then a protector of nature, Cane left the society of men to pursue a life of solitude. His mission–to find peace within himself.

What he found wasn’t peace, but rather a set of experiences which convinced him that all things were connected by a certain rhythm or ‘dance’, and that if he could find the ‘music’ to that dance, he could move through life with greater ease and peace. Trying to get away from the cruelty and violence of mankind, brought him face to face with the brutality of Trolls and Orges, as they ravished the lands and raided nearby villages.

It was the Nethinim and Animal himself who came upon this seemingly frail man…sitting atop a pile of unconscious Trolls, sipping a flask of homemade berry wine.

Cane is a man of control who understands his surroundings and environment. Never willing to use an edged weapon or to use brute force on an enemy—it does not prevent him from doing what needs to be done to protect an innocent, especially women and children.

Cane is based on the real life personality of Ted Truscott.

“I started in regular traditional karate training in 1972, over 30 years ago. Even a slow learner like myself has got to get something out of that! As well, from 1986 to 2001 when he died, I was under the tutelge of Sensei Richard Kim, 10th Dan and Black Belt mag’s martial artist of the year, a very interesting time, for sure.

I have also cross trained, (while staying true to my first martial art love, karate), in the Modern Arnis style of Remy Presas whom I met often in Victoria BC, Bagua Zhang under the internationally reknowned Andrea Falk and I am currently an assistant instructor under Gordon Muir, taking Chen Style taiji, the Practical Method of Hong Junsheng, as taught by the 19th generation international standard bearer, Chen Zhonghau.

Wow, that’s a mouthful, neh?

As for the practical side of self defense, from 1977 to a few years ago, my work has been with aggressive, emotionally disturbed, violent teens whom I certainly had no desire to hit, kick or punch out, no matter how much they deserved it! (That’s a joke by the way: my style of dealing with their aggression was always with a deep respect for them as a person while I tried my best to prove to them that they could not dominate everyone they met.)

As well, I researched a (deplorably bad production values) production of a fighting cane or cane for self defense video which I called Raising Canes. It has received a lot of favorable attention.”

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