Hi
I have been debating about choosing the foot of the cane for self defense. Right now, I emphasize on striking which is swinging the cane to hit. I choose a hard rubber boot that is wide and weight 2/3oz to give a little tip heavy to the cane so I have more power when hitting the target.
I was on another thread and was suggested that THRUSTING is just as effective as striking by swinging. But here is the dilemma. For striking, you want more tip heavy, for thrusting(poking), you want the tip to be smaller and has smaller surface area to create more pressure at the point of contact. They are opposite to each other. I want to know opinion which way the tip should be. Here is the picture of both extreme, one has a wide hard rubber foot, the other has not foot, just a thin pad to get traction on the ground.
Obviously the one with no foot has much smaller surface area and create higher pressure in thrusting. But then it doesn't have the weight of the hard rubber foot to create more momentum when swinging. The one with hard rubber foot will hit harder on swinging but less pressure on thrusting. So which way should I go?
This might sound trivial, but the surface area of the one without the foot is less than half the area of the rubber foot. Also, the tip is a lot harder than the rubber foot as there's only a very thin layer of rubber on the tip for traction.
Thanks
I have been debating about choosing the foot of the cane for self defense. Right now, I emphasize on striking which is swinging the cane to hit. I choose a hard rubber boot that is wide and weight 2/3oz to give a little tip heavy to the cane so I have more power when hitting the target.
I was on another thread and was suggested that THRUSTING is just as effective as striking by swinging. But here is the dilemma. For striking, you want more tip heavy, for thrusting(poking), you want the tip to be smaller and has smaller surface area to create more pressure at the point of contact. They are opposite to each other. I want to know opinion which way the tip should be. Here is the picture of both extreme, one has a wide hard rubber foot, the other has not foot, just a thin pad to get traction on the ground.
Obviously the one with no foot has much smaller surface area and create higher pressure in thrusting. But then it doesn't have the weight of the hard rubber foot to create more momentum when swinging. The one with hard rubber foot will hit harder on swinging but less pressure on thrusting. So which way should I go?
This might sound trivial, but the surface area of the one without the foot is less than half the area of the rubber foot. Also, the tip is a lot harder than the rubber foot as there's only a very thin layer of rubber on the tip for traction.
Thanks