Cain Form
The first short weapon form that I’m learning is the Cain Form. Strange weapon you might think, as did I. Thinking more about it though, you realise it’s actually quite a practical application, especially consider most of us will be walking with walking sticks sooner or later.
It’s not just there to teach you how to fight using a cain, but instead I see it as having an easier way of teaching you the basic workings of short and even longer weapons (staff). Once you can grasp and feel comfortable doing the Cain Form, I’m sure the other weapon forms will come easier as you’ll already have this basis.
I’ve learned up to about 70% of the form now. There’s a lot of repetition in the form, so it comes easy to remember all the moves, but the difficulty is remember what fits where! When I first heard about this form, I really thought it would be a slow paced form to make it appropriate for all people that actually use walking sticks…. WRONG. It’s quite fast paced with some nice moved in there.