One of the stick arts that we teach in Urban Silat is the Kanching Stick sometimes known as the lighting bolt stick. It get this name by the painful strikes, that can be delivered to the attackers body from very short range. The kanching stick can be used in all 3 ranges and each range has a corresponding hand grip, with varied techniques which can be used with that grip. The main range however is the close range which uses a lot of snake striking techniques. You can use it to thrust / stabbing way, you can use it in a slashing way, you can even use it to lock up your attacker. The kanching also can easily be replaced with a torch or bottle water for example, making it ideal for anyone to learn to help defend themselves, as they could use any similar item, to help defend yourself. More info at www.facebook.com/urbansilat