Self-Defense Tip 121 Review of Ray Floro’s Dos Manos System

Ray Floro’s Dos Manos System for long blunt-impact weapons

For self-defense with a cane or an Unbreakable® Walking-Stick Umbrella I recommend Ray Floro’s video course on his Dos Manos System or Two-Handed System for blunt impact weapons (see its video trailer). The course teaches the use of the Unbreakable® Walking-Stick Umbrella and a walking cane for self-defense because both these implements are probably the only “legal” self-defense tools in countries with strict carry laws.

Recently Ray Floro released a new course, Dos Manos System – Volume 2: Essential Umbrella Cane System, which builds upon his Dos Manos System and adds to it even more powerful and even more foolproof techniques. But first my review of the Dos Manos System.

Ray’s Dos Manos System can make you unbeatable. With this system you will pack way more wallop with way less effort than what I could do with my technique (see this video). And have tactically superiority over any trash with their machetes, knives, clubs, bats, and batons.

The system is brilliant — simple and reliable. It flows from long-range strikes to close-quarter strikes keeping you in control of the opponent. Techniques are easy, not requiring athleticism. Of course, you need to practice, at least solo, just to get into good movement habits. (For an explanation why it is important for self-defense techniques to be easy and not requiring athleticism see Self-Defense Tip #120 — Fighting Techniques: How to Tell Good Ones from Bad.)

Part 1 (the intro) is 10 minutes long yet worth your patience so watch it whole. But if you want to get right away to the practical stuff, start with Part 2 and continue. Then, after you watched Parts 2 through 6, if you have the time and inclination to understand whys of the system, watch Part 1.

Here is what you will learn in Parts 2 through 6:

Part 2: The special grip for two-handed long weapons, how it differs for bladed weapons such as machetes or swords, and for blunt weapons such as sticks. This grip gives your strikes great impact and makes them lighting fast plus is very easy on your arms and wrists. Learn it to minimize risk and effort while maximizing effectiveness of your strikes. Mechanics of strikes, including basics of stance and distancing, is also taught in this part.

Part 3: Elliptical striking and tactical combos made possible by the elliptical strikes. This method of striking is superior to what you can see in the video below. With Ray’s elliptical strikes you will strike stronger, faster, and tactically smarter — and that means safer for you.

Strong strikes, aren’t they? But with Ray’s elliptical strikes you will strike stronger, faster, and tactically smarter — and that means safer for you.

Part 4: Thrusts. You believe thrusts are the best defensive moves with canes, walking-sticks, and umbrellas? Then in Part 4 you will learn priceless tips that apply even to pens and keys!

Part 5: Tactics for a stick against a stick or a baton or a machete.

Part 6: Jamming from a long-strike range into the close-quarters range and tactics in close-quarters.

Ray Floro’s Dos Manos System course’s video trailer

Ray’s Dos Manos system blends readily with other stick systems like the Military Stick or Lamb Baton Method. Learn this system to make yourself a world-class stick fighter capable to outsmart and destroy any trash with their knives, clubs, bats, and batons.

Now, briefly about the Dos Manos System – Volume 2: Essential Umbrella Cane System.

Dos Manos System – Volume 2: Essential Umbrella Cane System is focused on the Unbreakable® Walking-Stick Umbrella model U-115, with its large crook handle, or any strong walking cane with a crook handle (see its video trailer).

Some of the skills you will learn on this course:

— Improved guard posture, even safer than its original Dos Manos version, applicable in defense or counterattack.

— “Knuckle Duster” strikes with the crook handle in close quarters.

— How to avoid being deceived by fake attacks.

— Tonfa-like thrusts that look innocuous, not powerful, but are instant fight-stoppers, even when done with little force input.

— Swinging “Nunchaku” strikes — an excellent utilization of the umbrella’s (or a cane’s) handle for generating more striking power with one-armed swings than most people can generate with two arms.

My summary: Dos Manos System – Volume 2: Essential Umbrella Cane System improves key Dos Manos System’s techniques by minimizing movements to deliver greater effectiveness of both passive protection and active defense, and ads a bunch of new, easy instant assault stoppers.

Ray Floro’s Essential Umbrella Cane System video course’s trailer

Your teacher will be Raymond “Ray” Floro, who instructs the U.S. Special Forces, Korean Special Forces, SWAT teams, Australian Police, New Zealand Police, and various Tactical Response Groups. You will learn from Ray a versatile and complete method of effective defense against edged weapons, blunt weapons, and empty-hand attacks.

I don’t get any affiliate fees from Ray Floro. I share with you info on this video course because I know his experience-based no-nonsense self-defense works.

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Self-defense tip from Thomas Kurz, co-author of Basic Instincts of Self-Defense and author of Science of Sports Training, Stretching Scientifically, and Flexibility Express.

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