USE OF THE MINI-BATON (YAWARA STICK) FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY OFFICERS
USE OF THE MINI-BATON (YAWARA STICK) FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY OFFICERS
By Joseph J. Truncale
A Mini-Baton can be any piece of wood, plastic, or metal, which is no longer than seven and one half inches in length, and not more than one and one fourth inches in diameter. Some of the most popular Mini-Batons include the Monadnock Persuader Baton series, the Kubotan, the Mini-Mag flashlight, the Koga SD1 Baton, the short stick and the traditional martial art Yawara stick. This is a manual on the use of the Mini-Baton. You can use whatever short stick, Yawara stick or mini-baton model in learning the material in this text. Many officers carry a mini-flashlight, a Persuader Baton or other types of short sticks. Any of these items are suitable to use in this Mini-Baton manual. This is a basic course in the use of the mini-baton. There are numerous techniques using the short stick and this manual was written to only cover the basic use of this control and self-defense tool.
