OAKLEY -- Every Monday afternoon, you may hear the loud thumps of wood hitting a pad coming from the Oakley Senior Center and, if you peak inside, that is exactly what you will see -- a group of ...

(Mass Appeal) – If you walk with a cane there’s no reason for that to mean you’re an easy victim! Sam Shulman, a Self-Defense instructor is here to show us some cane self defense strategies to keep ...

(Mass Appel) – When it comes to personal physical attacks, one group that is targeted too frequently are older people with canes, walkers or other mobility issues, but you don’t have to be a ...

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METHUEN — Walking canes can be used for more than just walking. Larry Giordano of the Methuen Karate Association showed three women Wednesday at the Methuen Senior Activity Center that they can also ...

When you think of self-defense classes, you don’t typically think of senior citizens and cane; however, that’s exactly the point behind the Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention.

VENICE, Fla. -- Senior citizens in Florida are learning how to use an item they thought of as a crutch as a weapon of self-defense. It was President Theodore Roosevelt who said of foreign policy, ...

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — Pay no mind to the groans that come with stretching, to hair that is gray or gone altogether. Ignore the cautiousness of their steps and the canes in their hands.

The weekly "Cane Fu" self-defense class sponsored by the Boca Raton Police Department will teach senior citizens observation skills, how to avoid confrontation, the right way to respond to a ...