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The American Cane System Training – Why You Need It

By Jo Gardner | July 28, 2022

Summer is slipping away again. If you haven’t begun your American Cane System training, it’s still a great time to start. That’s because Grand Cane Master Mark Shuey still has The American Cane System training videos on hand. He also can let you try his live dojo sessions while seats are available. American Cane System…

Senior Safety Through Training

Senior Safety Through Training

By Jo Gardner | July 15, 2022

Senior Safety through training is a mission of The American Cane System. When we see it in action, we LOVE it! The other day in the store I met a woman whose fighting cane lay within reach across her shopping cart. Her cane-less walk was steady and she smiled when she saw me eyeing the…

TACS Exercise Program is a Fun Online Workout

TACS Exercise Program – Fun Online Workout

By Jo Gardner | June 29, 2022

Wish you had a place to go where the workout is made for you and your age?  The American Cane System (TACS) was designed to make people who need a mobility aid more independent.  Workouts don’t have to be drudgery. The TACS exercise program is designed to be fun while it gets you moving a…

The Best Training Over 50 - And it's Fun Too!

The Best Training for Over 50 is Silver Dragons

By Jo Gardner | June 10, 2022

There is a wellness solution even for people with physical limitations.  It is the best training for over 50 trainees, it will restore a lot of your mobility* and we call it Silver Dragons. Do you feel stiffness in your hands when you clasp a doorknob or jar lid?  When you get up after sitting…

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My Secret Weapon – The American Cane System

By Jo Gardner | May 31, 2022

Secret Weapon – The Amercian Cane System Written and Contributed by Jo Gardner, Student They tell me I’m older now.  Sometimes I feel it, but other days, I’m irritated that I have been categorized as a “senior”.  Sure, I love the discounts at restaurants and banks.  But I am frustrated by the patronizing way millennials…

Self-defense training for seniors

Essential Self-Defense Training for Seniors

By Jo Gardner | May 13, 2022

Another Senior Attack As evidence of the need for self-defense training for seniors, another attack was recently caught on video. On March 29, 2022, four car thieves violently attacked another senior citizen. this time In Capital Heights, Maryland.  Once the suspects got the victim’s keys, they started to run away.  That’s when the victim tried…

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5 Ways of Getting Back a Spring In Your Step This Spring

By Jo Gardner | April 29, 2022

It’s Spring!  In Nevada that means it’s getting hot!  For everywhere north of Nevada, It means mild temperatures are back and people are getting outdoors again.  That’s great since it gives us the lift we sometimes need to get fit.  If you struggle to get moving again, explore these five ways of getting back a…

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Anatomy of a Fighting Cane – More Than a Crutch

By Jo Gardner | April 19, 2022

A fighting cane is more than a crutch. It is a wonderfully inconspicuous, highly effective and sometimes, a deadly self-defense tool once you learn to use it. Yet, when people have to use a cane for mobility, their egos have a huge adjustment to undergo. Perhaps they don’t realize the statement a fighting cane can…

How old is too old for martial arts

How Old is Too Old For Martial Arts?

By Jo Gardner | March 28, 2022

You are going to love the answer for “how old is too old for martial arts?”!  There is NO MARTIAL ARTS AGE LIMIT!  Anyone can benefit from the training. The key is to work with an instructor who will help you carefully build up strength, endurance and agility.  Exercise is important at any age, but…

from cane-shy to bring it!

Don’t be Cane-Shy Anymore!

By Jo Gardner | March 11, 2022

How many cane-shy seniors do you know who won’t use a cane, because they see it as a sign of weakness?

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