Senior Safety Through Training

Senior Safety Through Training

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…

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TACS Exercise Program – Fun Online Workout

TACS Exercise Program is a Fun Online Workout

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…

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The Best Training for Over 50 is Silver Dragons

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

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

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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…

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

getting back a spring in your step

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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The What When and Where of the American Cane System

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The American Cane System Beginning Grand Master (GM) Mark Shuey, of The American Cane System, is devoted to his passion for helping the disabled regain mobility and confidence. It became clear incredibly early to GM Mark Shuey, that the cane was a wonderful self-defense tool.  The cane was an especially great weapon for seniors who…

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A Little Workout Fun at the Dojo

Workout fun for Seniors

Now is the right time to consider your fitness and how you could learn a safe form of self-defense. Even more important, you deserve to bring a little workout fun back into your life; you deserve the American Cane System Dojo. The Dojo Mark Shuey, founder of The American Cane System offers an entire range…

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First, Full Yogic Breath

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Cane Fu, But First, Breathe Before you kick, before you learn defensive arcs with your cane, learn to breathe.  “Of course I’m breathing; I’m alive,” you react.  We’re not talking about the light breathing of regular living.   We’re talking about the kind of breathing that strengthens your lungs and gets the toxins out.  Full yogic…

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New Year’s Resolutions or Not

American Cane System New Year's Resolution

Fun New Year Facts Here’s a fun New Year’s Fact for you: Forty-five percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions. The top resolutions are lose weight, get organized, spend less, save more, stay fit and healthy, and quit smoking.  Whew!  No wonder a quarter of those making resolutions give up on them by the second week…

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