Ti Rod Tactical™- Dual Purpose Titanium Trainer, Yawara Stick With Fist-Lock™

Description

Durable Aerospace Grade 5 Titanium Construction!
1 Year Money Back Guarantee If Not Delighted!
Innovative
Secure
Ergonomic
Grip
Design (Even Wet),...Because
Outer Fingers "Mechanically Lock" & Center Stick Laterally In Hand...
... Inner Fingers Add Substantial Grip...
...Creating Fist-Lock
™!
The Grip Is Absolutely AWESOME!
Machined DNA Collector Tip Centers With Comfortably Beveled Corners
Length is 6-1/2" With Caps In Place, or 5-5/8" If Caps Are Removed
Low Profile EDC Design Handcrafted In America!
Offered is ONE "Patent Pending" Aerospace Grade 5 Titanium (6AL-4V Tempered Alloy) Easy-Cary. Compact, Ergonomic Firm Grip, Duel Purpose Training Yawara Stick.
These are designed, hand made, and assembled in the USA by:
Ti Rod Tactical
™
, & have the same
Fist-Lock
™
firm grip design as many of my other compact Yawara Sticks.
Tempered Grade 5 Titanium is much stronger and harder than wooden, aluminum, or polymer made sticks, ....and won't rust either as Titanium is inert to the elements. Minor scratches are easily removed with a simple "Scotch-Brite" scrub pad that most of you already use in the kitchen. A truly affordable and practical modern tool in the discipline of "Yawarajutsu".
This model is designed to be a FULLY Functional Yawara Kubotan Style high strength Titanium defensive stick, that is ALSO a very useful "Training Aid" when used with a live partner.
The included rubber caps help to subdue and spread the force
somewhat
, to help prevent unintended injuries to your training partner.  This does not mean that full power use in training is possible without injuries, but it does help a lot should your practice strikes be misjudged in either depth of strike or intensity!
The tips can be pulled and twisted off in just a few seconds on each end.
With the tips removed, you can carry the stick at "full strength", and at a shorter length and lighter weight in a pocket or purse.
I prefer my personal training stick in a compact 5-5/8" length like this (about the same size as a "Sharpie marker), which works out to about 6-1/2" in length with both caps in place. Even then, I am able to fully pocket carry mine and it's virtually invisible in my jeans pocket with caps removed.
I've found this length fits most folks well and still keep within a "compact" size range, .....and with the central reinforced rubber section that allows a firm and comfortable grip for the "average" sized hand. For point of reference in the photos shown above, my own hand measures 3-3/4" across at the widest part and 3-1/4" across at the base of the fingers, .....and is about average I'd think.
The Titanium rod used is .445" in diameter, and is much stronger than traditional wooden or aluminum Kubotan or Yawara sticks, and impervious to the elements so it won't rust or corrode.
I also offer a similar stick in a lighter and much less costly version in .44" diameter black nylon rod for those of you on a budget. You'll get to know the "feel" of the fit discussed below, and still have one tough defensive stick.
A secure grip is something that has often been lacking with the also compact Kubotan style sticks, as they most always seem a bit slippery to me.  In Kubotan sticks such as the well known "Fury", multiple deep finger grooves are often CUT OUT in an attempt to add some security to the all metal grip.
Kubotan sticks are already rather thin, so to cut material away in an attempt to add "grip" is going in the wrong direction. I think what I present here is much better, and initial testing and continual customer positive feedback bear that out!
I've also not been a  fan of the usual Kubotan's permanently attached jumble of keys should you ever need to deploy the stick defensively!
So,.....I offer instead a basic Yawara / Kubotan stick shape, but having a VERY comfortable and secure grip with a high coefficient of friction "raised" reinforced rubber central area, that is optimized to the user's hand like no other!
The innovative raised central reinforced rubber grip nestles rather nicely into the small "pocket" created where the fingers meet the hand when it is cupped!  The use of this grip design also "mechanically locks" the stick between the first and pinky fingers within a closed fist,....with the middle and ring fingers contributing substantial additional gripping forces.
I have chosen the name "Fist-Lock
™
"
to describe these very worthwhile and effective attributes!
The central grip "ends up" about 1-13/16" in length once installed. It's so tight going on that it actually compresses about 1/8 of an inch in length! :-)   This gives a solid "locked in" GRIP with a great ergonomic "feel" in hand, and in a
very
compact size for ease and comfort in pocket carry!
However, if your hand is exceptionally small or large, let me know and I can optimize the grip length that will lock the stick within your closed fist and give an ergonomic fit and feel that simply feels great!  Hopefully you'll want to get more training time in,.....and that's always beneficial. :-)
The reason for this grip length is simple,.........
As part of the overall ergonomic design, when the central grip length is about 1-13/16" in length (generally a little wider than the combined width of the middle and ring fingers at the base for most folks), .....this will allow the user to effectively "lock"  the stick into their closed fist (aka
Fist-Lock™
), .....with about an inch or so of stick exiting the fist on each end as shown in the next to last photo.
With the inside edge of the first finger wrapped around the rod and butted up against the comfortably tapered top edge of the grip, ....and the inside edge of the forth (pinky) finger wrapped around and butted up against the similarly tapered lower edge of the grip,......the stick is effectively LOCKED in place between both ends of the raised rubber grip within the closed fist! (as shown in photos)
It's tough to describe how solid and comfortable this feels in several strike positions,.....but I wouldn't have invested so much time and money into this were it not a significant improvement in the "art" of Yawara and Kubotan sticks.
Also, for lots of reasons it makes sense to consider carrying multiple sticks at various locations upon your person, which is what I most often do. You never know when a single stick might be unreachable should you be wrapped up in a particular way without warning, and having various stick types available will help to counter that possibility.
To that end,.....I am offering (in separate listings), various lengths and thicknesses of this same great Titanium alloy, but with a variety of carriage systems.  Please check back on my other listings as I get them up.
Thanks for your consideration.
ALSO,....PLEASE make sure Yawara and Kubotan style sticks are legal to carry in your Country, State, City, or Town
before
purchasing. Some areas may have restrictions on such things, and I cannot possibly know about every specific law in every area of the world. :-)  Your purchase confirms you have complied with your local laws. Thank You.
(Side NOTE: After cleaning the tip(s), I have also regularly BEAT a tough cut of BEEF into submission with this acting as an effective tenderizer!  Using the wider rubber tip end and pounding thoroughly over a solid cutting board, you get a little workout with hammer fist strikes ,...and a tender steak reward later. You can even use the bare titanium tip end, .......if you want "cube steak"! Who says a workout can't be rewarding :-)