[He's a fairly rough street fighter when it comes to unarmed combat, but short range weapons like swords or batons or even a cane - that, he has a decent measure of skill in. It doesn't take much effort for him to twist out of the way like a snake so the cane lands on his shoulder rather than his head; the blow certainly smarts, but he's had worse and it also gives him an opening to try and clap his hands around it and at least halt it, if not wrench it away.]

Trust me, I don't believe any of us will be making that mistake. If you insist on using your cane though, at least allow me to find a similar weapon. We can make it a proper duel that way.