What is Canne de Combat?

Canne de combat is a French stickfighting art. It uses a canne (a kind of walking-stick) designed for fighting. Canne de combat is standardized in 1970s for sporting competition by Maurice Sarry. The canne is very light, made of chestnut wood and slightly tapered. A padded suit and a fencing mask are worn for protection. [From wikipedia]

For me, CDC means creativity. There are only 6 basic techniques and 4 different positions to learn, and then, you can play with the others, use your creativity, jump, run, parry, escape, attack: play in a random environment. Random means for me incalculabity. The other guy is moving around you, tries to attack, and parries your strikes. You try to cheat your opponet, to bring him in such a state, that is bad for him, but good for you. And he tries to do the same! You wont win with brute force, but with intelligence and creativity.

CDC is not a way of streetfighting, but a honest way of self expression and a kind of conversation with your opponet.

That is what CDC means for me.