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tional Weapons Title, and IMAC’S National tit- Ready Deterrent)”, and interviews on major
le. For 2000 he defended his World Cham- tv sports and entertainment programs have
pion title for NASKA and won top honors in helped to bring Mark’s system of cane figh-
the World for the KRANE Ratings. In 2001 ting to the attention of the world at large, and
GM Shuey repeated for the third time, de- his “American Cane System” is being tau-
fending his National and World titles on the ght by over 300 instructors throughout the
NASKA tournament circuit. world.

In 1998, he was inducted into the Martial
Arts Masters, Pioneers, and Legends Hall Dislocation technique using the cane.
of Fame as a “Master Instructor”, as well as
1999. The year 2000 saw Shuey induc-
ted into the USMA Hall of Fame, as well as the
prestigious World Head of Family Sokeship
Hall of Fame. In 2001, he was honored by
induction to the Action Martial Arts Hall of
Fame, International Association of Karate,
Kobudo, Puerto Rico Hall of Fame and USMA.
Also in 2001, Mark was appointed to the
Board on the World Sokeship. In 2003,
Mark was inducted into the Black Belt Maga-
zine Hall of Fame as “Weapons Instructor of
the Year”.

Mark has been promoting tournaments in
the martial arts since 1980, and has hosted
over 16 tournaments of his own. Because
of his love for the Cane, his traditional “de-
terrent of choice”, he was one of the foun-
ders and now sole owner of “Cane Masters”.
This company has introduced the Cane to
a greater audience in the martial arts com-
munity, as well as senior citizens and the
physically challenged. Furthermore, Mark
travels throughout the world giving seminars
on using the cane for self-defense as well as
exercise. At the start of 2000, Shuey formed
the Cane Masters International Association
for students of the cane and to certify instruc-
tors for his system.

Due to articles in the media, like the article
by Jennifer Levitz in the Saturday July 12,
2008 edition of The Wall Street Journal
entitled “Everybody Is ‘Cane Fu’ Fighting At
Senior Centers, So Watch Out (Older People
Get Healthful Exercise And Learn to Wield a

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