At CCF, the advanced students have been studying la canne recently.  We have focused on la canne’s French origins, using established 19^th century techniques.  However, lest anyone begin to doubt for a moment that the Italians would neglect an opportunity to excel at un sistema di combattimento, check out these videos. 

The videos show la canne italiana, a cane-fighting system that is demonstrably martial:  the hits are solid and even strike the arms; the system indulges few flourishes and, moreover, uses the point of the cane to hit.  (Indeed, the system looks like saber with a stick.) 

This one shows a what seems to be a standard bout: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAH9XarclWg&feature=relmfu 

There is even a “full contact” session (including kicks and cane seizing!):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2n90YPd7Io&feature=relmfu.  (This is reminiscent of canne chausson.)

Finally, note that la canne italiana has even been incorporated into a video game:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e11sGDsnYkM&feature=plcp.