Martial Arts

I wouldn't say literally mightier than a sword, but with something solid to brace it on the inside, a newspaper makes for a surprisingly good thrusting weapon.

Joke about the pen aside, it's true when you roll up a newspaper really tight it seems to have that effect.

Also, what do you mean by disarming someone with a stick? Is it any old pole or a full-blown quarterstaff? Because if it's the latter and your opponent knows how to use it, I don't think you're getting anywhere near him with anything less than a halberd or a pike unless you want to end up as a stain on the ground.

I have no idea of the technical terms so I'm going to call it "big pole" and "small pole". The example I was using was basically the "classic" stick (it's padded and spans about the size of a person's arm excluding the shoulder) This is supposed to be the "typical" size of stick you're likely to encounter and basically the most tricky to deal with as well so for small poles that technique would be suited. It's also assumed it's a 1 handed weapon (using 2 hands would be pretty stupid in that case anyways)

If you're talking about 2 handed big poles I really don't know what you'd do but I guess the principle remains. Problem is that they keep you at quite a distance and it would be too hard to get in fast. I guess I'd pray that the size of it makes it awkward to wield (which is generally the case)

The SCA still doesn't allow practitioners to wield quarterstaves, even in heavy list where fully body armour is worn, due to the obscene amount of force one can put into a seven foot pole, even considering that most people in heavy list use shields.

That sounds like a specialized weapon and scary too. I wouldn't want to go up against one of those.