Further to Eric's post...

You can obtain competition and practise canes, and other
Canne and Savate equipment from:

www.sport7online.com

If you know of anyone who makes or supplies longer than
avarage crooked-head canes from Sweet Chestnut (which are
not too thick) you can cut the crooks off and use them for basic
training. The length should be 37+1/2 inches (95 cms).

Ordinary Fencing masks will suffice for protection as well. The
hits are not meant to be delivered with force anyway. You can
often pick up second hand (or should that be second head?)
ones from eBay or from your local Fencing club when they go
over to using the latest wizz-kid type of mask.

Pugil