Definition of "stickfighter"

Most people had forgotten I had ever been a stickfighter.

2005, Kevin Baldeosingh, The Ten Incarnations of Adam Avatar, page 383

Quickly grabbing one of the crutches, he whispered: 'If we are attacked, you just clear out. I can look after myself; I am a stickfighter. Don't worry!'

2010, Robert van Gulik, Necklace and Calabash: A Chinese Detective Story, page 42

In the evening I practise my forms with Lapy, who'd be a good stickfighter if he could be bothered.

2010, A Life in Full and Other Stories, page 63