Ask anyone that has been caned at school how many times did they need it in order to get the message.If they say once that’s because they had absolutely no intention of experiencing that kind of pain again.In other words,they more than learnt from it where once was once to many and also suggesting that the caning was laid down properly-good,hard,and slow.
If on the other hand you should meet people that needed several canings before the massage sunk home then either the caning was’nt hard enough by half or they were bloody heroes-but I can tell you this,a right good hard six with a senior cane has reduced many a would be hero into a sniveling wreck.