Irish Stick Fighting

[Cherub]

:mods: if this is not the right place for this please move.

I thought this might be of interest to the people who own Blackthorn Canes or similar ones.

I have started taking Irish stick fighting in Milton, Ont. so this might have limited appeal. But believe me it is quite a workout. If anyone want further Info please PM me.

Link Follows.

http://fightingfaction.com/index.php...tpage&Itemid=1

However videos of the style are on You Tube again link follows.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d43qH9w5Dow

[pdcorlis]

I have never seen this before - thanks for the link!

[Monkey@Arms]

From what I've seen of Irish stick fighting at western martial arts conferences, its interesting from a cultural heritage stand point, but not as useful as the Filipino stick arts. Its great that you have a local teacher.

Best regards,

Jake


P.S. I usually post Celtic martial arts threads in the off topic forum.

[Cherub]

not exactly local....It's about an hour drive to get to there but I think it's worth the trip. besides they do Filipino as well and I'll be adding taking that as well next week.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Shouldn't this be in the Kilted Martial Arts Forum? Oh wait... there isn't a Kilted Martial Arts Forum, is there?

[GreenDragon]

Kilted martial arts?

[Monkey@Arms]

Kilted martial arts?

Ya got a problem with that, Laddie?



Best regards,

Jake

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

What a HOOT!

[Dan R Porter]

I have tried doyles style, he is in canada, it was fun! But with a history of Arnis I found it to be kind of like kung-fu or karate, not worth a darn in a real self defense situation! But it is a neat art form. Though I would never challenge doyle, he has a lot of experience, and this is a personal family art passed down through many generations. These were men who protected distilllery's! Never mess with a mans whiskey!

I have been doing sticks, pugilism, and wrestling for a few years now and I can tell you blackthornes are a menacing weapon if used cave-man style, but not in boxing stance or irish stance. Look at

http://www.johnwhurley.com/

He has a book out I purschased some years ago, very neat historical stuff! They show the "Shelaleigh" as a 4' stick though. And holding it as an "overguard" position. Very neat idea, but I still wouldn't try this against siniwali.

Also I have been making sparing sticks for a couple years, those sticks at the hardware store last about 2 hits! If interested in making some sticks PM me or join the yahoo "Bata" group. Great guys in there!

If your ever in the midwest states look me up!

[Bigkahuna]

I think this is where the Broadsword comes in handy. This for yer stick!!!!