Everybody Bruce Lee Mad

Gunnerkid

So Eastern Martial Arts have become hugely popular in the west, they are useful for self defense situations and staying fit. But what ever happened to Western martial arts (I know boxing, fencing and wrestling to some extent are popular today) but I mean are they just not as affective or interesting as Eastern martial arts??.

Yesterday I found out about Bataireacht or Irish stick fighting threw a friend, if I had known about this martial art before or if there were classes near me I would definitely have joined I didn't even know we had martial are own form of martial arts, I feel embarrassed haha. So would you join or support Irish martial arts if they started up in your local area??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcH0ww_Jbfg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataireacht

mysteries1984

Stick fighting? Sure the turtles were doing that years ago.

Badgermonkey

Looks like Traveller Tennis.

The King of Moo

Two lads flaking each other with sticks, or Bruce Lee?

Is it really that hard to imagine which might be seen as cooler? :pac:

Zen65

Gunnerkid wrote: »

So would you join or support Irish martial arts if they started up in your local area??

I see in the papers there's some new Irish martial art involving slash hooks that seems to be catching on.

Z

Napper Hawkins

Stick fighting............Hurling?

enfant terrible

Would the one inch punch be effective in MMA?

JohnMarston

There's already Mixed Martial Arts, Karate and Tae Kwon Do clubs near me. Stick fighting wouldn't be an activity i would endorse

Peetrik

An Irish martial art so secret that no Irish people have ever heard of it?

Its made up tripe to trick Americans into buying DVDs. Don't be fooled.

TwoShedsJackson

The Ancient Welsh martial art of Llap Goch

Ronin247

Looks like an American Irish "sport"

"Ahh this is how the Leprechauns used to fight in Ireland!"

To be fair if you can't beat 7 shades out of someone with a baton in your hand you should quit.

lcrcboy

I can understand why people reckon martial arts like Kung Fu look cooler plus they have Hollywood backing them. To be honest I never heard of this before either that link you provided also talks about some forms of Irish wrestling, boxing and kicking it might be interesting to see modern martial art incorporating the different types of old Irish fighting styles into one could be a cool sport.
Just found this I think its the world organisation of Irish stick fighting or something like that: http://www.isfworldwide.com/irish-stick-fighting/index.php

Faolchu

when you grade do you get a different colour cap like belts in Karate?

lcrcboy

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

The Ancient Welsh martial art of Llap Goch

brilliant

ejmaztec

The martial art of Kung Slashooking

Beruthiel

Gunnerkid wrote: »

Yesterday I found out about Bataireacht or Irish stick fighting threw a friend

Shillelaghs. The sticks used.
I'm betting you've heard that word before?

Ronin247

Zen65 wrote: »

I see in the papers there's some new Irish martial art involving slash hooks that seems to be catching on.

Z

I think the lads wth the slash hooks are more into marital fighting than martial fighting.



On a lighter note,a traveller goes into the hardware shop and asks do they have a slash hook..

certainly sir is the reply....would that be a confirmation or a wedding slash hook??

lcrcboy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwo9SIL6pTE

Spacedog

TOTAL FUCKING BULLSHIT

Nodin

Spacedog wrote: »

TOTAL FUCKING BULLSHIT

Who/what/why?

Adamantium

Fencing is by far one of the coolest, underrated sports ever and I plan to pick it up again when I get back to college next year.

The workout just makes every bone in your body ache, coming alive

Peetrik

Nodin wrote: »

Who/what/why?

Because if there was an "Irish martial art" then Carrolls would have been selling minature stick weapons to Americans for years along with bodhrans, tin whistles and miniture Irish flags.

Also, as Irish people, we brag about everything even if we made it up, we're still banging on about getting rid of all the snakes, so there would be a record of it in our lore. We have Leprachauns, Tir na nog and the book of Kells... but nowhere does it mention "baintraicht".

It makey up garbage to trick gulible "Irish" Americans.

Doc Ruby

Peetrik wrote: »

An Irish martial art so secret that no Irish people have ever heard of it?

I've heard of it. I've even practised it and am personally acquainted with some of the Doyles in that video. In the S&SS forum there are photos of me hammering through a door with a shillelagh. There's a couple of other people in Ireland that also teach it. And I'm sure they'd be only delighted to demonstrate it given the opportunity.

Peetrik wrote: »

Its made up tripe to trick Americans into buying DVDs. Don't be fooled.

That particular crowd are Canadian, from one of the Irish families that emigrated during the famine.

darlett

Peetrik wrote: »

We have Leprachauns, Tir na nog and the book of Kells...

Just to clarify...Book of Kells =/= invented for Americans

Peetrik

Doc Ruby wrote: »

There's a couple of other people in Ireland that also teach it. And I'm sure they'd be only delighted to demonstrate it given the opportunity.

You mean Liam who teachs silat out in Tallaght? Because this was the last I heard re him teaching.

No offences intended to you Doc, I'm sure you can give a good wallop with your stick but claiming its a complete martial arts system is B/S as far as I'm concerned. Put it against Escrima or the like and my money is on the Escrimador every time.

J. Marston

Gunnerkid wrote: »

So Eastern Martial Arts have become hugely popular in the west, they are useful for self defense situations and staying fit. But what ever happened to Western martial arts (I know boxing, fencing and wrestling to some extent are popular today) but I mean are they just not as affective or interesting as Eastern martial arts??.

Yesterday I found out about Bataireacht or Irish stick fighting threw a friend, if I had known about this martial art before or if there were classes near me I would definitely have joined I didn't even know we had martial are own form of martial arts, I feel embarrassed haha. So would you join or support Irish martial arts if they started up in your local area??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcH0ww_Jbfg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataireacht

Still going strong. Here are some experts...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_NQCTbvRnM

grazz

kicky kicky yo ass whhheheaaaww

Doc Ruby

Peetrik wrote: »

No offences intended to you Doc, I'm sure you can give a good wallop with your stick but claiming its a complete martial arts system is B/S as far as I'm concerned. Put it against Escrima or the like and my money is on the Escrimador every time.

I lived in the Philippines for several years, believe me I know the difference between this and arnis, escrima or kali. I mean you can talk about the heritage and direct lineage or what have you when it comes to martial arts, but this is different. Not a whole lot of moves I grant you, but you could spend many years mastering them properly. Besides even if you don't buy any of the above, some WMA guys have been reconstructing the art from certified descriptions of the day, which is something even the most sceptical must admit has merit.

darlett

Domo230 wrote: »

Most Western martial arts simply weren't recorded so they have sadly been lost to the ravages of time.

Yeap! I see your poxy shogun and I raise you one shotgun.

I know how The Last Samurai ends. Perfect cherry blossom indeed, that was an abject failure which today has as much practical everyday use beyond fitness as step aerobics.

Mr. CooL ICE

An Buachaill Bataireacht - coming in 2012 (rated R)

Gummy Panda

What a load of bollix