And this Irish martial art ... Shillelagh hits are not long and looping, like some other stick-fighting techniques. Instead, they are mostly short and quick, akin to a boxer's jab, mixed with ...

An ancient Irish form of stick fighting that was once so dangerous it left many fighters dead has been making a comeback over the past decade, albeit in a safer and more controlled environment. ...

“Even Irish people. You know, we have our little shirts and our logo. And they go, Irish stick fighting, what is that?” Borter said. Borter is the Founder of the Modern Self-Defense Academy in ...

Bataireacht or Boiscin, the ancient Irish tradition of stick fighting, (as opposed to using a stick as a substitute for a sword) developed over centuries reaching an apogee in the pre-famine 19th ...