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Aug 5 •
Intro Class
Did you know that our Intro to Irish Stick Fighting Classroom has: 💻 19 Folders 🎥 52 Videos These have been created with 12 years of experience over a 2 month period. These videos were created for you in a methodical, comprehensive way to walk you through training step by step. ☘️ New content added at no additional cost. Join us for one low cost of $30
3 likes • Aug 5
$30?!? I hope they at least put some Irish Cream in that coffee!
Aug 1 •
Classroom Members
Just a reminder to send pics or vids DM to me for sharing in the Schoolhouse.
1 like • Aug 4
Colin said in a video that fast hides errors. I posted the Raven of the 9 Glens a while ago, mostly just having fun and focused more on the strikes. So by doing it fast, you may or may not see that i didn't step back in the single hand thrust. Part of this is not spending time on the footwork,but now i'll slow down and try to get the footwork in line with the strikes when I train. So while you may do it fast in training, if you want good feedback, do your videos relatively slow so Colin can see that you have it all together: feet and hand.
Jul 31 •
Question on Angles 3 & 4
I recognize that the 6 angles come from the traditional Saber manuals. These upward diagonal strikes with a blade make perfect sense when trying to cut something. But given that we have a stick, and not a blade....wouldn't it make more sense to do these upward diagonal strike as if contacting with the spine of a blade rather than the edge? Seems like this would allow the tip of the stick to lead rather than trail and would be a more powerful hit. This would make striking these angles much like doing the thrash. Especially Angle #3. Trying to strike with the "edge" of the stick has far less power than doing the strike with the "spine" of the stick.
1 like • Aug 1
Keith, I have no problem with them in the blade orientation and often use these angles as a recovery to a 1 or 2 that missed. I can also do it from a low two hand carry if I want to come up to strike the elbow. Leading with the knob is not wrong per se but you need to make the strike fit the target and timing. beware that leading with the knob can leave you more open to some attacks, where the "edge" orientation provided some shielding to low strikes.
Jul 27 •
Long term plans?
Colin, I was just wondering what you were planning for the future. Are you going to offer ranks and testing at some point leading to an instructor/coach certification? Planning on any in-person seminars? What kind of instruction is planned for future modules in the school house? Do you teach any of the Rince/forms? I did about a year of personal zoom classes with Bernie Leddy 4 years ago. I was awarded level 1 & 2 and was ready to test for level 3. Level 4 is "coach" the way he has it set up. If I had stuck with it and not allowed other things to pull me away I would be one of his more senior instructors in the US right now. But it is all coming back quickly! 😁
1 like • Jul 27
I am eagerly waiting Colin's reply, but if you follow on Facebook you will have seen that he got together recently with his students for some in person training. One can only progress so far with distance training (especially by themselves) which is why I think he labeled it Intro to Intermediate. For what we would call "black belt" you would need an educated sparring partner because you can learn the basics of techniques on your own, but speed-distance-timing requires an active "attacker."
Jul 27 •
Coat Dragger
This illustration depicts a faction fight in 18th or 19th-century Ireland, a common form of violent dispute between gangs or family groups.The men are wielding shillelaghs, traditional Irish wooden clubs, which were the primary weapons used in this form of stick fighting, known as Bataireacht.The scene likely originates from illustrations for William Carleton's 1834 book, Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry.The pose of the man on the left raising his leg and stick may reflect a traditional fighting stance called Corrghuineacht, often associated with Irish folklore.
1 like • Jul 27
@Keith Myers One must always take artist liberty into account when looking at, "historical" imagines. However, there was no regulation of how long or heavy your stick had to be. It was personal choice. Only in more regulated arts like Single Stick would you see training weapons more standardized.
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