Good question!

actually, not a'one!

I have onlt seen the bata in historical sources, but certainly, after
the Irish diaspora you might expect to see some in use...Hmm, I'll look
around.

Dirk

--- In bata@yahoogroups.com, William Nutt <hanliamnutt@...> wrote:
>
> Dirk,
> Thank you for your thoughts. As an addendum, do you know of any
period resources discussing the crooked cane in the Irish Martial Arts?
>
> Best,
> William
>