You know, the situation in New Orleans aside, is there some kind of FAQ which is titled "The troubles between Ken and John" for those of us who have no clue...
May I suggest a couple of sticks and a bottle of Jamisons ought to square things up nicely no matter what the kerfufle is about. :-) ... You know, the...
John, Once the Mail starts flowing again in that are tell Scotty he'll get a bata from me Free Of Charge. All I'll need is the dimensions of the stick he...
Hey everyone.....the September Issue of Live Steel Magazine will be available next week at: www.lulu.com/livesteel It will be featuring articles on The...
Hey all, I've been reading through "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," by James Joyce and ran across a couple of passages that relate to the Irish...
... I remember at Lansing this year, a group of us were talking about the fencers. We called them drama queens and laughed. The more I think about it though,...
Hello I don't post often, and have only been practicing with my bata for a few months with a couple freinds. I have wondered now for a few months if the Irish...
There are some references to a staff being used. There is also some mumblings about a four foot stick being used as well. Now IF this was the case on the...
On 9/3/05, Wilhelm von Winkleried <winkleried@...> wrote: ... I'll agree with Mark here....I don't know of any work on a truly irish style of q-staff....
Sparing 2 looks very close to single stick in movement and distance. I notice arm strikes being the predominant target which makes sense as it is the closest ...
I also must agree. From my research there are a few different styles of staff work done, most seem to be copies of either English or Continental European. The...
One thing to remember about our club is that we are not trying to perpetuate any traditional style in any way. The origin of our club was to be able to defend ...
Stickfighter Quarterly is an open forum for any serious stickfighters to add thier opinions to our mosaic. I just finished my contribution "THE HANDS". It is...
Sorry that web address is http://members.shaw.ca/lfu/school .html ... Stickfighter Quarterly is an open forum for any serious stickfighters to add thier...
From a search for alpeen, quote from a site. Most may have already read it but in case it may be of interest, here is the relevant quote: "1715: An Irish...
http://members.shaw.ca/lfu/school.html Click on Stickfighter Quarterly and then "THE HANDS" ... Stickfighter Quarterly is an open forum for any serious...
... Is the "Le Grand Baton" then similar to the German Staff?? and is it similar to jogo de Pau? <sp?> Is this the "Continental European" style that you...
See Below Marc Adkins David <bojutsu@...> wrote: Is the "Le Grand Baton" then similar to the German Staff?? MA: Depends on what you mean by this. Yes...
... Thanks Marc. I can immagine a staff used like a sword, such as the Jo of mainland Japan but from what I've recently seen of German longsword at the June...
The September issue of Live Steel Magazine is out and features include The Cateran Society, The Higgins Armoury Guild and much more....our biggest issue to...
Le Grand Baton manuel, it's in french but the images give you the idea http://membres.lycos.fr/baspierre/delauney.html Cheers, Chuck ... school of the Grande...
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Nah,I got a page not found......I'll try again later tonight Marc ... It loads slow, a title & blank white page at first but eventually it loads for me....
Ok I got it to open. The few words of french I can speak you can't use in mixed company and i can't read a lick of it..But still intresting pictures there. ...
Hi all, I'm living in Toledo, OH now and have a small three person (including myself) training group going. At the moment we're focusing on pugilism and bata....
... able to read and see is >that the english school as represented by Silver,Swetnam and Wylde and some oters are the >oldest recorded pure staff work we...