Stick Fighting And Stick Fencing

Wexford Irish Stick Fighting Club provides a training Program allowing students to learn and practice within a common structure that is historically valid and martially sound

In addition to the input from others studying the same or related material, modern and historical combat sports practitioners may also be consulted for further technical comparisons

Unlike the modern study of popular Asian fighting arts there is not a great deal of accurate information or quality instruction readily accessible on Irish stick fighting and Irish stick fencing

There is a lot of interest in Irish stick fighting in the United States and Canada in particular. Hopefully individual styles of Irish stick fighting have survived, which have preserved Irish Clan traditions or that the art of Irish stick fighting itself has been revived

We continually revise and amend our training aids and study materials

Shillelaghs Are Deadly Weapons

The Shillelagh has send many to the Doctor and some to the Grave-yard

At NO time what-so-ever do we train in-close with wooden weapons

Training

The execution of techniques should be done in a calm and controlled manner, without any undue movements

A stick whether used as a one handed weapon, a two handed weapon, as a distance weapon or as an 'in close' weapon, is a brutal impact weapon, the injuries that it can cause are savage

Therefore, proper padded training weapons are used while training, bambo for stick fencing and padded sticks for in close training

Only after a good understanding of safety, timing and distance, are wooden weapons used

For non contact training, wooden weapons are used in order to get a good feel of the weapon itself

The class is open to adults only
Under 18s may be permitted to train by prior agreement

Training With Weapons

We train with padded weapons not Shillelaghs, they are too dangerous to train with

Padded training weapons for in-close training

Light bambo training weapons for distance training

Shillelagh cost alot when your bashing the hell out of them they get broken

We use six foot martial arts staff cut in two, they are cheep and it which gives us two sticks to train with

The cut down staff is usefull for getting to understand the feel of a walking stick as a personal defence weapon

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