I was a member here before but for the life of me I can't seem to remember my login or password so I just created a new id....it has been over a year anyhow so why not?

I do play with slings now and then and other primitve weapons, my main focus is on the armed and unarmed arts of Europe with a focus on Shillelagh and singlestick as well as knife.

[quote]Shillelagh[/quote] is a martial art ?
I just thought it was a stick with a knobbly end you hit people with.

You actually mean to say there is a genuine honest to good ness irish martial art that doesn't involve potatoes ?

Say on sir !
I'm intrigued :-)

Well honestly I think you have summed up the art of Irish stickfighting pretty good with :

[quote author=curious_aardvark link=1179406786/0#2 date=1179516888][quote]Shillelagh[/quote] is a martial art ?
I just thought it was a stick with a knobbly end you hit people with.
[/quote]

There is not alot more to it than that really...ok I am fibbing a bit but really as my good friend Kirk likes to say...'It's a stick, hit 'em with it!"

There are certain ways the Irish went about hitting each other though and guarding themselves from getting hit plus we have period wrestling and boxing skills thrown into the mix for flavor.
Here is a link to my Irish stickfighting page:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/4933/shillelagh.html

If you have any questions I owuld be happy to at least try to answer them.