Irish Stick Fighting - Bataireacht

Bataireacht (stick fighting) is the traditional martial art of Ireland, the style we practice is the  Doyle family Irish Stick Fighting (nicknamed Rince a Bata Uisce Bheatha). It is a devastatingly effective two-handed combative system developed well over 200 years ago by a Doyle family in Ireland. This system was brought to Canada in the early 1800s via a Doyle who settled in the rough and tumble landscape of the Atlantic's Newfoundland coast.

As most of the stick fighting styles eventually became extinct in Ireland (due to socio-political changes, and access to other forms of modern weapons etc), the Doyle System was practiced, guarded, further evolved, and passed on through the Doyle family residing in Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula.

While most Irish styles used the one-handed methods (much like fencing) the Doyle style evolved from a one-handed longer range style to a much more 'close-quarter' two-handed style when a family member fused the principles of pugilism into the motions of the stick - www.doyleirishstick.com