Mastering the Irish Shillelagh. "Attacking The Hands" by Grandmaster J.P. Sullivan

The Shiner strategy behind attacking the hands. Please keep in mind that it is not my desire that others do this, it is simply a demonstrated record of the things that I have learned while mastering the Irish weapon .

[@zibtor]

I have been told that they are images from Talhoffer's works. Where the image comes from is not as important as the point being made about "slipping" the weapon . In the German style this would be similar to a "Nachreisen" (to travel back)

[@folksurvival]

15th century Celtic?

[@gustavthemagician]

The oldest known shillelagh is about 5000 years old. These modern things look more like hockey-sticks but that is because they made it into a sport. The shillelagh was used for thousands of years in Ireland, the shillelagh walking-stick is a disguised weapon, not a cane that can be used for fighting. Try Francis McCaffrey, he makes them and he knows a lot about the history of shillelaghs.

[@combatives]

All stick fighting systems have things in common and some completely foreign aspects. All in all- nothing about stick in hand fro defense sounds poorly, unless you are at a distance from an expert firearms person or a sub-machine gun! All in all, look at commonalities and work on those- these universal truths- being hit by a heavy stick or a light stick hurts like hell and can kill you! Don't be an ass and start saying one is better than another as they all have weaknesses and strengths.