Important lesson in stick fighting

[@Muscleman09]

Underrated channel love the video!

[@ramblingkern]

@@Muscleman09 appreciate the support mate

[@conlethberry1236]

Really good one Nathan, 👍

[@ramblingkern]

@@conlethberry1236 thank you mate

[@Thorne_MacGregor]

Thank you for the video. Under my current circumstances i cannot afford professional training, so these videos are invaluable, especially since my first line of self defense is my walking stick. Go raibh maith agat.

[@ramblingkern]

@@Thorne_MacGregor I'm glad my work is of value mate.

[@derekcline950]

Im kinda curious why such an interesting and informative video has so few views

[@ramblingkern]

@@derekcline950 thank you kindly. I don't know KZbin can be weird that way a video I put a lot of effort into doesn't do well and others do. But I appreciate the support.

[@conlethberry1236]

@@ramblingkern its the alogorithim game. more comments and more emojis maybe 😁👍

[@ramblingkern]

@@conlethberry1236 haha we can only hope

[@gozer87]

First! Great content as always.

[@ramblingkern]

@@gozer87 thank you mate

[@CDKohmy]

Being that batas were made of other woods besides blackthorn, were there ever folkloric reasons behind different wood choices.

[@ramblingkern]

@@CDKohmy traditionally they were oak but when that was cut down and became high in demand there was a slow change over to balckthorn. There was actually a multitude of woods used and there were many superstitions around them.

[@CDKohmy]

@@ramblingkern is there a source for some of these superstitions?

[@ramblingkern]

@@CDKohmy duchas is the best place it's the national folklore archive they are still digitising all of it but if you search for any terms you are interested in you will find some amazing stuff.

[@Thorne_MacGregor]

​@@ramblingkern I would love to watch a video of yours talking a bit about this aspect of Irish fighting sticks. I'll look to see if you've already done one, but if not then such a video would greatly please me, talking of the different kinds of wood, when oak became less available, and the cultural significance of the woods used. As always, great video and I appreciate what you do. Go raibh maith agat.

[@ramblingkern]

@@Thorne_MacGregor I have a video on why balckthorn was used but less so on the cultural and superstition side of it as it can get very iffy trying to get accurate information on the topic.

[@lusolad]

Is there evidence for Shillelaghs in Roman period?

[@Wolfpak765]

Total noob to the topic here but I have a question. Would fighting with a flail have similarity as well? I assume the lack of swing through would also effect most flails.

[@ramblingkern]

Now take this with a big pinch of salt as I have only ever played with flails of different types but one thing I really noticed was the risk of bounce back on your swings you had to be really careful of how you hit things.