As your channel grows, keep the on-camera narration. I've been trying to connect with my Irish culture by telling the stories and cooking the recipes given to me by my great grandmother. The oral storytelling tradition seemed so important to her. You should keep that basic format as you go forward. Tell the stories that connect us.
@@ryanbuckley3314 it will stay don't worry. There will be a lot of different projects coming but I know my rambles tend to appeal to people. I also have a few mini documentaries I want to eventually make too.
Absolutely Nathan! Irish stick has sticks of the same size as a Hanbo or possibly a Jo, they work differently! Filipino styles often major on sticks but are different and vary even amongst themselves! The arts are a product of the area and cultures that produced them. Great video! Take care Graham
I feel like it's similar to what Bruce Lee said about studying martial arts, that when he started a kick was just a kick, a punch was just a punch, when he started to get good & a kick wasn't just a kick, a punch wasn't just a punch, but now that he's mastered it a kick is indeed just a kick and a punch just a punch. Basically there are core movements that are common to almost all martial arts without which you can't honestly say you can fight - but every martial art has something special about it, maybe a training technique, maybe a way of doing certain blows, that others don't. These are the things that once you know how to fight, you add in that special sauce & someone from a different fighting tradition maybe won't know about it & it'll give you an edge, but if all you learn is that special sauce stuff, then turn up thinking you're now a fighter without having learned how to throw a punch or a kick, or do a takedown etc etc or how to block or parry or evade an attack, then you'll just end up on the special bus. You've evidently studied the core stuff and then some, so you'll be alright - I'm thinking of folks like Rokas from Martial Arts Journey who having taught Aikido for 7 years had the terrible realisation that aikido wasn't good for fighting. Ueshiba's initial class was taught to black belts in jiujitsu and karate - people who knew fighting - as special sauce stuff to make them even better, but an awful lot of folks learn aikido as their whole way of fighting, and get shocked when a boxer KOs them. Luckily Rokas has likewise made up his art's shortcomings by studying a bunch of other martial arts now.
Thanks for the video. I think I understand some of what you mean by different martial arts being different even though many of the moves are the same. In my late 20's, I tried to take a little karate. I found myself in a class where they set me aside and had a guy trying to teach me perfect form on a kick. I spent an hour trying to do the same kick over and over and over with only my right leg. They said that when I got that kick just right, I'd learn something else. I went home frustrated with asymmetrical back pain from an hour of doing the same motion with just one leg. I saw myself still standing to the side six months later trying to get that same kick just right. I wasn't even learning to throw the kick with power. I was just trying to get the form right. In frustration, I gave up. In my late 40's, I tried Krav Maga. I went to class where they taught us a series of steps to take if someone tried to choke us from the front. Before that started, we did about fifteen or twenty minutes of hard calisthenics. These included some punching and kicking, and they showed me roughly the right form for throwing a punch or kick. As they talked about the strikes needed to get out of the choke, they talked about how to throw the strikes with power. I went home feeling that if someone tried to put me in a front choke, I'd have an idea what to do. I'd at least have the confidence to act decisively. As they talked about the whole idea, they talked about how decisive action is sometimes all that a person needs to do. I realized that six months of Krav Maga would at least give me ideas for decisive action if I were attacked. Six months of Krav Maga would teach me how to put power behind any punches or kicks that I threw in self-defense. I wouldn't spend six months in the back of the class trying to get perfect form on a front kick. For each individual, a different approach will work better. Some people love the idea of practicing over and over and over to get perfect form before doing anything else. Others find that approach frustrating and demoralizing. I realize that someone who learns along the lines of that Krav Maga class and never works on perfecting his or her form will never be as good as the karate practitioner who develops perfect form and then develops power and then learns to put combinations together. On the other hand, strength still plays a part, and the stronger person with slightly less perfect form will often beat a weaker person with perfect form. I also recognize that some people are very much driven by the desire to learn a martial art as an art. Others are driven only by the desire to survive if they are attacked. Others are driven by a desire to participate in some kind of competitive sport. Each of the "arts" has a different focus. Many people in Krav Maga don't even consider Krav Maga to be a martial art. They see Krav Maga as a close combat system. No matter how much certain actions look the same, the overall activity is different if the focus is different. For me, the appeal would be learning to defend myself using a traditional weapon like the shillelagh. The shillelagh looks neat because of its historical significance, and being able to wield it effectively against an attacker would add to the appeal.
@@VTPSTTU you touch on a ton of important points I didn't bring up in this video two of the big ones being that not everyone learns in the same manner it takes a lot of experience as a coach to figure this out and can be very difficult at times. Also many don't want to learn a martial art for the same reason many folks want to get fit or look cool not actually use it for it's intended purpose.
It may be argued that once you do sport, styles go out of the window. A famous example is my friend Alfie Lewis. His black belt was in Lau Gar Kung Fu if I recall correctly. But Ticky Donovan put him on the English Karate team (because he was beating everyone). He came out in a white gi and black belt and some people (those he beat) complained. If then, someone is beating world class Karateka in Karate does that make them a defacto Karateka? Likewise if you entered a Kendo tournament and beat everyone at Kendo using Irish stick and Escrima techniques, would that make you a Kendoka? There is a school of thought that says yes. But the other school of thought is that competition is a minor part of the art. You cannot be a Goju Ryu Karateka if you don't know Sanchin. You can't be a Kendoka if you don't know what a Shomen Uchi is. Good video as usual.
@@simonkeegan5580 well said you often see the same thing when fights break out at martial arts tournaments eg a wrestling tournament and they start throwing punches or a kickboxing match and they start wrestling. When fights break out people rely on whatever works. In tournaments it's also very easy to default to what you're good at without actually partaking in the style or system your competing under.
Somewhere I've heard hurly sticks were sometimes used in combat. I'm aware that older sticks were more like hockey sticks than the modern hurlys. Can you do a video on them?
I'm Irish, and I have a Stick* My Granda made it for me when my mother was first pregnant with me, even though she had 3 daughters already he made a " fighting stick" from his own patch* that he was husband too in the ' wild ' I quickly grew to fit the stick he built. For a 6ft 2 light framed Man. Had it all my life, and if all this isn't already, corny enough ( ? ) I wouldn't swap it for any other weapon. I wouldn't swap it for everything I own. It's very presence in my life provides protection* and peace of mind* Which is priceless " Naturally. ∆
@@WooliamWallace I would love to do a collaboration with Tom if it could be made to happen. I helped kit out the smoothgetafix guys who did a Collab with him a few times. Would be a great cross over with Tom for martial arts and history and all sorts.
As your channel grows, keep the on-camera narration. I've been trying to connect with my Irish culture by telling the stories and cooking the recipes given to me by my great grandmother. The oral storytelling tradition seemed so important to her. You should keep that basic format as you go forward. Tell the stories that connect us.
@@ryanbuckley3314 it will stay don't worry. There will be a lot of different projects coming but I know my rambles tend to appeal to people. I also have a few mini documentaries I want to eventually make too.
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Glad to hear of the course
@@jasamkrafen hopefully folks enjoy it. I'm going to finish the edits and let people have a run through of it all before I get it out there.
Absolutely Nathan!
Irish stick has sticks of the same size as a Hanbo or possibly a Jo, they work differently!
Filipino styles often major on sticks but are different and vary even amongst themselves!
The arts are a product of the area and cultures that produced them.
Great video!
Take care
Graham
@@grahamblackall exactly and each art gives its own unique flavour.
Great channel, excellent video
@@diegomdonola7188 thank you
I feel like it's similar to what Bruce Lee said about studying martial arts, that when he started a kick was just a kick, a punch was just a punch, when he started to get good & a kick wasn't just a kick, a punch wasn't just a punch, but now that he's mastered it a kick is indeed just a kick and a punch just a punch. Basically there are core movements that are common to almost all martial arts without which you can't honestly say you can fight - but every martial art has something special about it, maybe a training technique, maybe a way of doing certain blows, that others don't. These are the things that once you know how to fight, you add in that special sauce & someone from a different fighting tradition maybe won't know about it & it'll give you an edge, but if all you learn is that special sauce stuff, then turn up thinking you're now a fighter without having learned how to throw a punch or a kick, or do a takedown etc etc or how to block or parry or evade an attack, then you'll just end up on the special bus. You've evidently studied the core stuff and then some, so you'll be alright - I'm thinking of folks like Rokas from Martial Arts Journey who having taught Aikido for 7 years had the terrible realisation that aikido wasn't good for fighting. Ueshiba's initial class was taught to black belts in jiujitsu and karate - people who knew fighting - as special sauce stuff to make them even better, but an awful lot of folks learn aikido as their whole way of fighting, and get shocked when a boxer KOs them. Luckily Rokas has likewise made up his art's shortcomings by studying a bunch of other martial arts now.
@@Skiamakhos very well said and often it's those minor additions that make things unique and specific to their needs
Thanks for the video.
I think I understand some of what you mean by different martial arts being different even though many of the moves are the same.
In my late 20's, I tried to take a little karate. I found myself in a class where they set me aside and had a guy trying to teach me perfect form on a kick. I spent an hour trying to do the same kick over and over and over with only my right leg. They said that when I got that kick just right, I'd learn something else. I went home frustrated with asymmetrical back pain from an hour of doing the same motion with just one leg. I saw myself still standing to the side six months later trying to get that same kick just right. I wasn't even learning to throw the kick with power. I was just trying to get the form right. In frustration, I gave up.
In my late 40's, I tried Krav Maga. I went to class where they taught us a series of steps to take if someone tried to choke us from the front. Before that started, we did about fifteen or twenty minutes of hard calisthenics. These included some punching and kicking, and they showed me roughly the right form for throwing a punch or kick. As they talked about the strikes needed to get out of the choke, they talked about how to throw the strikes with power. I went home feeling that if someone tried to put me in a front choke, I'd have an idea what to do. I'd at least have the confidence to act decisively. As they talked about the whole idea, they talked about how decisive action is sometimes all that a person needs to do. I realized that six months of Krav Maga would at least give me ideas for decisive action if I were attacked. Six months of Krav Maga would teach me how to put power behind any punches or kicks that I threw in self-defense. I wouldn't spend six months in the back of the class trying to get perfect form on a front kick.
For each individual, a different approach will work better. Some people love the idea of practicing over and over and over to get perfect form before doing anything else. Others find that approach frustrating and demoralizing. I realize that someone who learns along the lines of that Krav Maga class and never works on perfecting his or her form will never be as good as the karate practitioner who develops perfect form and then develops power and then learns to put combinations together. On the other hand, strength still plays a part, and the stronger person with slightly less perfect form will often beat a weaker person with perfect form.
I also recognize that some people are very much driven by the desire to learn a martial art as an art. Others are driven only by the desire to survive if they are attacked. Others are driven by a desire to participate in some kind of competitive sport. Each of the "arts" has a different focus. Many people in Krav Maga don't even consider Krav Maga to be a martial art. They see Krav Maga as a close combat system. No matter how much certain actions look the same, the overall activity is different if the focus is different.
For me, the appeal would be learning to defend myself using a traditional weapon like the shillelagh. The shillelagh looks neat because of its historical significance, and being able to wield it effectively against an attacker would add to the appeal.
@@VTPSTTU you touch on a ton of important points I didn't bring up in this video two of the big ones being that not everyone learns in the same manner it takes a lot of experience as a coach to figure this out and can be very difficult at times. Also many don't want to learn a martial art for the same reason many folks want to get fit or look cool not actually use it for it's intended purpose.
Sticks! They work.
@@wrongchannel111 they can do
It may be argued that once you do sport, styles go out of the window. A famous example is my friend Alfie Lewis. His black belt was in Lau Gar Kung Fu if I recall correctly. But Ticky Donovan put him on the English Karate team (because he was beating everyone). He came out in a white gi and black belt and some people (those he beat) complained. If then, someone is beating world class Karateka in Karate does that make them a defacto Karateka?
Likewise if you entered a Kendo tournament and beat everyone at Kendo using Irish stick and Escrima techniques, would that make you a Kendoka?
There is a school of thought that says yes.
But the other school of thought is that competition is a minor part of the art.
You cannot be a Goju Ryu Karateka if you don't know Sanchin. You can't be a Kendoka if you don't know what a Shomen Uchi is.
Good video as usual.
@@simonkeegan5580 well said you often see the same thing when fights break out at martial arts tournaments eg a wrestling tournament and they start throwing punches or a kickboxing match and they start wrestling. When fights break out people rely on whatever works. In tournaments it's also very easy to default to what you're good at without actually partaking in the style or system your competing under.
thanks
thank you
Somewhere I've heard hurly sticks were sometimes used in combat. I'm aware that older sticks were more like hockey sticks than the modern hurlys. Can you do a video on them?
@@CDKohmy I can indeed. It's a little tricky to find good information on early hurling but it's definitely one I can do.
Wonderful video!
thank you very much
I'm Irish, and I have a Stick*
My Granda made it for me when my mother was first pregnant with me, even though she had 3 daughters already he made a
" fighting stick" from his own patch* that he was husband too in the ' wild '
I quickly grew to fit the stick he built. For a 6ft 2 light framed Man.
Had it all my life, and if all this isn't already, corny enough ( ? )
I wouldn't swap it for any other weapon.
I wouldn't swap it for everything I own.
It's very presence in my life provides protection* and peace of mind*
Which is priceless "
Naturally. ∆
@@longshotkdb definitely an important thing to hold on to.
Good stuff pal, would love to see a collaboration with my buddy tom from fandabidozi
@@WooliamWallace I would love to do a collaboration with Tom if it could be made to happen. I helped kit out the smoothgetafix guys who did a Collab with him a few times. Would be a great cross over with Tom for martial arts and history and all sorts.
@ramblingkern I'll ask him if he'd be up for it. if so, hopefully see you then :)
@@WooliamWallace fingers crossed 🤞