Shillelagh/Bata Stickfighting
Intro
Shillelagh/Bata is the art of Irish stickfighting.
Origin
Ireland
Overview
Bata (Bataireacht or Uisce Beatha Bata Rince in Irish) or
Irish stickfighting is a traditional martial art of Ireland. Often
associated with hurling gangs and faction fighters, it was recently
dramatized in Gangs of New York, and classically by Irish author William
Carleton in "Traits And Stories of The Irish Peasantry". The stick (or "bata")
is a specific weapon called a shillelagh ("sail-eille") - "bata" is a
general term which can mean any kind of stick and calling stick-fighting "bata"
is a modern misnomer.
(This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the
Wikipedia article "Bata".)
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