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Kiaora. I am impressed with your techniques and teaching methods. Appreciate your hard work and dedication.look forward to more content in the future..From New Zealand 👍👍😶💯💯💯

How much weight would be added to a loaded shillelagh?

This is great!! Ty!!!

Excellent video! Thanks!

Why a kids aluminum softball bat is better than a wooden bat.

What are freedom units? We Ameritards are stuck in the english system. Feet, yards, cups, pints etc

You don't need a real heavy weapon to hurt someone. just tapping your head on the car door hurts like a bitch, I would hate to get whacked by a rock on a stick.

The word tomahawk comes from an Algonquian word "tamahak" which basically means "a thing to hit with" as opposed to a knife or spear used to cut or pierce. Originally, blunt war clubs, whether of stone or wood, were the tomahawks. Later, when Europeans brought iron and steel trade axes, they applied the word "tamahak" to them as well, and then it entered into the English language from there. But in terms of tomahawk used together with a knife, we actually only have one attested example of that use, where a Native American used the combination against a British soldier. He parried the soldier's saber with the knife and buried the tomahawk blade into the soldier's shoulder, and his fellow soldiers had to come to his rescue.

Good one Nathan. Another great video.

My Blackthorns are light as mate

There is a written source of irish stick? What book is this at 4:50?

I would like to see videos about the interactions of Scottish and Irish settlers and native Americans.

McCafffery Crafts

Thanks for the video. I wish I were in a position in life to train in Irish martial arts.

What if I am only interested in conditioning by myself and understanding the art?

Very disappointed you didn’t wear the dress

I just had a look at the sparring video, this garment had shorter sleeves and even then you could see the sleeve getting hit with the plastic sword. Nuff said. Why did our Irish Medieval warrior ancestors dress like Classical Greek politicians in a land covered in forest and bogs, it is no wonder the Vikings played such havoc in Ireland. Now lets look at the Native American warriors and compare the typical plaines "Indians" that wore lots of clutter with other "Indians" such as the Ute and Apaches. Go to a youtuber by the name Wildwestfaces and click on his video from a few days ago titled "Guerilla warfare". about the Ute. The Apache were total minimalists. And if it were not for Apache traitors the US Cavalry would probably still be trying to find Geronimos band. But there were other Apaches who never surrendered. Look up "The Bronco Apaches." They hid out in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico, from where they continued to raid into the USA right into the 1920s. Hollywood was making movies about Cowboys and Indians while at the same time real Apaches were carrying out raids in the USA.

What an impractical item of clothing. Imagine trying to fight while wearing that LOL. I would rather animal skins- more manly too.

Nathan,the Irish word for a half pike is rapaire the English referred to irregular soldiers in the 17th century as rapperees.

The first thing I have noticed in other videos people hold the stick with two hands and hit with jabs but when it comes to actual sparing you use one hand like Arns

Learning how to use any weapon is surely better than not learning how to use it.

Hi Rambling Kern. Nice video but your léine is not accurate. I have talked with you before about this. The sleeves are all wrong and the length of the léine is wrong too. I done stick fighting/Bataireacht wearing the léine many years ago.....its not that difficult. The sleeves are not a bother either once you get used to them and understand them. Also, the léine sleeve could be tucked into the crios, tied at the wrist or tied to the shoulder. We have historical references to this. I wish I was younger, I would have liked to spare with you. Anyway, well done once again. I contacted you yesterday on one of your other vids with a related query. I am looking to contact anyone willing to, or already does, wear the l\eine in daily situations. If that is you, or you know of anyone else, please get back to me. I will explain in more detail then. You have my email. Best wishes, Proinsias.

Nice overview. Some items are not native Gaelic and some are. Do you wear the léine much? I know we spoke before about such things (it's been a while) but I just wanted to know how serious it is with yourself. For example, would you/have you ever wore it out in public? If yes, we should talk soon. You know how to contact me. Keep up the good work.

Awesome! always impressed to see how functional old style gear is and a nice change from the ultra marketed modern market. Keep it up

I'd love to learn more about battles in Ireland... Besides initially watching your stuff as a martial artist, I'm also an Irish diaspora so would love to learn some more martial history

Just ordered my copy after reading his Kerns and Gallowglass book

Chinese rattan shields were treated oil, I wonder if the Sciath was too?

Hi Nathan, I’ve had a novel published about and done a lot of research into the 1798 Rising. I know it’s considered a ‘modern’ era but the pike was absolutely emblematic of the United Irishmen. If you want to do a video on some of the battles where the pike was instrumental just let me know. Do you have a business email? If you’re interested look up ‘1798 : Tomorrow the Barrow We’ll Cross’. I think it’s still in print or at least available on Amazon/Kindle.

Great one again Nathan, didn't know of this battle. I love hearing about this stuff.

Didn`t know of this. Thanks

Geluid was slecht. Beeldkwaliteit was slecht. Presentatie was slecht. Onze kultuur is weg, als Nederlandse Kelt verwacht ik daarom dat u beter uw best doet.

I agree with you. Most people don't learn proper breathing and control of their adrenaline and how to connect their techniques, and awful lot of the time because they don't pressure test these scenarios. That being said, if your doing anything martial as a sport, there is nothing wrong with that, but it's not a valid experience when that same person argues the trump argument.

Have you read Kerns and Gallowglass by Robert Gresh yet? It`s great

An Irish one 🤔

Excellent!

As an American of Irish and Highland Scottish Descent, Couldnt be more happy to see this channel. Excellent videos, keep going mate. 👍

Excellent, cant wait to see what you get up to with experimenting with this. Could you recommend how to get my hands on a copy of the treatise, as gaeilge, you mentioned?

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A white linen apron was what I used to wear to school (some 60 years ago). Mom knitted wool underpants, and I was super allergic to wool. Linen was what I wanted.

Could the hair 'half-shaved' refer to the front the head being shaved rather than the sides? So a reverse glib in a way?

Thank you for making these! I am a gal living in the United States- I'd love to relocate to Ireland someday.

150-170 Crocus sativus flowers to produce 1 gram of saffron.

This seems like a chance to get Tod of Tod’s Workshop involved or to collaborate with someone like scholagladiatoria

poor paddy got run through pretty has for the last 800 years or so.....

russian gopnik haircut

Interesting

Thank you for making the video- I am interested in History and Clothes of the authentic past.

I always wondered about Irish martial arts very informative video

The pommels on most of Irish ring hilts were actually rather thin. I would guess they fought in a manner that favored a forward weighted blade, probably using the inertia to aid in successive strikes.