Interview With Bernie Leddy
Bernard Leddy heads the Europe section of the Doyle family style and runs a school in his native Ireland. He started his martial training at the young age of 8 in Shotokan Karate and later Judo, and later left his native Ireland and relocated to England, where he studied Aikido.
He rose to the rank of 3rd Dan, running a successful club in Luton for 10 years. He studied under Glen Doyle, one of the last hereditary stick fighter in the world, and became an instructor. He currently heads the Europe section of the Doyle family style and runs a school in his native Ireland.
He promotes Irish Stick Fighting wherever he can and does coaching courses and introduction courses. 1:12:50
Interview With Glen Doyle
Born on the island of Newfoundland in 1965, Glen Doyle started training in the art of boxing in 1969 under the tutelage of his father, Greg Doyle. In 1972, Greg introduced Glen to a family legacy, an old and almost forgotten tradition; the art of Irish Stick Fighting. Keeping in line with the authenticity, the style was passed on clandestinely throughout Glen's life and was the mainstay in the relationship between him and his father...... Join us for a conversation about Irish Stick Fighting, Shillelagh (blackthorn club/cudgel), Boxing, Footwork, Martial Arts, Ireland, and much more. 1:41:25
#4 How to: Doyle Clan Irish Stick Fighting (Lesson 1) Shillelagh Bataireacht
A Stil Ui Dhubhghaill beginner class. Glen Doyle teaches traditional Irish stick techniques passed onto him by his late father, Gregory Doyle. The "Newfie" Shillelagh or Doyle Bataireacht or simply Doyle Clan Irish Stick Fighting is a devastatingly effective two-handed combative system developed well over 300 years ago by a Doyle family in Ireland. This system was brought to Canada in the early 1800s via a Doyle who settled in the rough and tumble landscape of the Atlantic's Newfoundland coast. 8:32
#6 Doyle Shillelagh - Irish Stick Fighting (Various) Bataireacht
Glen Doyle and friends as he teaches some traditional family Irish stick fighting techniques taught to him by his father, the late Greg Doyle.
Doyle Bataireacht or Irish Stick Fighting or simply 'The Newfie Shillelagh" is a devastatingly effective two-handed combative system developed well over 300 years ago by a Doyle family in Ireland. This system was brought to Canada in the early 1800s via a Doyle who settled in the rough and tumble landscape of the Atlantic's Newfoundland coast. 3:14
#5 Doyle Clan Irish Stick Fighting - Seminar footage - Bataireacht
Footage from Doyle Irish Stick Fighting Seminars in Waterford, Ireland & throughout Canada. Glen teaches stick techniques taught to him by his late father, Greg Doyle. As most of the stick fighting styles eventually became extinct in Ireland (due to socio-political changes, and access to other forms of modern weapons etc), The Doyle Clan 'Rince an Bhata Uisce Beatha' was practiced, guarded, nurtured, further evolved, and passed on through the Doyle family residing in Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula. Because of this reason, Glen Doyle the style's 'living lineage' has decided to move forward with the term 'Newfie Shillelagh' rather than the generic 'Irish Stick Fighting'. 5:14
#1 How to: Doyle Clan Irish Stick Fighting (Clips) Shillelagh Bataireacht
Training clips from Milton, Ontario Canada - Glen teaches traditional family Irish stick fighting techniques taught to him by his late father, Greg Doyle. Doyle Bataireacht or Irish Stick Fighting or simply 'The Newfie Shillelagh" is a devastatingly effective two-handed combative system developed well over 300 years ago by a Doyle family in Ireland. This system was brought to Canada in the early 1800s via a Doyle who settled in the rough and tumble landscape of the Atlantic's Newfoundland coast. 3:02