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WELCOME to the INTERNATIONAL COMBAT ARTS Page

The International Combat Arts page will introduce martial arts traditions and premiere newly developed fighting systems outside the karate genre to the Sport Karate Museum community and the world in general.

DOYLE IRISH STICK FIGHTING

     

THE DOYLE IRISH STICK FIGHTING, NICKNAMED RINCE AN BATA UISCE BHEATHA (OR “DANCE OF THE WHISKEY STICK”), IS A DEVASTATINGLY EFFECTIVE TWO-HANDED COMBATIVE SYSTEM DEVELOPED WELL OVER 200 YEARS AGO BY THE DOYLE FAMILY IN IRELAND. THIS SYSTEM IS STEEPED IN IRISH HISTORY, CULTURE, AND PROVEN BATTLEFIELD TECHNIQUES.
 

THE ART OF IRISH STICK FIGHTING WAS HISTORICALLY PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, EACH FATHER PASSING HIS TECHNIQUES AND NUANCES OF STYLE ONTO HIS SONS. THIS SYSTEM WAS BROUGHT TO CANADA IN THE EARLY 1800S VIA MAURICE DOYLE WHO SETTLED IN THE ROUGH AND TUMBLE LANDSCAPE OF THE ATLANTIC'S NEWFOUNDLAND COAST. AS MOST STICK FIGHTING STYLES EVENTUALLY BECAME EXTINCT IN IRELAND (DUE TO SOCIOPOLITICAL CHANGES, ACCESS TO OTHER FORMS OF MODERN WEAPONS, ETC.), THE DOYLE SYSTEM WAS PRACTICED, GUARDED, FURTHER EVOLVED, AND PASSED ON THROUGH THE DOYLE FAMILY RESIDING IN NEWFOUNDLAND'S AVALON PENINSULA. THE SYSTEM CONTINUED TO BE PASSED EXCLUSIVELY FROM FATHER TO SON UNTIL 1998 WHEN GLEN DOYLE, THE LAST BLOODLINE CHIEFTAIN, ASKED HIS FATHER GREGORY DOYLE TO ALLOW HIM TO TEACH OUTSIDE THE FAMILY. ORIGINALLY SAYING NO, GLEN’S FATHER EVENTUALLY RELENTED AND GAVE PERMISSION TO HIS SON TO TEACH THE SYSTEM TO ANYONE WITH THE HEART AND CONVICTION TO PRESERVE IT.SPORT KARATE MUSEUM IS HONORED TO INTRODUCE THE DOYLE FAMILY SYSTEM OF TRADITIONAL IRISH STICK FIGHTING TO OUR MARTIAL ARTS FAMILY.

Gregory Doyle

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Doyle bloodline Chieftain. Glen Doyle's father and teacher.

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Glen Doyle

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Glen Doyle

Glen Doyle is the last of the bloodline Chieftain's and the teacher of the Current Chieftain , Bernard Leddy of Leitrim, Ireland

Chieftain Bernard "Bernie" Leddy

BERNARD “BERNIE” LEDDY WAS NAMED THE “CHIEFTAIN”, OR HEAD OF THE DOYLE SYSTEM, BY GLEN DOYLE AND OVERSEES THE STANDARDS AND GROWTH OF THE SYSTEM WORLDWIDE. THE HEAD OF THE FIGHTING HARES FACTION, MR. LEDDY RESIDES IN LEITRIM, IRELAND AND TEACHES AT AND OVERSEES MULTIPLE SCHOOLS AND CLUBS AND TEACHES THE DOYLE SYSTEM GLOBALLY VIA ZOOM. HE ALSO TRAVELS EXTENSIVELY TEACHING CLASSES, AND SEMINARS, AND PROMOTING THE DOYLE SYSTEM, AND HAS STUDENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD. TO CONTACT MR. LEDDY IN IRELAND, CLICK THE BUTTON IN THE UPPER RIGHT TO VISIT THE FIGHTING HARES FACTION WEBSITE.

The Fighting Hares Faction

https://www.modernselfdefenseacademy.com

JOHN BORTER AND TRISH CHIOVARI

 

  THE SPORT KARATE MUSEUM’S CONTACTS FOR IRISH STICK HERE IN THE U.S. ARE JOHN BORTER AND TRISH CHIOVARI. BOTH CERTIFIED IRISH STICK COACHES UNDER BERNIE LEDDY, AND THEY CURRENTLY HEAD UP A NUMBER OF IRISH STICK STUDY GROUPS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK AS WELL AS STUDY GROUPS IN ROCHESTER, NY, AND PENNSYLVANIA. THEY TRAVEL EXTENSIVELY AND TEACH CLASSES, STUDY GROUPS, AND SEMINARS PROMOTING IRISH STICK, COACHING AND ESTABLISHING DOYLE STICK FIGHTING CLUBS, AND REPRESENTING THE DOYLE SYSTEM, MR. LEDDY, AND THE FIGHTING HARES FACTION. THEY ARE ALSO THE CREATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS OF THE FACEBOOK GROUP “THE IRISH STICK”, THE PREMIERE IRISH STICK-FIGHTING RESOURCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.



 ​TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS EXCITING TRADITIONAL IRISH FIGHTING ART, AND ITS PRACTITIONERS, OR TO LOCATE A COACH/INSTRUCTOR NEAR YOU, CONTAE.

CT JOHN AND TRISH AT THE IRISH STICK FACEBOOK GROUP OR CLICK THE BUTTON IN THE UPPER RIGHT TO VISIT THEIR MODERN SELF-DEFENSE ACADEMY WEBSITE.

John Borter and Trish Chiovari

   

Bob was born Robert Alan Wall on August 22, 1939, in San Jose, California, to Ray Wall, a construction worker and Reva (Wingo) Wall, a nurse. Wall studied Okinawan Martial Arts under Gordon Doversola. In 1966, he, along with karate champion Jore Lewis, opened the Sherman Oaks Karate Studio in Sherman Oaks, California. In 1968, Lewis sold his share of the studio to Chuck Norris. Robert Wall featured in a number of films, most notably three appearances with Bruce Lee: the 1972 film The Way of the Dragon, as O'Hara in Enter the Dragon   in 1973,[2] and Game of Death (although he only appeared with Bruce’s stunt double), Bruce Lee's incomplete film re-cut in 1978. He has small roles in Norris films, such as Code of Honor (1985), Firewajker (1986), and Hero and the Terror (1988). For more information about Bob and his roll of O’Hara in Enter the Dragon visit the 50th Anniversary entry proceeding the one you are currently viewing.

Bob was promoted to 9th degree black belt under Chuck Norris and the co-founder and CEO of a martial arts organization known as World Black Belt Inc.  In 1975, Wall authored the book Who’s Who in the Martial Arts and the Directory of Black Belts (Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 75-2280), the first book of its kind for martial artists.

He died in Los Angeles on January 30, 2022, at the age of 82.

Professor Gary Lee and the Sport Karate Museum are honored to be entrusted with this historic keepsake and will preserve it for the future generations.    



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