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.