Let's introduce the quarterstaff in schools

Now there's a bonkers idea, I don't even dispute it. I do think it would be a lot of fun though, especially for more active children.

Besides, traditional English values and all that.

Reply 1

Maker

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The teach kids kenjitsu in Japan

I agree

Quarter the number of staff in schools with low ofsted ratings until they start to improve :yep:

Reply 4

BaconandSauce

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Have to agree this would be a good idea

A better one though would be 'Singlestick'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlestick

Reply 5

Howard

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It's a good idea. I used to belong to a shillelagh club years ago. That was brutal. You needed more padding than a bomb disposal technician.

Reply 6

BaconandSauce

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Original post by Howard

It's a good idea. I used to belong to a shillelagh club years ago. That was brutal. You needed more padding than a bomb disposal technician.

shillelagh is brutal but very effective

Reply 7

Howard

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Original post by BaconandSauce

shillelagh is brutal but very effective

Yes. I even knew some people who used to drill into club end and fill it with lead to give it extra weight.

Really, nobody lasts long against a someone who has lost his temper armed with one of those things. It's a fun sport but you have to be protected from head to toe if you are serious about it.

Reply 8

BaconandSauce

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Original post by Howard

Yes. I even knew some people who used to drill into club end and fill it with lead to give it extra weight.

Really, nobody lasts long against a someone who has lost his temper armed with one of those things. It's a fun sport but you have to be protected from head to toe if you are serious about it.

I have a very old game keepers stick that has had the same treatment. Weights a ton but you'd soon know if you'd been hit with it

But it's good to see someone keeping the old sports alive

Reply 9

Masih ad-Dajjal

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Why stop there when you can have the full length? :smug:

Reply 10

TheNote

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Original post by Ser Alex Toyne

I agree

Love this guy

Reply 11

llys

OP

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Original post by BaconandSauce

Have to agree this would be a good idea

A better one though would be 'Singlestick'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlestick

Brilliant. How did it ever die out?

Reply 12

BaconandSauce

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Original post by llys

Brilliant. How did it ever die out?

I think it was just seen as old.

But I went to a old Victorian school where we were taught it for a few years if we wanted to learn it as a option to get us involved in fencing then 'heath and safety' got involved and it was stopped

Let's introduce the quarterstaff in schools

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