The Eight Wises Rince an Bhata Uisce Bheatha . The Eight Wises of Rince an Bhata Uisce Bheatha stick-fighting, taken as a whole, are the formulation of a stick fight. (Wise is another word for a method - a way of doing something.) Each Wise represents a technique or a category of techniques applicable during a given portion of the stick fight. These were apparently handed down from generation to generation. When Glen was a child first learning the art of Rince an Bhata Uisce Bheatha, his father had him copy down these Wises into a notebook which he still refers too. 1. The Stick Punch The initial strikes or blocks 2. The Charge In Close the distance between you and your opponent 3. The Pivotal The area from where short-range strikes originate 4. The Hello The first strike after a Charge In 5. The Hug Get your opponent off balance 6. The Cauldron Disarm 7. The Fury A combination of strikes (short-range stick punches) 8. The Goodbye Move away from your defeated opponent to prepare for others .   Back to Rince an Bhata Uisce Bheatha home Photos: Copyright © 2001 Kimberley Stickel Web site: Copyright © 2002 Lisa T