Jeet Kune Do: Yorkshire Irish Connection with Mick Shore

Mick Shore talks to Andrew Staton about his journey through martial arts and his latest book Sticks & Stones & Other Shenanigans

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Mick Shore's book Sticks & Stones & Other Shenanigan's

Sticks and Stones and other Shenanigans is the inspiring story of martial arts instructor extraordinaire Mick Shore, born in Doncaster in 1968 of Irish and Anglo-Indian heritage.

“Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me” so the saying goes, but Mick Shore was to learn that names do indeed hurt. However, he never let anyone see him cry; instead, he used the hateful name-calling to make him stronger.

Raw truths from the son of an Irishman, a former victim of bullying and an accomplished all-round martial artist in the world of martial arts.

Did you know...?

In the 18th Century, the faction fighters of Tipperary used to gather together in groups or “fighting factions” to battle each other over territory or land disputes. This fighting involved the use of bata or clubs and when the law prohibited the carrying of a club or gavel, the fighters extended these bata to the length of a walking cane to get around the new law. Often the bata had the end or knob filled with lead for greater striking power in combat and this later became known as a shillelagh. In these battles, the men would sometimes be accompanied by their wives as backup. These women would put stones into handkerchiefs and using these like a slingshot would throw them at the enemy. As a result, they were referred to as stone throwers or stone chuckers. The men and fighting women of Tipperary were fierce and the faction fighting spread throughout the south of Ireland with the last being held in 1887 in Cappawhite near Cashel, Co Tipperary, only a few miles from where Mick’s family are from and where his father was born.

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