Has anyone heard off English Martial Arts?

And what would English Martial Arts consist of?

Answers:
Yeah - it's called Morris dancing!
Eckee Thump, everyone knows that!
fighting with umbrellas!
probably this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o8c0esu5.
Maybe they would ware Cloth caps and sparking clogs!!
Yes, I can't remember where I saw it, but there's definitely a website and people who practice them.

Mainly a kind of wrestling, quarter staff, that kind of thing.

There's some info on the link below.
Some would say the art of "Putting the Boot in" is an English martial art! speaks for itself!!
Shove a chip in each nostril of your opponent. Severly affects their breathing. Laughing at them then demoralizes. Hit them in the head with a Doc Marten.
Isnt that Boxing or wrestling. They wrestle in goosefat somehwhere
My first though was that this might be an organisation to assist putting on events, keeping schools from ripping of students, but 'Morris dancing' & 'ecky thump' sounds more likely
Martial arts in Europe (inc the UK) see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/martial_art. under Martial arts in Europe

Also there is Ishinryu Karate developed by Ticky Donovan OBE (the roots are from Shotokan Karate, Kyokushin Karate & Wado Ryu Karate) See here: http://www.upminster.ishinryu.btinternet.

You may also want to see here: http://www.maisters.demon.co.uk/. THE COMPANY OF MAISTERS OF THE SCIENCE OF DEFENCE "THE WEBSITE FOR ENGLISH MARTIAL ARTS"

Hope this helps
Defendo was originally developed before the First World War. It was subsequently taught to British soldiers to help them to survive if trapped behind enemy lines. Although not British(actually Canadian) it's about as close as you will get, given that it was originally used by our boys in the trenches. Try it, you might like it!
Yes i have and basically its the same as any other Martial Arts . Quarter Staff, Sword Work , Cudgel,Sword and Dagger,Mace incorporating shield plus dealing with all this while in armour .
I've heard of the traditional Scottish martial art of headbutting. Maybe the English equivalent is a good bottling?

You may wish to check out "my new fighting technique is unstoppable"
http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/fighting.. (link may contain words that are NSFW, but then if you are at work, stop slacking off on Answers! :)
Fisticuffs!
boxing maybe?
maybe fencing?
anything with swords? quarterstaffs etc?
MEDIEVAL style fighting.
Boxing, not sure if it's english or irish but its a martial art. Its a fighting style it has techniques and rules.
Yeah, it's called Medieval re-enactment training or medieval martial disciplines. Basically it's stuff like the longsword, quarterstaff, spear and longbow. But it's pretty rare to find and you'll have to look carefully to find a class.

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