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LAST UPDATE | 20 Sep 2018
THE INCOMING WET weather arriving from the south has now been named as Storm Bronagh, the second named winter storm of the year.
Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow rainfall warning for seven counties in the southeast of the country: Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford.
The storm will bring wet weather but no wind warning is in place as winds are expected to be mainly light.
The warning is in place from 9 am this morning until 9 pm this evening and rain is predicted to be persistent and heavy at times this afternoon with the potential for spot flooding.
The rain will continue to spread northeastwards this morning and turn persistent and heavy though south Munster and south Leinster.
Up to 25-40mm of rain could fall before the precipitation moves in a northeasterly direction towards Wales.
The UK’s Met Office says that the low-pressure system has now been named as Storm Bronagh in co-operation with Met Éireann.
The storm naming system has been in place for three years with Irish and British forecasters working together to maintain consistency.
Storm Bronagh comes hot on the heels of Storm Ali, which caused major damage yesterday but had stronger winds than this latest storm.
Despite this latest weather warning, Met Éireann says there is “marked uncertainty” about what exactly to expect over the weekend.
For Saturday, rain and strong winds moving in from the Atlantic will extend northeastwards but the exact timing of the stormy condition “may yet alter”.
“Marked uncertainty still for Sunday, but current indications suggest a wet and windy start to the day, improving later,” Met Éireann says.
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Hasn’t this been kept alive all these years through a certain culture.
no they use slash hooks
Where’s Jon Snow when we need an expert opinion from someone who knows nothing?
Amusingly its less barbaric than mma as well
kinda nerdy don’t you think?
True it’s hard enough to pull off a rear naked choke when you can’t get your hands around the armour let alone squeeze it.
Rear naked? you can try grab the base of the torso armour and shove it up so the collar bites into the neck I guess
tbh this looks like nonsense, its like two panzer tanks armed with pea shooters firing at each other
You are welcome to try it out, trust me it’s a lot harder than it looks! The hits in the 1v1 fights aren’t as hard as in the groups, you want to hit hard enough to score a point but not so hard that you wear yourself out early. Even with that I was hit hard enough in a 1v1 to have my helmet broken with me inside it.
This might impress you a bit more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKKSI1OPGa4
But to experience it at it’s best come see us in action and then decide what you make of us.
Thanks matey but I’ll stick to doing weapons sparring with minimal armour, I kind of like footwork, combinations, defense and all that skill based stuff instead of standing toe to toe and just swinging like lumberjacks.
have your say