Today, we’re honored to have a guest who embodies the true spirit of a warrior. Tom "The HeadHunter" Higgins is a 2x Catch Wrestling World Champion, a Jiu-Jitsu black belt, and a respected coach. He’s not just a competitor he's also inspiring a whole generation of grapplers to take up the virtually lost Irish martial art of Collar and Elbow wrestling. Tom takes us through the world of Catch Wrestling and Collar and Elbow and talks to how his practice influenced his spirituality including an incredible mystical experiences at Clochafarmore, the place where Cuchulainn is said to have made his last stand. We get into Irish stick fighting, the history of fraction fights and my time with shooting an essay with Kusthi wrestlers in New Delhi. Enjoy! Show notes: https://www.instagram.com/headhunterhiggins/ https://www.instagram.com/wrestling_wars/  https://www.youtube.com/@Headhunterhiggins Cúchulainn's Stone   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clochafarmore The Morrígan  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Morrígan Collar and Elbow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collar-and-elbow  Tom's Collar and Elbow playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huYz3jyAYac&list=PL-QH2AO3ZwNUcWdqBDa0E1RAaYN6jtO50 Catch wrestling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_wrestling Bataireacht Irish Stick Fighting https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20221016-bataireacht-the-ancient-irish-martial-art-making-a-comeback Fraction Fighting https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collections-Research/Folklife-Collections/Folklife-Collections-List-(1) Video on Fraction fighting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsznbC-Y61k Donnybrook https://grammarist.com/interesting-words/donnybrook/ My photo essay on Kusthi Wrestlers https://www.darraghmason.com/index/G0000GfXkTgiFkjg Keep in touch? https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka https://soundcloud.com/obliqka