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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Gao style BaGua Cane

Gāo Shì Bāguà Zhǎng, Wénmíng Guǎi / Gao Style Bagua Zhang, Civilized Crutch
This set was devised by master Gao Yisheng, who often carried canes as an unobtrusive weapon.
Gao style BaGua Cane


Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Gao Yisheng, Double Rattan Sticks

Sì Tàng Shuāng Téng Bàng, Four Road Double Rattan Sticks
This set was treasured by master Gao Yisheng for it's practical combat applications. The techniques can be applied to a variety of double weapons such as swords, sabers, knives, clubs, Iron rulers, hard whip, etc.
The Double Rattan Stick form is not a Bagua set and is said to have originated at Shaolin, and to have been one of the special weapon sets of the Shi Zi Chui Men school.
The master in this video is Chen Baozhang, student of Liu Fengcai who learned this set from Gao Yisheng

Monday, March 26, 2012

Gao Bagua Seven Star Staff

Gāo Shì BāGuà Zhǎng, Qī Xīng Gān
The seven star staff is one of the famous weapons of Bagua and was known to have been practiced by Dong Hai-Chuan himself.
The Seven Star Staff is made from a seven section long piece of Sichuan Golden Bamboo. The joints are drilled out and a "load" of several ounces of mercury is poured in before the end is sealed shut. During a strike mercury flows freely to the end of the bamboo pole adding to the force of the blow.
Today plain wood or bamboo short staffs are used for safety reasons.

Friday, March 23, 2012

The Ground Never Misses: Pat Robertson on Teaching Martial Arts

The Ground Never Misses: Pat Robertson on Teaching Martial Arts: I'd be crying if I was not laughing!  Day in and day out I am completely baffled not only at the rhetoric that is exhaled from Pat Robertson...

Monday, March 19, 2012

Gao Yisheng, Double Rattan Sticks

"Sì Tàng Shuāng Téng Bàng, Four Road Double Rattan Sticks
This set was treasured by master Gao Yisheng for it's practical combat applications. The techniques can be applied to a variety of double weapons such as swords, sabers, knives, clubs, Iron rulers, hard whip, etc.
The Double Rattan Stick form is not a Bagua set and is said to have originated at Shaolin, and to have been one of the special weapon sets of the Shi Zi Chui Men school.
The master in this video is Chen Baozhang, student of Liu Fengcai who learned this set from Gao Yisheng."

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Tai Chi - Wu style Jian

Wu-style body-strengthening Swordplay,in DVD format,totals 25 forms. It was compiled by the Wu-style Taijiquan masters on the basis of Wu-style Taijiquan and Wu-style Taiji outline. It combines the techniques of broadsword and those of sword. The basic hand form is sword-fingers. It requires the sword to go with people and integrate with body. After Wu-style Taiji Quan forms and the hitting hands are mastered and on the basis of Wu-style boxing outline, Wu-style Body-strengthening Swordplay,it makes us to exercise and practice Wu-style Taiji Sword better.