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

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."

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Theodore Roosevelt: Stick Fighter

Singlestick....refers to both a martial art that uses a wooden stick ... It began as a way of training soldiers in the use of swords such as the saber. -Wikipedia

1902: In a letter to Master James A. Garfield dated December 26, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt wrote:

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"Late in the afternoon I played at single stick with General Wood and Mr. Ferguson. I am going to get your father to come on and try it soon. We have to try to hit as light as possible, but sometimes we hit hard, and today I have a bump over one eye and a swollen wrist."