Weapons: Short Stick
(also called "Whip Stick") |
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This is a series on the Short Stick, Chen Taiji style, coming from the lineage of Hong Jun Sheng, the indoor student of Chen Fa Ke. Hong created two sticks tailored to the Chen flavor. The first, this series, was called the Cross whip-staff and the second was named the Field whip-staff. This form has almost 150 movements mostly concentrating on tight poking actions from the "underarm" roll position. There are many movements with accompanying power issuance. A short stick set with emphasis on concealed arm positions This is Part One of the Three DVD series. 120 Minutes, English |
This is a series on the Short Stick, Chen Taiji style, coming from the lineage of Hong Jun Sheng, the indoor student of Chen Fa Ke. Hong created two sticks tailored to the Chen flavor. The first, this series, was called the Cross whip-staff and the second was named the Field whip-staff. This form has almost 150 movements mostly concentrating on tight poking actions from the "underarm" roll position. There are many movements with accompanying power issuance. A short stick set with emphasis on concealed arm positions This is Part Two of the Three DVD series. 120 Minutes, English |
This is a series on the Short Stick, Chen Taiji style, coming from the lineage of Hong Jun Sheng, the indoor student of Chen Fa Ke. Hong created two sticks tailored to the Chen flavor. The first, this series, was called the Cross whip-staff and the second was named the Field whip-staff. This form has almost 150 movements mostly concentrating on tight poking actions from the "underarm" roll position. There are many movements with accompanying power issuance. A short stick set with emphasis on concealed arm positions This is Part Three of the Three DVD series. 120 Minutes, English |
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![]() About an Hour The stick length is from floor to armpit thus qualifying as short stick. It comes from Taoist monks who traveled to the Western regions in China and learned some of the western staff techniques. Mr. Jia gives a good, fast, vitalized performance of this particular stick length. Its peculiarities include lots of back slashing and flip strikes with the butt end of the stick. Turning and tight whipping actions are perfectly coordinated. Besides the breakdowns, and this one should be easy to learn if you have some training in the weapon, applications are given against the broadsword, a bit unusual. Overall a very clear presentation. 50 Minutes Mandarin/ English Subtitles |
![]() DVD #11288 Xing Yi Whip Xing Yi Bang. The "whip club" is a thin staff about as tall as armpit height. It is fast and facile. Here is a form broken in to parts with applications shown against straight sword, spear and double sabers. Good form with many changes, a real compendium of the usage of this weapon. All usage follows classical principles which, in the case of weapons, it would be pretty hard to beat. |