dedalus
10-23-2001, 09:07 AM
Here's another thread that kinda bridges from the wing chun formum.
I've been thinking of ways to learn the bagua wooden man form taught by Erle Montaigue in the tradition of Jiang Rongqiao.
The probem is that the dummy itself needs to be custom made, and the central column is even bigger that the wing chu version. Bound to be more expensive than I can afford (not to mention mount somewhere). If you want to see what I'm talking about, look here (but hold your tongues on the manhood issues!)http://www.taijiworld.com/images/wooden.jpg
So the thought occurs to me (as it may have to someone else at one time) - why not just drive the arms into a lving tree trunk? In Australia there are a lot of eucalypts with nice smooth trunks, and I wouldn't have thought that driving in four arms on slender (perhaps threaded?) steel spikes would create too much damage.
Are there any tree surgeons out there who can recommend the wisdom of this venture? Has anybody else ever tried this novel (?) use for the old tree out back?
I've been thinking of ways to learn the bagua wooden man form taught by Erle Montaigue in the tradition of Jiang Rongqiao.
The probem is that the dummy itself needs to be custom made, and the central column is even bigger that the wing chu version. Bound to be more expensive than I can afford (not to mention mount somewhere). If you want to see what I'm talking about, look here (but hold your tongues on the manhood issues!)http://www.taijiworld.com/images/wooden.jpg
So the thought occurs to me (as it may have to someone else at one time) - why not just drive the arms into a lving tree trunk? In Australia there are a lot of eucalypts with nice smooth trunks, and I wouldn't have thought that driving in four arms on slender (perhaps threaded?) steel spikes would create too much damage.
Are there any tree surgeons out there who can recommend the wisdom of this venture? Has anybody else ever tried this novel (?) use for the old tree out back?