mickey
12-28-2008, 04:39 PM
Greetings
In the January/February issue of Kung Fu Magazine there is a demonstration of a Shaolin Broom form. What is interesting about this form is that it is a "template" form. That is, it can be used as a template to create other weapon forms. I see the following weapon forms that can be developed from it:
Horse Knife, Fan, Monk Spade, ,Sword, Broadsword, Straight Whip, Section Staff, 2 Section Staff, Halberd, Kwan Dao, and Rake (I dare not say I covered them all).
Other possibilities include the wolf tooth mace, long pipe, and the miao dao.
This might be of interest to those who want to develop "traditional" style competition forms and not have to worry about those who videotape their forms or those whose form repetoire is limited. In the latter case, all you would need is to team up with someone who is familiar with the characteristics of those weapons and you will have something good.
Have fun!
mickey
In the January/February issue of Kung Fu Magazine there is a demonstration of a Shaolin Broom form. What is interesting about this form is that it is a "template" form. That is, it can be used as a template to create other weapon forms. I see the following weapon forms that can be developed from it:
Horse Knife, Fan, Monk Spade, ,Sword, Broadsword, Straight Whip, Section Staff, 2 Section Staff, Halberd, Kwan Dao, and Rake (I dare not say I covered them all).
Other possibilities include the wolf tooth mace, long pipe, and the miao dao.
This might be of interest to those who want to develop "traditional" style competition forms and not have to worry about those who videotape their forms or those whose form repetoire is limited. In the latter case, all you would need is to team up with someone who is familiar with the characteristics of those weapons and you will have something good.
Have fun!
mickey