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Getting Shredded with Traditional Weapons
Kung Fu, Weightlifting and the Heavy Guandao
By Gene Ching
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I suppose that depends on what you would fill it with - regular sand versus something like metal filings or fine ball bearings like in an iron palm bag - that would change the overall weight...

Specifically, that would be Shaolin’s Ultimate in Strength Training: 90 Pounds of Solid Steel Guan Gong Da Dao By Chris Friedman JUL+AUG 2016

There was also this one which I mentioned earlier on...

Check out this video from China Xinhua News facebook: Kung fu masters play 100-kg iron broadswords freely

Back when I used to make swords for the Armoury, we used to purchase bar stock from an industrial metal supplier that was just a few blocks down the street (this was S.F. SOMA district). We had a...

My first school, Lam Kwoon, used to pride itself on heavy weapons and had similar experiences, although we seldom competed in the Opens.

I've had this longstanding fantasy of creating a special...

And traditionally, the Kwan Dao is exaggeratedly heavy, so it's great for conditioning. We ran an article titled Only the Strong By Chris Friedman in our 2009 September/October issue which discussed...

FWIW, there's also that myth about Shaolin monks fending off Japanese pirates with heavy iron staffs. Again, it's seems pretty heavy for combat. If you look at the evolution of weapons, we started...

You might take a look at the article I wrote on Kwan Dao back in Mar/Apr 2001 available at:
http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsmart/kunmag20mari.html

Additionally, I did a piece on hard whips back...

...is the 'original' Kwan Dao at Guanlin Temple in Henan. It's a cast iron beauty, around 7 ft. tall. It's one of the touristy things you do at Guanlin, lift that Kwan and take a pic. Now there is...