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We should treasure our weapons. Also what does it represent to be divesting yourself of your weapon(s)? If nothing else it is bloomin' noisy. Imagine throwing your knives down to the floor as well.
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IMO, sifu Kwok does look quite stiff in that clip. It did look like he was muscling it rather than using his horse. I was very surprised by the way he "threw" the pole down at the end of the set....

Well well, doesn't youtube throw up some wonderful finds?

This should interest you Spencer: "Sum Nung Wing Chun" substyle, short pole

Terence has a point. How many streetfights (;)) do we see where it ends up in the clinch and on the ground? Trying to control is a very "natural" response.

I think this concept is illustrated by knights jousting with the lance.

Now I can see why you've written what you have so far.

I think one of the previous vids posted (Baji spear IIRC) with the padded up sparring was exactly as you described - both people beyond range...

Would I be digressing if I asked if the overriding principle to the pole should be the maxim "gwun mo leung heung" (the pole does not make two sounds)?

This maxim encapsulates the idea that pole...

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That adds a different complexion to it. Thanks for the info.
So IS there a preferred attacking technique?

Don't you think the 6.5pt pole has crossed too far over that threshold for it to be used nimbly like a club? Yes, in terms of maximizing the "striking surface" you would use the last 12-18" in a...

I would say that the bokken is not heavy enough to "make up the difference". You have a "fixed quantity" in the amount of force the human body can take, so there is a lower limit to the mass of the...

I think you've got the wrong person. I'M the armchair warrior!

OK, an armchair theorist's arguments:

The longer and heavier counters the nimble and deadly (because of the metal point) spear with range and momentum. The lighter spear is more easily displaced...

Just interested in what you think these fundamental things are, because it sounds similar to the "technique vs. concept" argument.

Superficially it looks very different to WCK pole work because...

Could you spell out what you drill in each point, or is that asking too much? When Robert says the YM pole forms drill the concepts ABCDE ... I can see what he is saying.

When you say your 1st...

I seem to remember something you wrote a while ago about the 1/2 point. The LSWCK 1/2 point was using both ends of the staff/pole; think I've seen Austin Goh sifu demonstrate this on a video.

So...

A shame we have got personal with the thread. I would have been interested to quiz Spencer a bit further on the terminology in the LSWCK pole set. Sounds like they have a whole different...

You need the 点 in 六点半 to say "6.5".
Six "half" poles would be 六枝半棍

That's not a bad theory except I've not heard of anyone using rattan long poles before.

I don't think 六点半 has anything to do...

I don't train with Desmond, but I probably would if I still lived in NW London. I've got the information because at one point I was looking into training the WSL method - nothing came of it except...

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LoneTiger108 - I've not been following in detail so my apologies. Are you are saying there are 2 separate pole/staff sets? The half-pole set used like a quarterstaff as seen in sifu Austin Goh's...