Bodhidharma's Cane

[GeneChing]

More to come...

[bawang]

it comes from cane hammer if anyone likes obscure info. don't know when they actually started using a real cane for the form tho.

[RenDaHai]

it comes from cane hammer if anyone likes obscure info. don't know when they actually started using a real cane for the form tho.

Your right.

All the antique ones I have seen in old masters homes have a metal spike on the end (making it useless as a walking cane).

Interestingly there was a 'crutch spear'. A full length spear which has the t-shape handle at the end. By holding it in this way you get a new dimension of mobility.

Actually this weapon is a 'crutch'. The standard walking stick cane is a separate weapon with its own forms and techniques. Its called a crutch I assume because it is shaped more like a crutch to go under the arm rather than to be held by the handle although the actual weapons are always too short to be used this way. I think, as you seem to say, it has always been a specific weapon that looks like a crutch rather than an actual crutch. And yes, it can have a proper hammer section to it.

It is an extremely mobile weapon, with many of its techniques designed specifically against a spear. It is, in my limited experience of weapon application, the best short weapon to tackle a long weapon.

[bawang]

It is an extremely mobile weapon, with many of its techniques designed specifically against a spear. It is, in my limited experience of weapon application, the best short weapon to tackle a long weapon.

its prolly one of those old song dynasty weapons because of the butt spike.

[GeneChing]

...of course, being that this is the KFM forum, why would you start such an absurd behavior now?

Srsly, post some evidence or sources.

Here's some back story: Shaolin Ways Episode 1: Bodhidharma Cane

[GeneChing]

See my article, Mixed Martial Weapons: The Dao and Tamo Cane in our Shaolin Special 2014

[GeneChing]

Shaolin Ways Episode 2: Plum Flower Bodhidharma Cane

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[Djuan]

Heres another new video from Shaolin about Damo's Cane. Again, I like the dialogue from Shi Yancen.
Gene I know you will like this one just for them highlighting the "Damo Cane philosophy."


Amituofo!

[GeneChing]

Yesterday a bird flew into the office. It was a tiny bird, a sparrow or finch (I don't really know birds). I used my Tamo Cane to gently guide it out. Applications, man. It's all about those applications.

I'm tempted to rename my cane 'Tamo Sparrow Chaser'

[Djuan]

Yesterday a bird flew into the office. It was a tiny bird, a sparrow or finch (I don't really know birds). I used my Tamo Cane to gently guide it out. Applications, man. It's all about those applications.

I'm tempted to rename my cane 'Tamo Sparrow Chaser'

and yet, gently guiding the bird back to the freedom of fresh air still requires good ChanWu
some one else might smash the office up, or forbid, smash the bird in the process lol
Tamo's cane is in good hands.

[GeneChing]

I'm still on furlough from KungFuMagazine.com, so here is another essay I contributed to the Academy of Martial and Internal Arts where I train.

Shaolin Sheltering: Weird Weapons



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