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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.
Last edited by bawang; 04-23-2014 at 06:30 PM.
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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.
Last edited by bawang; 04-25-2014 at 07:42 AM.
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...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
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See my article, Mixed Martial Weapons: The Dao and Tamo Cane in our Shaolin Special 2014
Gene Ching
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Gene Ching
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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!
"色即是空 , 空即是色 " ~ Buddha via Avalokitesvara
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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'
Gene Ching
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"色即是空 , 空即是色 " ~ Buddha via Avalokitesvara
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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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Academy of Martial and Internal Arts
Bodhidharma Cane
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