Yes, a pencil David. Shibumi!
Two forearm long length of angle iron, wrapped to the bottom of your forearm with an ace bandage, under a shirt.
Yes, a pencil David. Shibumi!
Two forearm long length of angle iron, wrapped to the bottom of your forearm with an ace bandage, under a shirt.
Guangzhou Pak Mei Kung Fu School, Sydney Australia,
Sifu Leung, Yuk Seng
Established 1989, Glebe Australia
I've always wanted to get my hands on a BaGua Seven Star Bamboo Staff. I've never seen one, but I've heard the weapon is usually a piece of bamboo with 7 sections. The bamboo compartments are bored out from one end, so the bamboo ends up like a long, naturally capped tube. Then liquid mercury or cinnabar mixed with water is poured into it, filling one complete section of the bamboo. The open end is capped (I've never found out with what,) and voila! a weapon whose center of gravity can shift from one end to the other with a simple tilt or swing. Keep it close to the hand for defense, and swing it out to the end when you're aiming to crush skulls.
So yeah, any more info or pics or vids would be awesome.
I guess a modern version could be made from steel or something...
Last edited by Xiao3 Meng4; 12-06-2009 at 05:09 PM. Reason: changed who's to whose (duh)
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I've always loved the spear umbrella that was made to counter the flying guillotine.
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Well, this is why I'd like to know how the handle end was capped. Was it leatherized? Lacquered? What? IMO, if the mercury came out of the business end of the staff (say the bamboo broke), then it would be the opponent who would bear the brunt of the poisoning. Also, I've always wondered whether or not the mercury/cinnabar could actually get absorbed into the bamboo, giving it a "poison palm" quality.
"It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own." -Cicero
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clear a 5000 sq ft room on a cold day.
Kung Fu is good for you.
If I could ever erase part of my memory, now would be the timechili squid ****s
Back on track, here are some more weapons:
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Also, I remember back in the 70s some of the chinatown triads used to use choppers or make-shift knuckle dusters from a palm-sized stick with nails hammered through them. I doubt anyone would need to go to the length of practicing forms with the latter, but thought I'd throw more wood on the fire!
speaking of that great Master of the "Naked Kill," Nicholai Hel, he once used a plastic I.D. badge, broken in half, using the sharp, rough edge to slit a terrorist's throat. (a credit card does the same thing, which is why wherever I go, I always carry plastic, instead of paper) A magazine, rolled up corrctly will crush a man's larynx, and if memory serves, a broken lightbulb.
Due to a former run-in with the authorities, I no longer carry conventional weapons, but such things as a metal ruler, steel Cross pens, sharpened keys, and other seemingly harmless objects on my person.
"My Gung-Fu may not be Your Gung-Fu.
Gwok-Si, Gwok-Faht"
"I will not be part of the generation
that killed Kung-Fu."
....step.
"My Gung-Fu may not be Your Gung-Fu.
Gwok-Si, Gwok-Faht"
"I will not be part of the generation
that killed Kung-Fu."
....step.