Latest Kung Fu Staff Spinning Tutorial is out!!! It’s a full breakdown that covers a lot of details! Have fun!!!
Kung Fu Staff Techniques
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Single Hand Staff Spinning is actually the same as the upward flower for sword, however it requires a close attention to detail in that you have a substantial length of staff below the hand as well as above. It is paramount to be aware of both ends at all time, otherwise you might clip yourself. Get this one down with both hands and in a few weeks I'll give you a bit more challenging combo with it!!!
Grab a stick and get to work!!!
The staff is known as the Grandfather of all weapons. When I learned my first staff form I was unimpressed. It was a bunch of basic techniques hoist, smash, hoist, smash, thrust, press, thrust... It was all too basic, nothing like the stuff I'd seen in the movies. I eventually learned the flowery forms and they were exciting, but it took me a few years to really love the basic staff form. It wasn't until I spent a day dissecting the form, working single move by move, position to position that I learned the true beauty of the form. Each position was an efficient set up for the next move so that maximum power could be achieved in the technique. I began to feel the leverage that I had heard my instructors preach about for years. I saw that if done properly, there were little to no openings for an oncoming attack.
Many nights of drills with Sifu Jason Wong made my foundation stronger, calloused my hands, and made my sparring more intricate like a science rather than the typical brute force I used to rely on. Just when I thought I had a pretty good grasp on the weapon, Grandmaster introduced a new type of staff training to the instructor class. It furthered the vast possibilities of using the staff. I began to truly love the weapon, and see how other weapons are used in relation to the methods and concepts of the staff.
There is an old saying, "Fear a young man's fists, and an old man with a staff." With youth is seemingly endless energy, stamina and endurance. With age comes experience, and with a weapon, experience means everything.