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F major |
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Sheng "climbing, ascending, moving upward" |
| Eyebrow height staff is the fourth weapon set we teach.
As staff is generally the most tactile of the weapons we
encourage students to try the various materials so that they
can decide between synthetics like graphite and the various
types of wood - white oak, red oak, rattan and so on. In the
past it was possible to order staffs with octagonal and
hexagonal cross sections but we fear their construction may be
a dying art. Here's a video of Sifu Patti Li (Hao Zhihua)
doing wushu staff - too vigorous for our students but we could
not resist adding a link to the video |
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https://youtu.be/0A11wsqSKLc |
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It could be argued that "Five Tigers Capture the Sheep" is
really a set set from Shaolin or perhaps some other long fist.
However, the late Grandmaster Chen Qingzhou recorded it, and
that's good enouigh for us. |
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