Bay Point California
12/13/2016 Single Whip posture with weapons
For eyebrow height staff and spear in Chen Family style Tai Chi Chuan it is typical for the defender to maintain two hands on the shaft most of the time. It takes considrable dexterity to get the staff up high fast enough AND get your hands apart AND get a grip. Fingers are at considerable risk assuming the enemy does not cut through the staff. Then you have to abandon the position to counter the low blow. This is the age-old tactical problem for the staff - countering two attacks. If you do manage to launch a low counterattack it seems to me that the only reasonable target is the nearest enemy knee. The nearest enemy ankle may possibly be in range. It is not clear to me how much damage can be done quickly enough to the enemy knee or ankle - remember, your head was left defenceless, and the enemy's right hand weapon is not accounted for. Normally, I dislike the mylar toothpick staff (left) but there was some curiosity how it would look against this outfit.
For eyebrow height staff and spear in Chen Family style Tai Chi Chuan it is typical for the defender to maintain two hands on the shaft most of the time. It takes considrable dexterity to get the staff up high fast enough AND get your hands apart AND get a grip. Fingers are at considerable risk assuming the enemy does not cut through the staff. Then you have to abandon the position to counter the low blow. This is the age-old tactical problem for the staff - countering two attacks. If you do manage to launch a low counterattack it seems to me that the only reasonable target is the nearest enemy knee. The nearest enemy ankle may possibly be in range. It is not clear to me how much damage can be done quickly enough to the enemy knee or ankle - remember, your head was left defenceless, and the enemy's right hand weapon is not accounted for. Normally, I dislike the mylar toothpick staff (left) but there was some curiosity how it would look against this outfit.
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