Bay Point California
12/13/2016 Single Whip posture with weapons
For spear as opposed to staff the critical difference is the spearhead - essentialy a dagger on the staff. Or, in the case of the Bagua doubleheaded spear, two daggers. This means the attacker has two problems: if most of your spear survives his initial high attack you are inside him and might well rake your point through his face and neck. Or you might simply lunge forward. Tactically, he is gambling either the high attack gets through, or the low attack prevents your counter or that he can evade your attempt to pierce him. If the high attack is partly conceded (so you are defending only with your left forearm) the attacker should at the very least be concerned you will not bother with defense, but will simply lunge forward with the spear. Protecting the attacker's entire width and height of groin and stomach is not easy. How much power the overhead attack will actually have if the spear gets through first is debatable. As it is, after a ricochet off the low blow the spear can easily be directed at the groin or lower abdomen. The wolf teeth cudgel is considerably slower than a spear, so its effectiveness blocking a high blow would be limited. BUT if the cudgel is inside the attacker's weapon the wolf teeth are capable of doing terrible damage to the face and chest. Maybe not lethal, but nothing to look forward to either. Due to its weight, the wolf teeth cudgel (there is a wolf teeth mace with a much shorter handle, by the way) might not be fast enough to parry the low blow, but if the defender can get it moving toward the attacker the wolf teeth cudgel is a very difficult weapon to deflect. It did not feel like most people could get enough force to do major damage against an enemy thigh or groin with only one hand. As an attacker, I would be very reluctant to exchange blows. The cost of my victory could be high.
For spear as opposed to staff the critical difference is the spearhead - essentialy a dagger on the staff. Or, in the case of the Bagua doubleheaded spear, two daggers. This means the attacker has two problems: if most of your spear survives his initial high attack you are inside him and might well rake your point through his face and neck. Or you might simply lunge forward. Tactically, he is gambling either the high attack gets through, or the low attack prevents your counter or that he can evade your attempt to pierce him. If the high attack is partly conceded (so you are defending only with your left forearm) the attacker should at the very least be concerned you will not bother with defense, but will simply lunge forward with the spear. Protecting the attacker's entire width and height of groin and stomach is not easy. How much power the overhead attack will actually have if the spear gets through first is debatable. As it is, after a ricochet off the low blow the spear can easily be directed at the groin or lower abdomen. The wolf teeth cudgel is considerably slower than a spear, so its effectiveness blocking a high blow would be limited. BUT if the cudgel is inside the attacker's weapon the wolf teeth are capable of doing terrible damage to the face and chest. Maybe not lethal, but nothing to look forward to either. Due to its weight, the wolf teeth cudgel (there is a wolf teeth mace with a much shorter handle, by the way) might not be fast enough to parry the low blow, but if the defender can get it moving toward the attacker the wolf teeth cudgel is a very difficult weapon to deflect. It did not feel like most people could get enough force to do major damage against an enemy thigh or groin with only one hand. As an attacker, I would be very reluctant to exchange blows. The cost of my victory could be high.
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