Description

Stick is the most popular weapon in Western China, especially provinces of Gansu and Shaanxi. Often taught to family members or only within small rural communities, many of the styles have only recently been discovered and revealed to public. In Chinese Martial Arts stick is considered a weapon basic to all other ones, and the one that can use efficiently in fighting after only three months of practice. Sticks styles taught in Western China are considered to preserve true essence of Shaolin stick fighting, with stick following the power of the body, direct, not flowery techniques, coupling hardness with softness and agile footwork. The set contains traditional long stick (Tiaozi – 6 feet long), stick (Gun, 5 feet), short stick (Bian Gan, 3 or 4 feet) methods, spear methods merged with stick techniques as well as other weapons and boxing routines practiced in Western China, many of them very rare and known to very few. Demonstrated by Li Senlin, nicknamed “King of Western Stick” (Xi Bei Gun Wang) as well as other renowned experts of stick fighting. The set is highly recommended to all interested in traditional Chinese stick fighting methods.Very rare stick fighting style until recent years taught only to Gao family living in a small village in Gansu Province; the style became famous because of a TV programme made by China Central TV)chinese language onlyl: 50 minl: 47 min l: 51 min