Lama White Crane Gwan.

Got another “Gwan” clip here for you…

GM Ng Man Piu, Lama White Crane, and his first-rate form.

I read in an article sometime back that GM Ng was an expert in “Lor Gar Gwan”….

I will try to find that old article and post it here.

I could be mistaken about the “Lor Gar Kwan”; getting old and RAM upstairs failing…

Always thought its “Lor Gar Cheong” and “Chan Gar Gwan”……..

Time to upgrade RAM…..

 

 

Mother of long weapons.

An old article from “Real Kung Fu”

The Staff – Sheung Tau Gwan 

The staff and pole belong to the same family. The differences between the two are that the staff is shorter in length and that it is even in shape throughout while the pole is tapered off at one end.

There are two types of staff in use: one type with its length measuring from the ground up and levels with the eyebrow, and is called Chai Mee (level with the eyebrow) Staff. The other, Tin Mun (Heavenly Gate) is slightly shorter than the former, and is also known as the Monkey Staff, being named after the staff used by the legendary King of Monkeys in the famous novel “Trek West”. The Tin Mun Staff is more popularly used by martial artists in Northern China.

There is no way we can trace the origin of the staff. Perhaps it goes as far back as from the beginning of mankind when it was used as a crude weapon to hunt and in defence, and gradually evolved to what it is today.

The staff is probably one of the most used weapons in Chinese martial arts and the practice of the staff technique is a compulsory topic of the individual training courses of most kung fu styles. Famous staff techniques include Chao K’ang Yin, or Tai Cho (The first Emperor of the Sung Dynasty), and the Wu Sung (Famous character of the novel “Water Margin” ) techniques, but the best known and most followed is by far the Siu Lam Staff Technique. Originated from the Siu Lam Monastery, this has spread far and wide all over Northern and Southern China, and many of the staff techniques prevalent today, although under different names, are in fact developed or modified from the Siu Lam Staff Technique. 

A “cut & paste” clip featuring Wing Chun, Mei Shan, a short “whip” form and Wuzu 2 men staff form.