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Post by Eric Ling on Sept 22, 2004 7:55:31 GMT -5
Hi everybody,
Which is the first weapon that you started in your 'MA training?
Which is your current favorite and why?
I started with double-ends cudgel and my all time favorite is the short sticks that I do in White Crane.
Love short sticks because they are so "mobile" - I got a couple in my car and that is good for long overnight trips to small villages inside Sabah/Sarawak.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by brad pitbull on Sept 22, 2004 19:35:08 GMT -5
a shotgun... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
kidding aside :-)
i started with the 5ft and my fav is the 9-ring broadsword alternating with the sua peh(tiger fork)
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Post by Suhana LIM on Sept 24, 2004 20:09:50 GMT -5
Da jia hao Weapon? To be honest I believe they are the embodiment of our fear. We only use them if we are scared. I always trust my hands and legs as "weapons" that naturally attached.  But if I have to choose and I am in fear, then I will pick a humble UMBRELLA. Cheers. |
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Post by kong on Sept 27, 2004 8:08:05 GMT -5
Me, I started 5 ft pole then tan dao eventually it would be double hook (sang kaw) that would be my regular weapon. As far as favorite?, uhmm? I would go with sang kaw but since it isn't practical to have a sang kaw in your car trunk I would go for tan tao or machette, short, sharp, light, easy to weild can chop basebats to pieces |
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Post by pitbull on Sept 27, 2004 9:43:43 GMT -5
Me, I started 5 ft pole then tan dao eventually it would be double hook (sang kaw) that would be my regular weapon. As far as favorite?, uhmm? I would go with sang kaw but since it isn't practical to have a sang kaw in your car trunk I would go for tan tao or machette, short, sharp, light, easy to weild can chop basebats to pieces do u remember the bolo like swords in Konghan? how are they used? i know that there is one set that its meant to be used w a shield on another hand...but i know that its intended to be used as a pair originally |
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Post by konghan on Sept 27, 2004 12:49:04 GMT -5
do u remember the bolo like swords in Konghan? how are they used? i know that there is one set that its meant to be used w a shield on another hand...but i know that its intended to be used as a pair originally I think you are refering to the cutlass. Two handed cutlass its almost identical to the butterfly sword. I think kahkaw is familiar with that weapon. I did tried it but only for a short while. At that time I was learning too fast, I tried the tim pai ( shield & cutlass ), three sectional staff, sang kwai, sai ( neng pi ), spear, toa dao ( broadsword), 9 sectional whip, sang dao (double sabre), but in the end I have to settle with tan dao, sang kaw, 5 ft. pole & chiem beh toh. I should have stayed more focus on my training but I got marreid at age 25 too soon. It disrupted my entire training program. ;D  |
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Post by pitbull on Sept 27, 2004 18:38:59 GMT -5
u got married too soon? then what do you call me? hehehe i got married earlier than you think! hehehe
wow,thats a lot of weapons..true..we always come back to what we are most comfortable with...at 1st i really want to master and make pinta as my sognature weapon but in the end the humble 5ft pole is still my choice...and secondly the tua to as well...
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Post by Suhana LIM on Sept 28, 2004 4:48:36 GMT -5
Da jia ni men hao By the way, what is the relation between the age of someone get married and favourite weapons?  Cheers. |
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Post by konghan on Oct 2, 2004 16:47:14 GMT -5
Da jia ni men hao By the way, what is the relation between the age of someone get married and favourite weapons? Cheers. The relationship is more on the training process. Once one get married the attention & focus on training is reduce ;D thus resulting in lesser time to train, learn & master more weapons. ;D woman, oh woman ;D |
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Post by Suhana LIM on Oct 2, 2004 23:51:52 GMT -5
Konghan ni hao
I get it now. Women, it's a love and hate relation for a man. ;D Cheers.
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Post by konghan on Oct 3, 2004 0:37:59 GMT -5
 Double sai vs the 5 foot pole, the pole is a 1 1/2 steel pipe in diameter. |
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Post by Eric Ling on Oct 3, 2004 20:06:15 GMT -5
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Post by pitbull on Oct 3, 2004 20:24:05 GMT -5
helle mr Ling, how about the pinta/tofu/tao hue seller stick? is it part of peho weapons curriculum too?
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Post by Eric Ling on Oct 3, 2004 20:57:03 GMT -5
Hi pitbull,
No not the "tar char". We don't have that in peho.
Peho sticks :-
1. The tapered single-end pole or what the Cantonese call "Rat Tail" pole.
2. The "Chi Mei" pole. Stand up to a couple inches above eyebrow. This is double-end stick.
3. Slightly shorter than above - up to shoulder area. This is peho's "walking stick". Done very differently from other stick works.
4. Single and double short stick - sort of like Filipino sticks.
The "tar char" and boatmen oar are done in Tai Chor.
Do you do the "Chang ko" in NCK ?
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Post by pitbull on Oct 3, 2004 21:51:46 GMT -5
i dont know about the chang ko do you have a pic of it? must be called by another name..we also have the che bi kun also the rat tail or a variation of it.
about the pinta/vendor's staff...from where does it came from?
i would like to see the oar in action too and hopefullu learn and master it same goes to the wooden stool/chair
a system's weapons can reflect what kinds of people practiced it the most. in ngochorkun and most souther fists its usually farm implements or things for daily use like the staves(for laundry/nwewspaper,scratching one's back hehehe,picking up things etc) and simple daily things like the umbrella and also the classical kunfu weapons...i think this suggested that southern fists were usually mostly practiced by the common people,am i correct?
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But if I have to choose and I am in fear, then I will pick a humble UMBRELLA. 
Cheers.