Plum Flower Stump Training

[tshadowchaser]

possibly just the angle of the photo I guess although you suggestion of "family" differences could possibly be part also. again thank for the information

 

[Vajramusti]

18 inches

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About right- in my Las Cruces, NM days (79 to 85)my friend Kurt Saenz and I had 6 posts in the ground-\5 for the plum blossoms and one at the center. Did footwork on them and chi sao as well. In Tempe my student Brian Brantner painted properly distanced 5 plum blossoms on the floor for plum blossom footwork.

 

[Kwan Sau]

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About right- in my Las Cruces, NM days (79 to 85)my friend Kurt Saenz and I had 6 posts in the ground-\5 for the plum blossoms and one at the center. Did footwork on them and chi sao as well. In Tempe my student Brian Brantner painted properly distanced 5 plum blossoms on the floor for plum blossom footwork.

Cool! Yeah, same here. I was trained and used the six post design for WC footwork, chi sao, chi gerk, etc. It was very unique training for sure. They were about 18 -24 inches high if I remember correctly.

 

[windwalker099]

an old thread....

plum flower stump training an integral part of styles with highly developed foot work training.

hop gar / Tibetan white crane both use this type of training in there syllabus.

First introduction to this type was through Tibetan White Crane.
sister style of hop gar..

TWC uses many foot work patterns combined with its distinctive use of what is called long arm expressed through the ape and crane methods, each having distinctive strategies of use..


David Chin, a noted master of hop gar once mentioned they used poles....to train on...
He said people got damaged very badly falling off the poles...

We used building blocks, cement stumps made by casting them in small pots used as molds.
A little easier in the confined spaces of the city...