Xingyiquan Five Elements Staff

[Xue Sheng]

Five Elements Xingyi Staff - Di Guoyong

Xingyi Five Elements Staff Routine

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

Interest! I didn't know that XY staff is "single head". Most of the staff or pole form in the north are "double heads".

 

[Xue Sheng]

Interest! I didn't know that XY staff is "single head". Most of the staff or pole form in the north are "double heads".

OK you got me on that one, please tell me what you mean by single and double heads

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

When you use

- single head staff, you hold it on one end like to hold a spear.
- double heads staff, you divide the staff in 3 equal parts. You then hold on the 1/3 and 2/3 spots.

The nothern staff is most 2 heads staff. This way you can strike it with both ends. If you release one hand, you can have 2/3 reach on both sides.

The following staff form is a "2 heads" staff form. You can see the hands holding position is different from the XY staff form posted.

 

[arnisador]

Cool! Different from the Okinawan and Filipino staff I've studied before, too--such a simple weapon, so many options.

 

[Xue Sheng]

When you use

- single head staff, you hold it on one end like to hold a spear.
- double heads staff, you divide the staff in 3 equal parts. You then hold on the 1/3 and 2/3 spots.

The nothern staff is most 2 heads staff. This way you can strike it with both ends. If you release one hand, you can have 2/3 reach on both sides.

The following staff form is a "2 heads" staff form. You can see the hands holding position is different from the XY staff form posted.

I use to do a staff form from Chángquán so I now think Isee what you are talking about...but in Xingyiquan 5 elements staff it does useboth ends, it just favors the longer end and the back is more for a closestrike.The form was allegedly based on the spear, which has a side withpoint and a side with no point and the side with the point is used a bit more.

Look at the traditional Chen taijiquan and Yang taijiquan staff forms and you will see something similar. However the staff used for those forms is much longer than what you see in the Xingyi video

 

[David43515]

Well I'm certainly no expert on Hsing-I, but I was always under the impression that it came from spear work in the first lace. So it would make perfect sense that the staff work they use would be more single ended than double.