3 section staff you tube trawl...ooo and question

actually there is so much $h!te that i gave up after a while

anybody practice 3 section staff?

do you just do forms?

how about applications?

me keeps thinking these things must be pretty useful close quarter

yeah yeah i know it has the distance advantage

but its gotta be good for trapping and stuff

so any hints, tips, stories, etc..........

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After 2 years of starting Kung Fu, I decided I wanted to learn the 3-Section Staff and make that "MY" weapon. I was, of course, inspired by an old Hong Kong flick called Avenging Eagles.

So I got a book and practiced. I never got fully through the form in the book though. But I will tell you that the best teacher for 3-Section Staff is the 3-Section Staff. When you begin whirling that thing around you learn to respect it fast. My head and nuts felt the thwack of that thing more than once. Its also fun to get carried away and "learn" how to regain control of the weapon again.

I won't lie. There was many a time where I was so out of control with the spins I literally leg go and dived away like the staff was a grenade. Its a fun weapon! >_>;;

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yes recently i have been spending quite a bit of time

running away from the thing

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I think that's pretty standard. ^_^

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I tried using nunchucks...I sucked at that. I think id kill myself with the three sectional staff.

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wow these things are F__CK__G dangerous

i now have a massive lump in the back of my head

and a dull headache

how the hell they become a viable weapon is truly a mystery

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You're supposed to give them to the enemy for them to use!

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"You must eat bitter before you can taste sweet"- Iron & Silk
"I see no virtue where I smell no sweat"
"Arm yourself because no one else here will save you" - Chris Cornell

those crafty chinese

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In my old kwoon we had a guy who would use it. He'd stand there for hours just extending it out on the floor & pulling it up to catch it. Great weapon if you have the time to learn it properly. My knees & head couldn't take it, mine's in the closet somewhere....

“	Originally Posted By: Pope_Wingnut wow these things are F__CK__G dangerous i now have a massive lump in the back of my head and a dull headache how the hell they become a viable weapon is truly a mystery	”

They are (censored) tricky, but once you get them down they are the most versatile weapon you will ever use.
Baton, Staff, Whip and more.

First few times I used them I got a huge lump on the melon, choked myself and whipped my back a good one, now that I've been using it for a few years, I'm much better off but still have accidents on occasion
It's been said that it is only a Master's weapon due to that versatility complexity.

I decided I would rather learn Knife or Stick fighting...but even then I tend to shun weapons training over unarmed training.

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"You must eat bitter before you can taste sweet"- Iron & Silk
"I see no virtue where I smell no sweat"
"Arm yourself because no one else here will save you" - Chris Cornell

Everybody that ever got good at the weapon has hit themselves many times! If you keep at it you can master it.

The Chinese sometimes categorize weapons into either: 1) easy to learn, hard to master, or 2) hard to learn, easy to master categories. The three-section staff definitely belongs to the second category.

Like downhill skiiing, the most important lesson to master might not be how to get started, but rather how to stop. Once the weapon starts moving, it doesn’t want to stop. The safe way to stop the weapon is not to attempt to slow it down close to oneself. That increases the chances of getting hit as the sticks start moving in random directions. One of the ways to stop the speeding weapon is to increase the size of the circle the sticks are traveling in (moving the radius of the circling away from your body). Then our friend gravity will take over and pull the sticks safely towards the ground. Good luck!

thanks corey

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I don't have it although it is taught in my system.

Funny thing is the rubber stoppers we put on the ends of the staff. Someone asked once at a demo, "Do the rubber stoppers protect you from getting hurt?" My si jye replied, "No, they protect sifu's floor from getting damaged."

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