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The Basic 4 Weapons; Staff (Gun) Broadsword (Dao) Spear (Qiang) Straight Sword (Jian) The basic Eighteen (18) weapons include; 1. Saber; (dao); Dun Yiu Dao (single broad sword); Sheung Yiu Dao (double broad sword); Wu Dip Dao (double butterfly knives), or (Hu Die Shuang Dao. 2. Spear; (chang); Gau Wun Dai Dao (nine ring lance); 3. Long-handled spear; Dai Kwan Do (large lance) 4. Straight sword (jian); A narrow blade sword; Bak Sin Gim (straight sword); Sheung Chut (double daggers) are a smaller variation. 5. Hook sword; Gou; Mui Fa Wu Chow Out (double hook swords) 6. Halbert; (ji) like a spear with an additional moon shaped blade along one or both sides of the spear head. It is a weapon based on the spear. 7. Trident-halberd 8. Axe; fu 9. Battle axe; Sheung Fu Tao (double axes); 10. Tiger fork; (Hu Cha) 11. Whip; (bian), or Gau Chi Lin Wun Bin (nine section steel whip) 12. Mace (jian) 13. Hammer (chui) 14. Meteor hammer; (Liu Xing Chui) 15. Talon (zhua), 16. Staff; Guen; Gun; Cudgel; father of all weapons; 17. Short cudgel; walking stick 18. Staff; Sum Chi Guan (three section staff) Three Section Staff (San Jie Gun) In addition to these, this style uses a short forked weapon known as the cha. Cha's are three pronged weapons used in pairs, and were originally used by monks wandering the country side. |
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