CUDGEL QUAN
As a basic weapon the shaolin cudgel skill is one of the important parts of shaolin kung fu before the founding of the monastery the local hunters often took tree branches as the stick to play martial arts. Because cudgels and sticks can be found every where in the forest, so it is very easy for shaolin monks to take them as weapons to defend themselves. that's why the shaolin fighting monks especially payed attention to the shaolin cudgeling skills.