Weapons
The Sword of Tai Chi Chuan is straight and double-edged, is distinguished by its fine, elegant, and flowing movement and its distinctive features are delicacy and finesse. That’s why it’s also regarded as a weapon for officers and Grand Masters.
As a fighting means, the Sword is considered to be more as a combat weapon rather than an arm to confront many opponents, and it emphasizes to nailings, cuts and other subtle blows, yet destructive, as they are always striking critical and vulnerable parts of the opponent’s body. At the same time, as a doubled-edged weapon, it allows for a direct change of direction of the strike, an ability which is very important for the weaponless close combat.
The practice of the Sword cultivates flexibility, a deeply coordinated movement of the whole body, the connection of the pelvis and the legs with the upper part of the body, and also increases the fluidity and sensitivity of the joints of the hands.
As is the case with all weapons, the sword is an art by itself for the serious student who seeks competence. Apart from the corresponding forms that are highly detailed and demanding, the sword practice also includes individual exercises to understand the weapon’s technique, special exercises that cultivate sensitivity similar to Pushing Hands (Sticking Sword), as well as some very demanding fighting applications.
108 Wu Style Tai Chi Sword
The Sword Form is a traditional form of the Wu Family, that its distinctive feature is the very fine, elegant movements. It is a complex and fast form. Traditionally, it is taught after the student has mastered the Sabre Form, as it is considered more difficult and demanding.
- Beginning of Tai Chi Sword
- Raise Hands
- Turn Body, Play Guitar
- Grasp Bird’s Tail
- Turn Body, Brush Knee and Push
- Embrace Sword
- Brush Knee and Push three Times
- Embrace Sword
- Split Sword
- Split Sword Seven Star
- Lying Tiger at Door
- Old Lady Raise Guitar
- Cow Gazing at Moon
- Step Forward, Cover Knee
- Retreat and Strike
- Golden Needle Pointing South
- Step Forward and Strike to Groin
- Lying Tiger at Door
- Old Lady Raise Guitar
- The Big Dipper Kicks the Dipper
- Finger Blocking Sword
- Raise Whip Lying Tiger
- Strike at Mountain to Capture Sword
- White Snake Spitting Letter
- Turn Body and Point
- Old Man Pei Chopping Snake
- Colorful Phoenix Relaxing Feather
- Sword at Door
- Old Lady Raise Guitar
- The Big Dipper Kicks the Dipper
- Finger Blocking Sword
- Woodcutter Asking About Wood
- Between Brow Point Red
- Monkey Relaxing Arms
- Single Whip Fusing Throat
- Strike Groin Three Sword
- Sword at Door
- Boat Man Moving the Oar
- Push Boat with the Stream
- Woodcutter Asking About Wood
- Fair Lady Throws Needle
- White Dragon Turns Body
- Woodcutter Asking About Wood
- Fair Lady Throws Needle
- Sea Bottom Capturing Fish
- The Big Dipper Raises Pen
- Planting Sword Style
- Double Strike Sword
- Sword at Door
- Against scales Sword
- Sword at Door
- The Big Dipper Kicks the Dipper
- Return Horse Whip
- Jump Step to Plant Sword
- Holding Horse Before Steep Cliff
- King of Heaven Uplifting Pagoda
- Return Horse Whip
- Lift Whip (Right)
- Sword at Door
- Lift Whip (left)
- Sword at Door
- Slant Flying Style
- Step Forward and Strike Groin Sword
- Sword at Door
- Yellow Dragon Shakes Its Tail
- Facing Wind Flick Dust
- Dispel clouds to See the Sun
- Fallen Leaf in the Blowing Wind
- The Big Dipper Raises Pen
- Cross Sweep a Thousand Soldiers ( R)
- Cross Sweep a Thousand Soldiers (Left)
- Striking Sword Style
- Strike to Groin Sword
- Sword at Chest
- White Ape Return to Cave
- Smart Cat Catches Mouse
- Dragon Fly Pointing water
- Bottom of Elbow Sword
- Dispel the Cloud to See the Sun
- Cloud Fairy Doing Three Dances
- Heavenly Lady Scattering Flower
- Sword at Door
- Subtle Hand Gathering Star
- Left Embracing Moon
- Right Embracing Moon
- Strike Knee at Knee
- Colorful Phoenix Relaxing Feather
- Phoenix Whirlpool
- Fallen Flower Waiting to be Swept
- Lady Fairy Using a Hoe
- Ugly Girl Testing Water
- Lying Fish
- Reverse Hand Chop Bamboo
- Little Cloud Fairy Parting Hands
- Cloud Around Mountain Mo
- Clearing Grass to Search for Snake
- Black Dragon Shaking Its Tail
- Golden Cock Nodding Its Head Thrice
- Turn Body to Capture Tiger
- Facing Wind Flick Dust
- Dispel Cloud to See the Sun
- Subtle Hand Gathering Star
- Sword at Door
- Chicken Running Through the Wood
- Lee Kwong Shooting Rock
- Hooking Double
- Brush Knee and Push
- Conclusion of Tai Chi Sword
The Saber is one of the most powerful weapons of the Chinese tradition and usually the first weapon we learn in Tai Chi Chuan.
As a fighting means, the Saber is considered a soldier’s weapon, since it’s relatively easy to learn (compared to the Sword) and its advantage is that it can confront many opponents at once. One side of the Saber is thick and strong and doesn’t cut, allowing for stopping very strong strikes, while its technique is big and spread and aims more at total cutting than just puncturing.
In regards of health and fitness, the practice with the Saber is ideal for further strengthening of the muscular system, the tendons and the skeleton. It cultivates physical strength and flexibility, especially for the wrists, the shoulders, the neck, the chest and the upper back.
As all weapons, the broadsword is an art by itself, for students who wish to gain competence in it. Apart from the highly detailed and demanding form, there are there are individual exercises to understand the weapon’s technique, special exercises similar to Pushing Hands (Sticking Sabre), as well as some very demanding fighting applications of the form.
108 Wu Style Tai Chi Sabre Form
The Broadsword Form is a traditional form of the Wu Family. It uses one of the most dynamic weapons of the Chinese tradition and it is an inseparable part of the complete Tai Chi Chuan. It contains strong, dynamic, rapid movements and jumps. This Form too is based on all the principles students have already learned from the non-weapon forms. Thus, the student deepens his knowledge and abilities. For this reason, it is recommended only after a student has reached the Intermediate Level. The Broadsword Form strengthens the muscles, the tendons and the skeletal system.
- Beginning of Tai Chi Sabre
- Grasp Bird’s Tail
- Turn Body, Brush Knee and Push
- Cross Dao
- Step Forward and Cover Knee
- Evade, Stretch and Watch Dao
- Step Forward and Watch Dao
- Step Forward (left) and Take Star
- Step Forward Strike to Groin
- Retreat and Capture Dao
- Heart Splitting Stroke
- Embrace Moon
- Ugly Girl Testing the Sea
- Retreat and Strike
- Turn Body and Strike to Groin
- Embrace Moon
- Push Shuttles and Gaze at Moon
- Accipiter Turning its Body
- Turn Body and Watch Dao
- Raise, Take, Sink, Grasp and Hide Dao
- Strike at Face
- Turn Body and Hide Dao
- Strike Knee
- Raise Dao and Test the Sea
- Step Forward and Strike
- Raise, Take and Hide Dao
- Dragon Dashes Out of the Water
- Turn Body and Hide Dao
- Strike Upwards Thrice
- Take Off Shoes in a Drunken Mood
- Ugly Girl Testing the Sea
- Turn Body and Hide Dao
- Heart Splitting Stroke
- Retreat and Strike
- Sweeping Comet Chasing the Moon
- Cross Sweep a Thousand Soldiers
- Embrace Moon
- Push Shuttles and Gaze at Moon
- Turn Body and Hide Dao
- Heart Splitting Stroke
- Retreat and Strike
- Step Forward and Take Dao
- Netting the Moon
- Retreat and Grasp Dao
- Heart Splitting Stroke
- Embrace Moon
- Push Shuttles and Gaze at Moon
- Strike Tiger
- Fierce Tiger Jumping Creek
- Strike Face
- Lying Tiger
- Turn Body and Hide Dao
- Heart Splitting Stroke
- Winding Dragon Upright Dao
- Fast Step Winding Dragon
- Fast Step Flooding Cloud
- Hiding the Dao
- Hooking Double
- Defend Knee
- Step Forward and Strike
- Lying Tiger
- Lying Fish
- Turn Body and Watch Dao
- Step Forward and Strike Face
- Retreat Lying Tiger
- Lying Fish
- Turn Body and Watch Dao
- Step Forward Heart Splitting Stroke
- Turn Body and Stop Dao
- Green Snake Lies on Ground
- Heart Splitting Stroke
- Turn Body and Strike
- Speed the Horse with Whip
- Golden Needle Pointing South
- By-Pass Step and Strike
- Step Back, Slant Flying
- Raise Dao to Test Sea
- Step Forward and Strike
- Retreat, Evade and Stretch
- Tyrannical King Raises his Whip
- Double Hanging Strike
- Retreat and Strike
- Step Forward and Strike Groin
- Cross Sweep a Thousand Soldiers
- Sweeping Comet Chasing the Moon
- Slant Flying
- Twist Step, Embrace Moon
- Riding the Wind, Splitting the Waves
- Embrace Moon
- Turn Hand, Slice Clouds
- Taking the Star
- Retreat and Crack Dao
- Turn Arm and Plant Seedlings
- Double Strike
- Heart Splitting Stroke
- Lying Fish
- Slice Clouds
- Turn Body and Carry Basket
- Fast Step Slice Horse
- Turn Body Strike Left and Right
- Taking Dao From the Right
- Lying Tiger
- Turn Body and Hide Dao
- Heart Splitting Stroke
- Step Forward and Cross Dao
- Brush Knee and Push
- Withdraw Dao
- Conclusion of Tai Chi Dao
The Spear is the “King of the Weapons,” as often called, mostly because of its length, which allows to experts to attack from a longer distance than the warrior who holds a sword..
Many people believe it’s the easiest weapon to learn, but all trainees who have studied it conclude that it’s very challenging and demanding and its practice develops superior skills. In the battle field, the Spear was a weapon for soldiers, highly useful in a battle from a distance and in the defense of a pedestrian against a rider. It is usually made of quality hard and flexible wood, it’s about 2 meters long, its thickness gets thinner from the base to its tip, where it has a metallic nose and a red knot made of horse wool.
The Spear can nail, strike with its body or base, deviate the opponent’s blows and control his weapon, all with a resilience that offers many advantages in defense or attack. It is usually used with both hands, with very fast and unpredictable rotations and changes of direction, and as a result, the strength that is generates is so powerful. Due to its great flexibility, when the trainee applies its strength, the spear is intensely vibrating. That, however, is not an end in itself as many people think, but an outcome of the technique and the force that follows. The trainee should study the correct technique and the act of vibrating will of course follow.
Like all weapons, the Spear develops further strength, flexibility, and agility. Because the majority of her movements are executed from the center of the body, it’s imperative to understand what it means to position the body behind the strength and the strokes, and the ability to strike straight blows. Because of its length and the use of both hands to handle it, it develops an extremely superior ability of coordination between the hands and between the hands and the body. During practice, the Spear is often replaced by the Long Pole, which is at least three meters long.
The Long Pole doesn’t have the flexibility of the Spear, it’s equally thick throughout its length, it’s much heavier, and it doesn’t have the metallic nose of the Spear. Because of its length and weight, the Long Pole doesn’t have the speed and agility the spear is distinguished for, and it relies on its huge impact force. It develops very strong stances, as well as a great ability to provide balance and rooting, since its center of gravity extends very far from the body.
It also gives enormous force to the hands, spine and body. During practice of the Long Pole, it’s imperative to move and handle it from the center of the body, since only by the power of hands, handling would be impossible. As all weapons, the Spear is an art by itself, for students who wish to gain competence in it. Apart from the highly detailed and demanding forms, there are individual exercises to understand the weapon’s technique, special pair training similar to Pushing Hands (Sticking Spears), as well as some very demanding fighting applications of the form.
13 and 24 Wu Style Spear Forms
Wu Family, practices two Spear Forms, the 13 and the 24, each of which teaches in a different way its technique and tactics. Very sophisticated and demanding forms, it is a necessary complement to the practice of anyone who wants to learn and fully understand Tai Chi Chuan.
The Ruler (Bang) is a cylindrical piece of solid and heavy, specially finished wood, about 40 centimeters long and with a diameter of 4-5 centimeters. Through specifically designed exercises, it enhances the flexibility and strength of the joints, tendons and muscles. By simulating various locks in our joints, it helps us withstand, resist, and ultimately escape from them. At the same time, it can be used as a very useful and practical weapon with a shape and size that simulates a baton, either by locking the opponent’s joints, or by striking them strongly. There is no form for Ruler.
The practice in this is done with individual exercises.
The Sword of Tai Chi Chuan is straight and double-edged, is distinguished by its fine, elegant, and flowing movement and its distinctive features are delicacy and finesse. That’s why it’s also regarded as a weapon for officers and Grand Masters.
As a fighting means, the Sword is considered to be more as a combat weapon rather than an arm to confront many opponents, and it emphasizes to nailings, cuts and other subtle blows, yet destructive, as they are always striking critical and vulnerable parts of the opponent’s body. At the same time, as a doubled-edged weapon, it allows for a direct change of direction of the strike, an ability which is very important for the weaponless close combat.
The practice of the Sword cultivates flexibility, a deeply coordinated movement of the whole body, the connection of the pelvis and the legs with the upper part of the body, and also increases the fluidity and sensitivity of the joints of the hands.
As is the case with all weapons, the sword is an art by itself for the serious student who seeks competence. Apart from the corresponding forms that are highly detailed and demanding, the sword practice also includes individual exercises to understand the weapon’s technique, special exercises that cultivate sensitivity similar to Pushing Hands (Sticking Sword), as well as some very demanding fighting applications.
108 Wu Style Tai Chi Sword
The Sword Form is a traditional form of the Wu Family, that its distinctive feature is the very fine, elegant movements. It is a complex and fast form. Traditionally, it is taught after the student has mastered the Sabre Form, as it is considered more difficult and demanding.
- Beginning of Tai Chi Sword
- Raise Hands
- Turn Body, Play Guitar
- Grasp Bird’s Tail
- Turn Body, Brush Knee and Push
- Embrace Sword
- Brush Knee and Push three Times
- Embrace Sword
- Split Sword
- Split Sword Seven Star
- Lying Tiger at Door
- Old Lady Raise Guitar
- Cow Gazing at Moon
- Step Forward, Cover Knee
- Retreat and Strike
- Golden Needle Pointing South
- Step Forward and Strike to Groin
- Lying Tiger at Door
- Old Lady Raise Guitar
- The Big Dipper Kicks the Dipper
- Finger Blocking Sword
- Raise Whip Lying Tiger
- Strike at Mountain to Capture Sword
- White Snake Spitting Letter
- Turn Body and Point
- Old Man Pei Chopping Snake
- Colorful Phoenix Relaxing Feather
- Sword at Door
- Old Lady Raise Guitar
- The Big Dipper Kicks the Dipper
- Finger Blocking Sword
- Woodcutter Asking About Wood
- Between Brow Point Red
- Monkey Relaxing Arms
- Single Whip Fusing Throat
- Strike Groin Three Sword
- Sword at Door
- Boat Man Moving the Oar
- Push Boat with the Stream
- Woodcutter Asking About Wood
- Fair Lady Throws Needle
- White Dragon Turns Body
- Woodcutter Asking About Wood
- Fair Lady Throws Needle
- Sea Bottom Capturing Fish
- The Big Dipper Raises Pen
- Planting Sword Style
- Double Strike Sword
- Sword at Door
- Against scales Sword
- Sword at Door
- The Big Dipper Kicks the Dipper
- Return Horse Whip
- Jump Step to Plant Sword
- Holding Horse Before Steep Cliff
- King of Heaven Uplifting Pagoda
- Return Horse Whip
- Lift Whip (Right)
- Sword at Door
- Lift Whip (left)
- Sword at Door
- Slant Flying Style
- Step Forward and Strike Groin Sword
- Sword at Door
- Yellow Dragon Shakes Its Tail
- Facing Wind Flick Dust
- Dispel clouds to See the Sun
- Fallen Leaf in the Blowing Wind
- The Big Dipper Raises Pen
- Cross Sweep a Thousand Soldiers ( R)
- Cross Sweep a Thousand Soldiers (Left)
- Striking Sword Style
- Strike to Groin Sword
- Sword at Chest
- White Ape Return to Cave
- Smart Cat Catches Mouse
- Dragon Fly Pointing water
- Bottom of Elbow Sword
- Dispel the Cloud to See the Sun
- Cloud Fairy Doing Three Dances
- Heavenly Lady Scattering Flower
- Sword at Door
- Subtle Hand Gathering Star
- Left Embracing Moon
- Right Embracing Moon
- Strike Knee at Knee
- Colorful Phoenix Relaxing Feather
- Phoenix Whirlpool
- Fallen Flower Waiting to be Swept
- Lady Fairy Using a Hoe
- Ugly Girl Testing Water
- Lying Fish
- Reverse Hand Chop Bamboo
- Little Cloud Fairy Parting Hands
- Cloud Around Mountain Mo
- Clearing Grass to Search for Snake
- Black Dragon Shaking Its Tail
- Golden Cock Nodding Its Head Thrice
- Turn Body to Capture Tiger
- Facing Wind Flick Dust
- Dispel Cloud to See the Sun
- Subtle Hand Gathering Star
- Sword at Door
- Chicken Running Through the Wood
- Lee Kwong Shooting Rock
- Hooking Double
- Brush Knee and Push
- Conclusion of Tai Chi Sword
The Saber is one of the most powerful weapons of the Chinese tradition and usually the first weapon we learn in Tai Chi Chuan.
As a fighting means, the Saber is considered a soldier’s weapon, since it’s relatively easy to learn (compared to the Sword) and its advantage is that it can confront many opponents at once. One side of the Saber is thick and strong and doesn’t cut, allowing for stopping very strong strikes, while its technique is big and spread and aims more at total cutting than just puncturing.
In regards of health and fitness, the practice with the Saber is ideal for further strengthening of the muscular system, the tendons and the skeleton. It cultivates physical strength and flexibility, especially for the wrists, the shoulders, the neck, the chest and the upper back.
As all weapons, the broadsword is an art by itself, for students who wish to gain competence in it. Apart from the highly detailed and demanding form, there are there are individual exercises to understand the weapon’s technique, special exercises similar to Pushing Hands (Sticking Sabre), as well as some very demanding fighting applications of the form.
108 Wu Style Tai Chi Sabre Form
The Broadsword Form is a traditional form of the Wu Family. It uses one of the most dynamic weapons of the Chinese tradition and it is an inseparable part of the complete Tai Chi Chuan. It contains strong, dynamic, rapid movements and jumps. This Form too is based on all the principles students have already learned from the non-weapon forms. Thus, the student deepens his knowledge and abilities. For this reason, it is recommended only after a student has reached the Intermediate Level. The Broadsword Form strengthens the muscles, the tendons and the skeletal system.
- Beginning of Tai Chi Sabre
- Grasp Bird’s Tail
- Turn Body, Brush Knee and Push
- Cross Dao
- Step Forward and Cover Knee
- Evade, Stretch and Watch Dao
- Step Forward and Watch Dao
- Step Forward (left) and Take Star
- Step Forward Strike to Groin
- Retreat and Capture Dao
- Heart Splitting Stroke
- Embrace Moon
- Ugly Girl Testing the Sea
- Retreat and Strike
- Turn Body and Strike to Groin
- Embrace Moon
- Push Shuttles and Gaze at Moon
- Accipiter Turning its Body
- Turn Body and Watch Dao
- Raise, Take, Sink, Grasp and Hide Dao
- Strike at Face
- Turn Body and Hide Dao
- Strike Knee
- Raise Dao and Test the Sea
- Step Forward and Strike
- Raise, Take and Hide Dao
- Dragon Dashes Out of the Water
- Turn Body and Hide Dao
- Strike Upwards Thrice
- Take Off Shoes in a Drunken Mood
- Ugly Girl Testing the Sea
- Turn Body and Hide Dao
- Heart Splitting Stroke
- Retreat and Strike
- Sweeping Comet Chasing the Moon
- Cross Sweep a Thousand Soldiers
- Embrace Moon
- Push Shuttles and Gaze at Moon
- Turn Body and Hide Dao
- Heart Splitting Stroke
- Retreat and Strike
- Step Forward and Take Dao
- Netting the Moon
- Retreat and Grasp Dao
- Heart Splitting Stroke
- Embrace Moon
- Push Shuttles and Gaze at Moon
- Strike Tiger
- Fierce Tiger Jumping Creek
- Strike Face
- Lying Tiger
- Turn Body and Hide Dao
- Heart Splitting Stroke
- Winding Dragon Upright Dao
- Fast Step Winding Dragon
- Fast Step Flooding Cloud
- Hiding the Dao
- Hooking Double
- Defend Knee
- Step Forward and Strike
- Lying Tiger
- Lying Fish
- Turn Body and Watch Dao
- Step Forward and Strike Face
- Retreat Lying Tiger
- Lying Fish
- Turn Body and Watch Dao
- Step Forward Heart Splitting Stroke
- Turn Body and Stop Dao
- Green Snake Lies on Ground
- Heart Splitting Stroke
- Turn Body and Strike
- Speed the Horse with Whip
- Golden Needle Pointing South
- By-Pass Step and Strike
- Step Back, Slant Flying
- Raise Dao to Test Sea
- Step Forward and Strike
- Retreat, Evade and Stretch
- Tyrannical King Raises his Whip
- Double Hanging Strike
- Retreat and Strike
- Step Forward and Strike Groin
- Cross Sweep a Thousand Soldiers
- Sweeping Comet Chasing the Moon
- Slant Flying
- Twist Step, Embrace Moon
- Riding the Wind, Splitting the Waves
- Embrace Moon
- Turn Hand, Slice Clouds
- Taking the Star
- Retreat and Crack Dao
- Turn Arm and Plant Seedlings
- Double Strike
- Heart Splitting Stroke
- Lying Fish
- Slice Clouds
- Turn Body and Carry Basket
- Fast Step Slice Horse
- Turn Body Strike Left and Right
- Taking Dao From the Right
- Lying Tiger
- Turn Body and Hide Dao
- Heart Splitting Stroke
- Step Forward and Cross Dao
- Brush Knee and Push
- Withdraw Dao
- Conclusion of Tai Chi Dao
The Spear is the “King of the Weapons,” as often called, mostly because of its length, which allows to experts to attack from a longer distance than the warrior who holds a sword..
Many people believe it’s the easiest weapon to learn, but all trainees who have studied it conclude that it’s very challenging and demanding and its practice develops superior skills. In the battle field, the Spear was a weapon for soldiers, highly useful in a battle from a distance and in the defense of a pedestrian against a rider. It is usually made of quality hard and flexible wood, it’s about 2 meters long, its thickness gets thinner from the base to its tip, where it has a metallic nose and a red knot made of horse wool.
The Spear can nail, strike with its body or base, deviate the opponent’s blows and control his weapon, all with a resilience that offers many advantages in defense or attack. It is usually used with both hands, with very fast and unpredictable rotations and changes of direction, and as a result, the strength that is generates is so powerful. Due to its great flexibility, when the trainee applies its strength, the spear is intensely vibrating. That, however, is not an end in itself as many people think, but an outcome of the technique and the force that follows. The trainee should study the correct technique and the act of vibrating will of course follow.
Like all weapons, the Spear develops further strength, flexibility, and agility. Because the majority of her movements are executed from the center of the body, it’s imperative to understand what it means to position the body behind the strength and the strokes, and the ability to strike straight blows. Because of its length and the use of both hands to handle it, it develops an extremely superior ability of coordination between the hands and between the hands and the body. During practice, the Spear is often replaced by the Long Pole, which is at least three meters long.
The Long Pole doesn’t have the flexibility of the Spear, it’s equally thick throughout its length, it’s much heavier, and it doesn’t have the metallic nose of the Spear. Because of its length and weight, the Long Pole doesn’t have the speed and agility the spear is distinguished for, and it relies on its huge impact force. It develops very strong stances, as well as a great ability to provide balance and rooting, since its center of gravity extends very far from the body.
It also gives enormous force to the hands, spine and body. During practice of the Long Pole, it’s imperative to move and handle it from the center of the body, since only by the power of hands, handling would be impossible. As all weapons, the Spear is an art by itself, for students who wish to gain competence in it. Apart from the highly detailed and demanding forms, there are individual exercises to understand the weapon’s technique, special pair training similar to Pushing Hands (Sticking Spears), as well as some very demanding fighting applications of the form.
13 and 24 Wu Style Spear Forms
Wu Family, practices two Spear Forms, the 13 and the 24, each of which teaches in a different way its technique and tactics. Very sophisticated and demanding forms, it is a necessary complement to the practice of anyone who wants to learn and fully understand Tai Chi Chuan.
The Ruler (Bang) is a cylindrical piece of solid and heavy, specially finished wood, about 40 centimeters long and with a diameter of 4-5 centimeters. Through specifically designed exercises, it enhances the flexibility and strength of the joints, tendons and muscles. By simulating various locks in our joints, it helps us withstand, resist, and ultimately escape from them. At the same time, it can be used as a very useful and practical weapon with a shape and size that simulates a baton, either by locking the opponent’s joints, or by striking them strongly. There is no form for Ruler.
The practice in this is done with individual exercises.