June 1, 2007
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Warning: Practicing with Staff Weapons Can Be a
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Bibliography and Links
Five Tigers Kill Many Sheep Staff Weapon Routine
Five Tigers Killing Many Sheep Cudgel:
五虎群羊棍
Five Tigers and Goat Herds (Chinese:
五虎群羊棍;
Hanyu
Pinyin: wǔ hǔ qún yáng gùn)
Wu Hu Qun Yang Gun
Five Tigers Stalk the Sheep Staff
Five Tigers Encircling Sheep Staff
Five Tigers Swarming on a Herd of Sheep
Five Tigers Hunting on a Herd of Sheep
Five Tigers Attack a Herd of Sheep
Staff of Five
Tigers and Goat Herders
(五虎群羊棍)
Chinese staff weapon (Gun) routine fourn in Chen Taijiquan and Shaolin
Styles.
五 Wu3 wǔ Five
虎 Hu3 hǔ Tiger, Brave, Fierce
群 Gun2 qún Group, Crowd, Multitude, Mob
羊 Yang2 yáng Sheep, Goat
棍 Gun4 Hun4 gùn Stick, Cudgel, Scoundrel
Chen Style Five Tigers and Group Sheep Staff. Instructional videotape by Shifu Jiang Jian-ye. Instructional videotape, 117 minutes, color. Traditional Chen Village. 44 Forms with Internal Art. Capital District Tai Chi and Kung Fu Association of New York. Albany, New York, CDTKA, 2004. MGC. Use a medium staff, wax wood, flexible, about 6 feet in length. MGC.
Five Tiger and Sheep Staff. Instructional DVD. Chinese language. 50 minutes. 2004. "A beautiful wushu form (Wu Hu Qun Yang Gun), performed confidently and without tension by Master Hung Ting Seng. The movements are broad, with many sweeps, and an overall mixture of attack, defense, and touches of theater that make for a satisfying form to watch and perform. Part of the 'Wushu Series of Master Hung Ting Seng.' The video method used for instruction involves repeating each movement twice, then once in slow motion, then one more time at regular speed. It is a good method, but would be even better if it were indexed. The camerawork is simple, straightforward (which is good!). The traditional music used is very nice, and a relief for those of us who find the usual wailing guitar soundtracks annoying. In Chinese, with Chinese subtitles, and an English voiceover."
Five-Tiger Killing Sheep Cudgel.
Instructional DVD, 46 Minutes. Demonstrated and explained by Master Chen
Qingzhou. 46 Minutes. Ancient respected Chen Style Taiji Quan.
In Chinese, with English subtitles. ISBN: 7887212545.
"The "Five Tigers Capture the Sheep" staff is a
classic. Shaolin, Long Fist and many styles share the same set. It's just a good
overall staff set known to many teachers often in a few versions. Here is the
Chen Five Tiger and it is one of the best sets shown by Master Chen. The general
structure is about the same as most five tigers with the distinctive moves of
whirling that staff here and there over the head that gives the set its name.
For those who want a Tai Chi staff set that is, first and foremost, a good stick
set and also partakes of the Tai Chi styles."
ASIN: B000J1NAMK MGC. English, French, Chinese,
and Spanish subtitles.
Amazon.
Five Tigers Swarming Sheep: List of 45 Movements
Shaolin
Five Tiger Fighting Sheep Staff.
"The series of Shaolin
Traditional Kungfu was explained by Shi De Jun, the disciple of the 31st
generation of Shaolin Temple. In this series, it gives prominence to the
advantage of Shaolin Traditional Kungfu and the fighting skill in practice, let
the fans of Wushu know the traditional kungfu of Shaolin and take benefits and
also look all over the Shaolin Traditional Kungfu." DVD, In Chinese,
with English subtitles.
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List of Movements
Five Tigers Swarming Sheep Staff Weapon Routine
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Qigong: Links and Bibliography
Cloud Hands: T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Chi Kung Website
Sun Style of Taijiquan and Qigong
Chen Style Taijiquan and Qigong
Biography of Michael P. Garofalo
Valley Spirit Taijiquan, Red Bluff, California
Detailed Index to the Cloud Hands Website
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