Eight Technique Big Spear And Its Combat Skills

Ba fang chuan (ba fang shou) is a style that was used for accelerated training of soldiers. Another name for ba fang quan is the style of the Yue family (Yueshi lianquan) Wu Shi Jun studied ba fang chuan from three famous masters: Jia Hu Chen, Dong Wei Shan, and Li Tian Zhan. It was with this style that Wu Shi Jun’s path to BI began. Wu Shi Jun is a recognized expert on this style, and has published a book and several instructional videos on it. The large spear (daqiang) is the weapon of choice for master Wu Shi Jun. In the late 60s, he won many competitions in form with this weapon and even earned the nickname “King of the Great Spear“. The large spear was used by both foot soldiers and horsemen, so most forms contain techniques, so to speak, of dual purpose (this form is no exception). This form was created in 1906 for the training of troops. It was based on the work of a spear from the ba fang quan style, which was supplemented with technical elements from the arsenal of l