Taoist style. Xuan Wu Staff (Part 1)

This is a nice example of the WuDang style staff. Movements are fluid and graceful with many changes. Medium length and relatively small area used. This video has the advantage of clear instruction with applications of the staff moves included as though fighting against another staff. Performed on a beautiful old temple terrace. The Wu Dang Mountain is the home of Wu Dang’s many styles of Kung Fu just as Shaolin is revered to be the home of Shaolin Style. A Taoist sanctuary and home of many temples martial arts from this area take on distinct qualities associated with Taoist: flexibility, looseness and an emphasis on Chi. About Performer: Taoist President Xuande YOU, headmaster of Wudong Internal Boxing School, was birn ib Puzhou, Hebei Province. He began to learn martial arts at a very early young age. His teachers are all foremost wudong taoist. Tongshen Wang (a hermit in Wudang Temple), Zhu Chengde (a taosit headmaster), Wang Weishen (headmaster of Wudang Xongxi School), & Lu Ming