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2006

Shaolin Kung Fu: Yin Hand Cudgel

The Shaolin Temple's Master Shi Deyang appears in an extensive series of DVDs, demonstrating the traditional open hand and weapons forms of Shaolin. He is calm and patient, and performs with a relaxed style which can be misleading -- he makes it look easy. The instruction is excellent, with each action and stance repeated slowly, often with other practitioners on hand to show how it looks 'on a different body.'

The indexing is virtually non-existent, but the image quality is excellent -- far better than the average instructional video. Chinese and optional English subtitles.

The Yin-Hand Cudgel DVD is not one of the stronger in the series. It has worse-than-usual english translation (it's really quite amazingly bad), and, in my opinion, it is not Master Shi Deyang's best form. Nevertheless, for the staff enthusiast, it is worth a viewing if not just to hear the history of the form, which he explains. There is a preview of it available here on YouTube.

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Okinawa BBTV

Okinawa BBTV has some staff form performances up:
Sakugawa No Kun
Sakugawa No Kun
Shirotaru No Kun

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