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Wushu Staff Smash
Learn how to do a wushu staff smash ( shuai gun ).
The staff smash is a very basic staff technique seen in every modern staff form.
Stand upright or jump into a flat stance and
smash the staff flat onto the floor at the same time.
Speed and timing are similar to speed and timing of the longfist - smashpunch.
Find more staff techniques at staff main.
Technical description: Wushu Staff Smash
- Start standing on your right leg and hold the staff vertical behind you.
Hold the end of the staff ( thick end ) with your right hand.
Look straight forward and raise your left knee a bit over hip level.
- Swing the staff forward down ( over head ) and start going into a left sided flat stance.
Twist 90° on the ball of your right foot. Keep looking straight forward.
At the same time
change the grip of your left hand, so that no fingers are under the staff.
( unless you want to injure your fingers )
Press down the staff with the flat palm.
- Smash the staff flat onto the floor and go into a left flat stance.
See flat stance lesson.
- The right hand pulls the end of the staff slightly up.
Actually stop the right hand an inch before you would punch into the floor.
The left hand pushs the "middle" of the staff down. ( creates the slap )
Make sure no fingers are under the staff and keep looking straight forward.
Trainer advice: Wushu Staff Smash
- The flat staff slap is a technique performed very fast and the slap has to be very loud.
- This technique is usually performed from a jump, but you are recommended to learn it standing on one leg first.
- There is only one side of this technique. Both, left and right handed athletes should do the flat staff slap with a left sided flat stance.
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