In this lesson you will learn how to do a wushu staff smash (shuai gun). The staff smash is a very basic staff technique seen in almost every modern wushu staff form. You basically jump into a wushu flat stance and smash the staff flat onto the floor at the same time. Speed and timing are similar to the smash punch. Find more wushu staff techniques at staff main.
Stand on your right leg and hold your wushu staff behind your back (aligned vertically). 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 (overhead) 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 wushu 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 pushes the "middle" of the staff down (creates the slap). Make sure no fingers are under the staff and keep looking straight forward.
The wushu staff smash is a very fast and loud technique.
This technique is usually performed from a jump, but I recommend you first learn it from a standing position.
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.
Wushu Flat Stance
Front Twirl with a Wushu Staff
Back Twirl with a Wushu Staff
Wushu Staff Smash without Jump
360 Staff Smash
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