Courses of Study and Costs - Xing Yi
Chuan |
We are currently teaching only a very
few Xing Yi Chuan sets - all four of them involve weapons, so |
someone wishing to seriously study Xing
Yi should seek another teacher. Present offerings: Hebei |
Five Elements staff, sword, saber and
spear. It is possible chicken sickle sabers
(Ji Zhua Lian
鷄鐮) |
will be taught in 2017. There is considerable variety in sabers
- one may choose wood or several |
types of metal as well as whether to get a scabbard or
not. So prices might range from $25 to |
$75 or more. The staff set uses a normal staff - one can choose
between graphite (different colors), |
red oak, stainless steel, white oak,
rattan ... Traditionally, this staff should come to your
eyebrow. |
They vary a great
deal in price - from $20 up. We suggest visiting a store and
trying several, or |
trying to borrow from a classmate. A
basic waxwood shafted 78 inch spear with steel spearhead and |
red tassel is about $40. You can buy
spearheads and use any number of materials (see the list for |
above - plus copper, brass ...)
for the shaft. There is a wide variety of swords available and
the choice |
is really up to the
buyer. All weapons used for Xing Yi Chuan can be used in
Shaolin, Tai Chi |
Chuan and other arts except Bagua. Note
that one need only buy a weapon when it is to be studied. |
Hauling the long weapons around is
tedious, so one usually one practices at home with a personal |
weapon and uses a borrowed weapon at
class. You would bring your personal weapon to |
exhibitions. Besides photos, the
Weapons page has links about transporting, bags, covers, flags
and |
tassels. No special clothing needed for
Xing Yi classes - a t-shirt and shorts or comfortable pants will |
suffice. Socks with either kung fu or
normal athletic shoes will be satisfactory. For more formal |
events silks or satins would be
preferred. Currently, no plans to teach Xing Yi Chuan double |
swords or double sabers as I have never
heard of anyone doing such sets (a great pity). Likewise, |
no plans to teach Xing Yi Iron Palm for
much the same reason. If a teacher appears ... |
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