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As of October 2017 I have yet to find
any indication what martial art or arts the Hudi Chibang might
be part of. I had some hopes it was one of the 53 weapons of
Choy Li Fut, but that does not seem to be the case. So far, no
indication the weapon is from one of the Mantis styles either.
From a teaching/consistency point of view it seems to me that
the hand guards on horse blocking knife, Sun Moon spear and this
weapon should cause the hands to be a tai chi bang distance
apart. I would feel more comfortable is the crescents were
longer so there was less of a gap between the hand guards. If
anyone knows the name of the part of the handle the crescents
protect I would be grateful. Or, for that matter, where the
crescents came from historically. © 2013 Peter F. Zoll. All rights reserved.
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