How many times can you tap the stick? 🙂 Long staff target accuracy is another challenging element of long weapon in Chinese 🀄 martial arts training ✅ Align long weapon to the body so that the tool moves in the same direction of the body movement ✅ Requires mobility in joints so that one can get into the proper alignment posture of the body. In this video footage, the shoulder joint 🔹️GH🔸️ (glenohumeral joint) external rotation is required to align the arm and forearm to the long stick to accurately hit the target ✅ Having postural and joint stability allow transfer of energy from the body to the target through the long weapon The long weapon then becomes part of one's body 👉 the long staff is an extension of one's body #longstaff #kungfu #longweapons #quarterstaff #stickfight #chinesemartialarts #torontokungfu #posture #leverage #accuracy #accuracybeforespeed #anatomy #shoulderjoint #biomechanics #bodymechanics #leverage #mobility #rangeofmotion #jointhealth #bemindful #fitnessideas #mindbodyconnection #functionalfitness #injuryprevention #bodyalignment #bodyawareness #bambookungfu (at Bamboo Kung Fu downtown) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSrg4DmDjWL/?utm_medium=tumblr
