Chi Tong Bei style. 8 Step 13 Saber practice

(BaBu ShiSan Dao DanTsao) What have we seen Hundreds of saber sets and thousands of performers Here is something much rarer, a video on the basics and exercising of the saber. While keeping the saber true to its TongBei character Shan ShihFu shows actions that give fundamental skills on this ancient and important Kung Fu weapon. No form. Demonstrator, Teacher: Shan Chang Wen. Chi Family Tongbei is one of the oldest forms of TongBei we know. In midChing times it was taught by Lu Yun Ching to Chi Hsin. From this we have the Chi family branch which is taught in Hebei Province. Lu s other disciple was named Shi and these were for a long time the dominant branches. Chi Tai Chang s son, Chi Hsin taught in Hebei during the late Ching. Though called Chi style it was later renamed Tong Bei. Chi s son, Chi Tai Chang, developed the techniques so much further that there are still two styles of this lineage, one from the father and another from the son. All TongBei technique retains martial usage a