T'ai-Chi Cane Form~Gene Burnett
Here I am talking about and demonstrating our T'ai-Chi Cane Forms. The solo form was created by the late Grandmaster Tchoung Ta-Tchen of Vancouver B.C., and the partner form was adapted from an Aikido Partner Staff Form by Andy Dale of Xin Qi Shen Dojo in Seattle. I do not train at combat levels and these forms are not to be taken as serious combat cane training. For that I recommend any of the Filipino traditional Cane Fighting arts. We use the cane, as we do the Broadsword and Double-Edged Sword to learn more about T'ai-Chi, or Unforced Balance. The Cane focuses on speed and impact since there is no blade to help disable your opponent. In this respect the Cane work resembles Hsingi-I in that there are a series of energy issuing movements rather than a series of flowing cuts, as you would work on with a sword. I do the Solo form first at medium speed and then I do the Partner Form with my student Neil Buettner. We actually hadn't done the Partner Form together in several months when we shot this, so you'll see us dusting it off a bit too. Mainly shared in the spirit of education and exploration, as a way to explore T'ai-Chi a bit through the medium of a wooden round sided weapon rather than a bladed weapon. Each weapon has many lessons to teach.
Shot with a Flip Video camera on June 15th, 2012.
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