Weapons
In today's world, the threat of armed assault dictates that any school purporting to teach self-defense must include the use of and defense against modern weapons. The traditional weapons of Wing Tzun include the Luk-Dim-Boon-Kwun (six-and-a-half-point long pole) techniques and the Bart-Cham-Dao (eight-cutting broadswords) techniques. This training takes place only after the student has reached the Practician level in the Wing Tzun system.
Look-Dim-Boon-Kwun Fa (Six-and-a-half-point Long Pole Techniques)
Using the "Long Pole", will learned in the 6 th Practician Grade. It's a heavy wooden pole 8-9 feet in length and teaches the student how to wield a long and/or heavy weapon. Training with the long pole greatly improves the student's dynamic strength and body coordination. Also contained within the form are footwork and upper body movements that may be applied to unarmed situations as well.
Look-Dim-Boon-Kwun Fa (Six-and-a-half-point Long Pole Techniques)
Using the "Long Pole", will learned in the 6 th Practician Grade. It's a heavy wooden pole 8-9 feet in length and teaches the student how to wield a long and/or heavy weapon. Training with the long pole greatly improves the student's dynamic strength and body coordination. Also contained within the form are footwork and upper body movements that may be applied to unarmed situations as well.
Bart-Cham-Dao Fa (Eight-Cutting Broadswords Techniques)
You will learning to use the "Chinese Butterfly Swords", in the 8 th Practician Grade. The blades are approximately one foot long and teaches the student how to wield short and/or sharp and/or doubled weapons. Training with the broadswords greatly improves the power and precision of the student's unarmed movements, in addition to improving the balance, speed and range of the student's footwork.
Additionally, the long pole and double knives used in this training are not very similar to weapons a student is likely to encounter in the modern world. For these reasons, EBMAS schools teach Latosa Escrima , a Filipino martial art system developed by Grandmaster Rene Latosa . Utilizing principles and concepts very similar to those of Wing Tzun (preventing confusion under stress), Escrima teaches the student to use and defend against any blade or impact weapons. It also teaches the student to improvise weapons and to defend against close-range firearms threats.
