GREEN DRAGON CRESCENT MOON GUAN DAO
Cheng Loong Yim Yuit Tou
2016 Pictures
The Green Dragon Crescent Moon Gaun Dao demonstrated by Grandmaster Wong
There are a few types of “Da Dao” or “Big Knives”, and the one demonstrated here is called a ”Guan Dao” (“Kwan Tou” in Cantonese), named after the famous warrior of the Three Kingdom Period of Chinese history, Guan Yu, who is worshipped as the God of Righteousness (but often mentioned in the West as the God of War). This particular Guan Dao set is called “Green Dragon Crescent Moon Knife”, or “Cheng Loong Yim Yuit Tou” in Cantonese. Grandmaster Wong learned this set in his young days from his siheng, or elder kungfu brother, from the Uncle Righteousness lineage.
As the Guan Dao is a long, heavy weapon, good stances and good force are necessary to use this weapon proficiently. When Grandmaster Wong applied force in a horizontal sweep while teaching it, the shaft broke into two. The bladed part of the weapon was then lashed onto another shaft. But when Grandmaster Wong later made a reverse sweep, the blade came out of the shaft. We regret that the set, therefore, had to be taught with an improvised staff acting as a Guan Dao.
The names of the patterns in Chinese pronunciation and Chinese characters are provided below.
Video Series of Green Dragon Crescent Moon Big Knife 2006
Sequence 1
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The names of the patterns, the Chinese (Cantonese) pronunciation and the Chinese characters are provided by Sifu Michael Chow of Shaolin Wahnam Canada, with the help of Sifu Zhang Wuji of Shaolin Wahnam Singapore. We wish to thank Sifu Michael Chow and Sifu Zhang Wuji for their splendid effort.