How do the feet change while using the staff?
I prefer the Hung Kuen 5th brother 8trigram staff 
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I tend to pull into Ding Jee Ma and push into Sei Ping Ma, but often stay somewhere in between and make minor adjustments in weighting and foot position as I’m going. Like with the other thread, there’s a yin/yang relationship I’m having fun sorting out. (though right now I’m still playing more with the waist than with the horse.)
Rgds,
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thanx for ur contributions. though i’m not a WC practioner, i’m very much an enthusiast and have many friends who study WC. what caught my eye was ur use of the stances Ding Jee Ma and Sei Ping Ma. does ur Ding Jee Ma translate to what looks like a traditional cat stance? b/c hung ga uses Ding Jee Ma to represent their bow and arrow stance (also called Ji Ng Ma). i’m more curious as to how u translate the Ding Jee Ma because i before heard my sifu refer to our cat stance as such. i’ve heard that it translates to “ding character”, which looks like a T. but i haven’t been able to make the connection to why its called so. ur help is much appreciated.
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Hi,
Ding Jee Ma means “Ding” character shaped horse. As you said, Ding resembles “t”. We do use it to mean the “cat stance”, and the reason for the shape analogy is because one foot is placed vertical (like | part of t) and the other horizontal (like _ part of the t). I think Bow and Arrow is sometimes literally called Gung Jin Bo/Ma, or just Gung Jee Bo/Ma (Gung shaped step/horse). Jee Ng (Wuzi) is “meridian”, or a straight line between two points (like twelve and six on a clock).
BTW- Hope we see some more responses on the pole threads. They seem interesting enough topics.
Rgds,
RR
RR,
thanx for ur info about the stance. that’s what i assumed was the explanation. the bow and arrow stance is refered to as “ji ng ma”. that’s because of the angle of the foot, like you said. if we were on a clock, the “ji” would be 1:00 and the “ng” would be 7:00. that’s how it was explained to me in a nutshell, but u had the right idea. thanx again for the help.