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Traditional light to medium weight 9 section steel whip chain. Ideal
weight for chinese martial artist who likes the more traditional training
weapons. comes complete with red flag.
The chain whip is heavy but flexible, allowing it to be literally
used as a whip to hit, hook and bind an opponent, restrict his/her
movement, and to deflect blows from other weapons. The dart is used
for slashing or piercing an opponent.In some cases, the dart might
be coated with a poison. Because the whip is flexible, it can be used
to strike around obstacles, including an opponent's block. The whip
chain can be folded and hidden from view, making it an easy weapon
to carry and conceal.
Chain whip forms are often extremely elaborate. In some, the chain
whip is thrown in the air and caught, flicked around the neck, or
flung around underneath a recumbent performer. One classic technique,
used to accelerate a spinning chain whip, involves rapidly wrapping
and unwrapping the length of the chain around various parts of the
body, including the legs, neck and elbows. Various twisting or flicking
motions cause the chain whip to gain momentum as it unwraps. Chain
whip techniques may be combined with jumping kicks and other acrobatics.
Double chain whip forms have been developed, as have forms in which
a chain whip is coupled with a broadsword.
As with all weapons that are either chained or tied together, the
whip chain is hard to control without practice. In fact, it is harder
to control than a traditional rawhide or bull whip because the linked
sections provide looser joints while a bull whip is one solid piece.
The Whip
Chain is sometimes considered one of the hardest weapons in martial
arts to use, simply because all you can truly control is the handle
you hold. A chain whip is also harder to master than its sister weapons,
the rope dart and the meteor hammers. This is because while the rope
dart is soft until you reach the metal tip, the entirety of the
chain whip is solid metal and can cause more damage than the rope
can if contact is made with the body, especially at the high speeds
one makes the whip chain travel at. Definitely not a weapon for beginners,
if one does begin to practice this, practice in wide open areas with
no people nearby, and focus more on judging where the tip will go
in correspondence to the movement of the wrist and arm, rather than
how to control the entire whip. If one is truly unsure about their
control, it is sometimes suggested that you wrap each section in foam
rubber or a similar substance. It will inhibit some of the movement,
but so one can focus more on learning how to control it rather than
worrying about it hitting themselves.
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