the rum soaked fist: internal martial arts forum

Off topic...bull whip cracking is an quite widespread practice in China. The whips at use is made of steel chain thicker near the handle and gradually thinner outward for about 3/4 of its length,while the outer 25% is some braided textile. Some are quite long and heavy to handle......It could very well be so that the classically bullwhip where a more common tool up in the north/Manchuria/Mongolia...Zhang Zhaodong is said to have been handy with the bullwhip.