wayne hansen wrote:Fighting on 1 inch poles
I would like to see that
If there is a mistake it's mine..might have misunderstood
What he meant was that the diameter of the pole did not support the whole foot....some 5' or 6 ' off the ground..
He said very clearly when they fell off chances of groin injury was very high and common
He mentioned they used to be able to preform fighting sets on them....
As you may know the plum flower style, famous for its training methods....
Many other styles seem to have borrowed some of their training methodologies
Interesting enough plum flower mantis taught in Korea, also used the same method the diameter is quite small no more than 3 or 4 inches.
Only a couple of inches in length...same idea regarding stepping, placement of the foot...ect...
no groin injury, if one slipped or was knocked off