NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Gun (staff)

The Chinese word Gun (Chinese: 棍; pinyin: gùn) refers to a long Chinese staff weapon used in Chinese martial arts. It is known as one of the four major weapons, along with the Qiang (spear), Dao (sabre), and the Jian (sword), called in this group "The Grandfather of all Weapons". Image File history File links Gun2_10_all_china_games. ... Image File history File links Gun2_10_all_china_games. ... Gun (staff) event at the 10th All China Games Wushu (Chinese: ; pinyin: wÇ”shÃ¹; literally martial arts), also known as modern wushu or contemporary wushu, is both an exhibition and a full-contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts. ... Chinese (written) language (pinyin: zhōngw n) written in Chinese characters The Chinese language (汉语/漢語, 华语/華語, or 中文; Pinyin: H nyǔ, Hu yǔ, or Zhōngw n) is a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: , Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: HÃ nyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme... A staff is a large, thick stick or stick-shaped object used to help with walking or as a status symbol or a weapon. ... The bayonet is used as both knife and spear. ... This article provides a general overview of Chinese martial arts. ... 10th All China Games 10th All China Games Qiang (qÄ«ang,æ§) is the Chinese term for spear. ... Chinese Saber Dao (Chinese: åˆ€; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: tao1) is a category of single-edge Chinese swords primarily used for slashing and chopping (sabers), often called broadswords in English because some varieties have wide blades. ... Jian (Chinese: åŠ Pinyin jiÃ n, Wade-Giles chien4, Cantonese IPA: , Cantonese Jyutping: gim3, Korean geom, Japanese ken, Vietnamese kiáº¿m) is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. ...

There are various kinds of gun and these include (from olden days): Monkey Staff (猴棍), Biangan (鞭杆), Mad Demon Staff (瘋魔棍), Tianqi Staff (天齊棍), Staff of Five Tigers and Goat Herds (五虎群羊棍), Nunchaku (二節棍), Taiji Staff of Thirteen (太極十三杆), Taiji Quarterstaff (太極大杆), Taiji Staff (太極棍), Staff of Eight Trigrams and Seven Stars (八卦七星竿), Staff of Eight Fairies (八仙棍), Flail (槤枷).

The types of gun normally used nowadays for exercises and competitions are the bailangan (白栏杆) and the nangun (南棍).

See also

This article provides a general overview of Chinese martial arts. ... Nangun event at the 10th All China Games The Nangun (Chinese: ; pinyin: nÃ¡ngÃ¹n; literally southern staff) is a southern variation of the northern staff, which is nowadays used mostly in contemporary wushu exercises and forms. ... The Ji, the Chinese halberd, was used from the Shang dynasty onwards, until the Song dynasty. ... USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a full broadside during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, 1 July 1984. ...

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