摔跤 SHUAI JIAO Master Li Baoru VOL 12

The twelfth and final volume of Master Li Baoru’s extraordinary work on Shuaijiao, the traditional Chinese wrestling. In this latest volume at 11:30 we can see an important cultural aspect of martial arts, the Zhongfan 中 幡, Balancing the Flag, an acrobatic exercise much loved in Beijing schools. “Fan“ is a kind of flag and its dimensions vary. Beautifully decorated, it can be used in both honor guard and skill competitions. Zhongfan is composed of a 10m main bamboo pole, with a wide and long strip hanging from the tip. On the obverse phrases of blessing and auspicious motifs are embroidered while on the reverse the name of the school performing, hence the name “the flag of the signal“. Teaching material provided to me by Master Li Baoru during his stay in Paris, as a guest of my Master Yuan Zumou. Shooting from the late 1980s. Complete Tiandihe School Archives on Patreon. IIT l dodicesimo e ultimo volume dello straordinario lavoro del Maestro