SIFU MARA 6.5 POINT POLE

The Origins of the 6 and 1 half point pole used in Wing Chun Kung Fu.
We need a little back story first...
Around the beginning of the 18th century the Ming Dynasty came to an end and was replaced by a period of oppression under the Manchu Emperors.
The monks of the Shaolin Temple, whom were by then known for their AMAZING Kung Fu Martial abilities, became more politically active. As a result, the Manchu government sent troops to destroy the temple.
When the temple eventually fell five elders, (four monks and one nun), escaped. They were Abbots Pak Mei, Fung To Tak, Chi Shin, Mui Hin and Abbess Ng Mui who was the eldest and most proficient in boxing skills.
Ng Mui wandered the countryside and eventually took refuge in the White Crane Temple on Tai Leung Mountain. During this time she refined her Kung Fu concentrating on directness, simplicity, and the emphasis of technique over strength.
It is said that she was inspired by witnessing the movements in a fight between a snake and a crane one day, while out walking.
During this period Ng Mui came to know a local Bean Curd seller named Yim Yee. Yim Yee had a daughter of marrying age called Yim Wing Chun.
Yim Wing Chun had attracted the attention of a local warlord who had made it known that he intended to marry her, regardless of her wishes.
Ng Mui decided to help by offering to teach Yim Wing Chun Kung Fu. So Yim Wing Chun became her only disciple and studied for 3 years, learning Ng Mui’s newly developed fighting style.
Yim Wing Chun then returned to her home village and challenged the warlord to open hand combat and beat him. This allowed her to marry her betrothed husband, Leung Bok Chau.
Ng Mui named her new fighting style after her student, Wing Chun, which translates as ‘Beautiful Springtime’.
After their marriage, Yim Wing Chun taught her Kung Fu to her husband who was also a skilled fighter and he introduced the Butterfly Knives into the system.
Leung Bok Chau then passed the system onto Leung Lan Kwai. Leung Lan Kwai passed on Wing Chun to a member of the Red Junk Opera Troupe called Wong Wa Bo.
Wong worked on the Red Junks with a poler named Leung Yee Tei. As it happened Leung Yee Tei had been taught the six and a half point long pole techniques by Chi Shin, one of the monks who had also fled the Shaolin Temple.
Wong Wa Bo and Leung Yee Tei shared Kung Fu techniques and so the long pole was then added to the Wing Chun system.

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