The Ving Tsun Long Pole of Grandmaster Moy Yat

The Long Pole (Luk Dim Poon Kwan) is one of only two weapons contained in the Ving Tsun system taught at the last stage of training. Specifications of the pole itself vary from family to family. Made of very heavy hardwood, the pole is generally eight-and-a-half to nine feet long with an inch-and-a-half at the base tapering to one inch at the tip (sometimes referred to as a “mouse tail pole” because of the taper).
Ving Tsun training methodology employs a safe exercise to practice realistic applications against another pole. This exercise is called Chi Kwan. Chi Kwan (sticking pole) is the 3rd phase of training in Luk Dim Poon Kwan and is an exclusive training method of Ving Tsun Kung Fu. Actually, Chi Kwan is an advanced two-man sticking pole training exercise where two Ving Tsun practitioners attack and defend their centerline with their Kwans. One should train in Chi Kwan for at least one year.
The nature of Chi Kwan is to occupy and control the centerline at all times. In other words, one must prove that their Kwan is in the centerline. Very simply, if there is no noise from hitting the other Kwan, you or your partner are not on the centerline. The main idea is to put one’s Kwan on the centerline, making one’s partner go off the centerline. Take the space of the centerline by knocking your partner’s Kwan off the centerline and then Biu Kwan in that space. The centerline that the two Kwans are fighting for in Chi Kwan can actually be as small as two inches. In Chi Kwan, only one Kwan can be on the centerline at any given time. When the Kwans hit, only one Kwan is left on that small centerline - hence the saying, “Two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time.”