Wudang Kung Fu 武当八仙棍 Wudang Eight Immortal Staff

Baxian Gun (Eight Immortal Staff) includes 61 postures. This form is one of Wudang Mountain’s treasures. It was created by imitating the features of the Taoist Eight Immortals: 1) He Xian-gu (with lotus flowers) 2) Li Tie-guai (with pilgrim’s gourd and iron crutch) 3) Cao Gou-Jiu (with castanets) 4) L¨¹ Dong-bin (with fly-wisk and sword) 5) Han Xiang-zi (with a flute) 6) Zhuang-li Quan (with fan and peach of immortality) 7) Lan Cai-he (with basket of flowers) 8) Zhang Guo-lao (with drum) Baixian Gun is part of the Wudang Eight Immortal School which is only handed down secretly to some favored disciples.