Handling a Wushu Rope Dart

This video shows how to handle a rope dart. Actually the video just shows how to hold the rope. Wind one end around your left hand and hold a part of the rope in your right hand. Traditionally the back of the right hand should point up, but some practitioners also hold the rope with the back hand pointing down. The right hand drives the dart while the left hand adjusts the length of the rope. When you shoot the dart, the rope should slide through the right hand. Make sure you use a rope that doesn't burn your fingers when it slides through your hand. The rope should be between 4 and 5 meters long and the dart should be 200 to 400 g heavy. At the beginning you can attach something soft to the end of the rope ( for example a tennis ball ) so that you can't injure yourself when you try new skills. Whenever you need to change the length of the rope, let the rope fall out of your left hand or wind it back up circling the left hand.

Performed by:

Feng Jia Bin
Song Jiang Wushu School

Related:

• Double Whipchain Big Front Swing

Animated:

• Wushu Main
• Wushu Rope Dart Main