GREEN DRAGON CRESCENT MOON GUAN DAO
Cheng Loong Yim Yuit Tou
2006 Pictures

Green Dragon Crescent Moon Guan Dao

The Green Dragon Crescent Moon Gaun Dao demonstrated by Grandmaster Wong


There are a few types of “Da Dau” or “Big Knives”, and the one demonstrated here is called a ”Guan Dao” (“Kwan Tou” in Cantonese), named after the famous warrior of the Three Kingdom Period of Chinese history, Guan Yu, who is worshipped as the God of Righteousness (but often mentioned in the West as the God of War). This particular Guan Dao set is called “Green Dragon Crescent Moon Knife”, or “Cheng Loong Yim Yuit Tou” in Cantonese. Grandmaster Wong learned this set in his young days from his siheng, or elder kungfu brother, from the Uncle Righteousness lineage.

As the Guan Dao is a long, heavy weapon, good stances and good force are necessary to use this weapon proficiently. When Grandmaster Wong applied force in a horizontal sweep while teaching it, the shaft broke into two. The bladed part of the weapon was then lashed onto another shaft. But when Grandmaster Wong later made a reverse sweep, the blade came out of the shaft. We regret that the set, therefore, had to be taught with an improvised staff acting as a Guan Dao.

The names of the patterns in Chinese pronunciation and Chinese characters are provided below.


Video Series of Green Dragon Crescent Moon Big Knife 2016
Video Series of Green Dragon Crescent Moon Big Knife 2006


Green Dragon Crescent Moon Knife
Sequence 1

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1 Black Tiger Presents Claws
2 White Crane Flaps Wings

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3 Dragon and Tiger Appear
4 Guarding the Wah Yoong Gate

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5 Sweep a Thousand Armies
6 Jade Belt Circles Waist

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7 Sweep a Thousand Armies
8 Jade Belt Circles Waist


Sequence 2

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9 Bail Moon from Sea Bottom
10 Reverse Hitting of Purple Bell

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11 Bail Moon from Sea Bottom
12 Separate Grass to Find Snake

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13 Fierce Tiger Descends Mountain
14 Phoenix Dots Head

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15 Point to Star, Look at Moon
16 Attending Conference with Guan Dao


Sequence 3

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17 Bail Moon from Sea Bottom
18 Reverse Hitting of Purple Bell

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19 Fierce Tiger Descends Mountain
20 Shark Monk Flicks Spear

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21 Phoenix Dots Head
22 Green Dragon Churns Water

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23 Carp Slices through Water
24 Dark Dragon Wags Tail


Sequence 4

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25 Chop the Hua Mountain
26 Lord Kwan Flicks Robe

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27 Sideway Chop Ngan Leong
28 Phoenix Dots Head

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29 Lone Drake Emerges from Group
30 Fierce Tiger Crouches on Ground


Sequence 5

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31 Reverse Hitting of Purple Bell
32 Whirlwind Chop Tiger

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33 Jade Belt Circles Waist
34 Sweep a Thousand Armies

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35 Jade Belt Circles Waist
36 Hold Knife Up Horse


Sequence 6

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37 Red Rabbit Chases Wind
38 Sweep a Thousand Armies

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39 Jade Belt Circles Waist
40 Sweep a Thousand Armies

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41 Snow Flecks on Top
42 Lord Guan Strokes Bead

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43 Bail Moon from Sea Bottom
44 Lord Guan Holds Knife


Sequence 7

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45 Bail Moon from Sea Bottom
46 Reverse Hitting of Purple Bell

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47 Fierce Tiger Descends Mountain
48 Point at Star, Look at Moon

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49 Sideway Chop Ngan Leong
50 Reverse Knife Slice Mun Chow

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51 Sideway Chop Generals
52 Straight Enter Plains

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53 Reverse Dragging of Knife
54 Lead Horse Return Camp

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55 Drag Knife Chop Choy Yeong
56 Pass Gate Chop Generals


Sequence 8

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57 Grinding Knife for Battle
58 Jade Belt Circles Waist

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59 Whirlwind Sweeps Leaves
60 Phoenix Dots Head

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61 Sit on Horse, Listen to Wind
62 Green Dragon Shoots Pearl

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63 Seong Tzi Blows Flute
64 Chop the Hua Mountain

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65 Bail Moon from Sea Bottom
66 Chop the Hua Mountain

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67 Golden Beam Supports Sea
68 Phoenix Dots Head

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69 Double Butterflies Flying Together
70 High Mountain Flow Water

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71 Dragon and Tiger Appear
72 Flowing Breeze Swaying Willows


Names of Patterns, Chinese (Cantonese) Pronunciation and Chinese Characters

Kwan Tou


The names of the patterns, the Chinese (Cantonese) pronunciation and the Chinese characters are provided by Sifu Michael Chow of Shaolin Wahnam Canada, with the help of Sifu Zhang Wuji of Shaolin Wahnam Singapore. We wish to thank Sifu Michael Chow and Sifu Zhang Wuji for their splendid effort.

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