Advanced Form
Huoon Tzi CheungDouble Headed Spear
A long-weapon form in the Eagle Claw curriculum. Huoon Tzi Cheung, the Double Headed Spear, teaches students to use a spear with a point at each end, striking, spinning, and thrusting without ever losing control of the weapon.
About the form
In Northern Eagle Claw Kung Fu (Fan Zi Ying Jow Pai), the Huoon Tzi Cheung, translated as Circle Spinning Spear or Double Headed Spear, is an advanced long-weapon form designed to teach high-level fluid mechanics, deception, and ambidextrous coordination. With a point at both ends there is no safe end to hold, so every strike has to be controlled and every spin has to be earned. The form trains long-range thrusting, circular spinning, and the footwork that keeps the spear moving without exposing the body.
At Shadow Fist, Huoon Tzi Cheung is taught step by step in class under your instructor's guidance, then refined at home with the training video below. Practice builds the control, timing, and long-weapon skill that carry into the rest of the weapon curriculum.
- Focus: Reversals, ambidextrous grip, and circular spinning
- Type: Advanced long-weapon form (double headed spear)
- Style: Eagle Claw Kung Fu
- Taught: In class, with a video for home practice
Train it with us
Huoon Tzi Cheung is taught in our Eagle Claw classes in Windsor Heights. Practice the set at home with the training video below, then refine it with your instructor on the mat.
What the form teaches
Tactical and physical principles
Dual-directional fluidity and reversals
A standard spear form has a defined front and back. This one treats both ends as equally lethal.
- Recoil striking: momentum from a forward thrust is instantly rolled back to thrust or strike with the rear tip.
- Continuous offense: there is no reset phase; deflecting an attack already positions the opposite end for an immediate counter-strike.
Advanced ambidextrous skill
Most weapons favor a dominant hand, usually at the back for leverage. The double headed spear forces complete ambidexterity.
- Rapid hand-to-hand transitions, sliding the grip flawlessly along a waxwood shaft.
- The center of the weapon, often marked by tassels or horsehair, is the constant point of reference: the hands shift around it without looking.
Circle spinning and whirling deceptions
As the English name implies, the form relies heavily on windmill and wheeling actions.
- Centrifugal shielding: tight, rapid circular patterns create a protective barrier that deflects incoming weapons.
- Deceptive angles: the spinning creates visual chaos, obscuring where a strike comes from and hiding a sudden thrust inside a wide sweep.
Body alignment and extension
Managing a six-and-a-half-foot weapon balanced from the middle cannot be muscled with the arms alone. Every twist, poke, and block requires sinking into deep Eagle Claw stances, such as the bow or crouched stance, to channel power from the legs and hips through the spine and into the weapon.
Training Video
Practice with the video
The Huoon Tzi Cheung training video walks through the form section by section. It is available to current Shadow Fist students.
Student access only
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Learn it in class
Videos support your practice, but forms are built in the studio.