在西北甘肃流行的棍术中分有三类不同的形制:五尺长者为棍,四尺五寸,比棍略细称为条子,三尺五寸,则叫鞭杆。西北棍子在武林中素有盛名,被誉为“东轮西棍”足见其地位。作为西北棍术家族中的一员,鞭杆更历来受到武林人的喜爱与推崇,得到广泛的传习和长足的发展,成为武苑中的一朵奇葩。一、西北鞭杆的产生鞭杆的产生和形成历来说法不一,比较普遍的说法有如下两种:其中生产劳动产生说,其中又有两种 There are three different types of sticks in popular northwestern Gansu: five-foot elders are sticks, four-foot five-inch sticks, thin sticks to sticks, and three-foot five-inch whips. Northwest sticks known in the martial arts, known as “East Wing West stick ” enough to see its status. As a member of the northwest stick group, whip stick has always been favored by martial arts people and respected, get a wide range of evasive and rapid development, become a wonderful flower in Wuyuan. First, the Northwest whip pole whip bar production and formation have always been different, the more common argument has the following two kinds: Production labor which said, of which there are two