Using a Monk's Spade as a Dragon's Staff Introduction.
Effectively, if you can do it with a Dragon Staff, you can do it with a Monk's Spade, so I won't rehash everything. If you think this is neat, check out a thing called a "Fei Cha" or "Chinese Flying Fork/Trident".
The prop you're looking at is a custom ended modular staff set up by Ninja Pyrate that I rewrapped using EPDM by Dark Monk after aggressively wearing through the original grip wrap.