#chineselongsword

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qnI0MoXRBc)

Beautiful animation of the form found in the fist chapter of the ancient Korean martial arts text Muye Dobo Tongji

[steelandcotton]

Scott M. Rodell Unboxes a New Dadao Sparring Sword from Santosh Weapons After his Weekly Webinar. --- https://www.facebook.com/santosh_weap... 

  LIMITED OFFER - 50% OFF - The Complete Practical Dadao Form The Practical Dadao System was developed for Chinese Soldiers during the Early Republic and designed to meet a bayonet head on. At that time, military rifles only carried 5 rounds and were slow to reload. Every army of the period drilled bayonet fighting extensively. The Chinese answered by drawing on their long tradition of two-handed saber fighting. In this course, you will learn the entire Practical Dadao Form (實用大刀術), created by Jin Enzhong, to train troops. Every Form lesson is followed by an in-depth presentation of the Martial Applications of the movements facing a bayonet. Basic Cuts and Solo Drills are also covered. Jin published his manual in 1933. SIGN UP HERE - USE CODE Dadao50 for 50% off the course:  

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[steelandcotton]

After my weekly Sword Art Webinars, I occasionally presents an informal "Show & Tell" of an antique Chinese Sword. In this presentation he shares a Chinese Shuangshoujian, Long Sword or Two-Handed Jian that he is working on restoring, showing what the sword looks like pre-restoration. 

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Waifan deflection into a zha cut at my Toronto Miaodao Mini-Seminar this past Saturday.

[steelandcotton]

When we released the video “Rediscovering the Chinese Longsword” back in 2011, many people commented on the similarity of German long sword techniques and those of the Chinese. While these observations are interesting, they certainly do not suggest or establish a causal connection between the swords arts of China and Germany. Likewise, noting similarities in Chinese longsword, be it the two-handed saber or straight sword, with any Japanese art, should not be taken as evidence that one group derived their art or techniques form the other.  

If one wises to posit that either Chinese longsword techniques are a sinofication of Japanese sword work. Or perhaps that the Chinese art, like so many other things and arts in Japan (including the techniques employed for forging Japanese swords), originated in China, then one must provide primary, period sources that document these exchanges. In my research, I have never encountered any such document. If anyone knows of any please do present them.