#chinesesaber

[steelandcotton]

This Five Five United Formation is a page from the from the Qing Era Fúníng Jìshì (福宁纪事). The same book the previous two images posted of the Dandao are from. Note the mix of matchlocks with shields, spears, tridents and Changdao (long sabers), at the rear.

[steelandcotton]

Toronto GRTC Daofa Seminar

Where in jianfa, one usually keeps enough distance to stay mobile and free of entanglements, daofa employs many closing movements where one literally jams into the duifang's body.