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Ming Period Jian as Depicted in Sāncái Tú Huì, 三才圖會. Note the “V” shaped angular tip that was a common feature of Ming Jian.
Duanbing Chinese? Period documents suggest otherwise. Rather than being based on Chinese Sword Work, Duanbing developed during the Chinese Republic and was based more on the European Military Saber of the time rather than Chinese Sword arts. At least one Chinese manual from the period was a reprint of a Japanese manual that was this European Military Saber method as it was transmitted to the Japanese military.
I have been consulting for The Art of Fire & Iron, a forge in Longquan, about swords for practitioners. We have been discussing weights, lengths, POB, that make for good cutting as well as regular form practice. One result so far is they forged a Lanling Jian prototype that is being sent to me for review and testing. If it turns out as well as expected (I was happy with their other jian I reviewed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwmcDmLaG2A), we might just see about a special offer on them for Academy of Chinese Swordsmanship Subscribers.
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The last year has been rough on pretty much everyone. Yet there is one way it has been a great year, bring together practitioners from all around the globe. Thanks everyone for your support. Warming up for 3 Jianfa Webinars this morning... https://www.chineseswordacademy.com/
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Chinese Swords and Swordsmanship: The Dragonfly Cut
Known as the Dragonfly Cut for sideways figure 8 shape the blade carves, it recognized as a demanding test of a swordsman’s speed and accuracy. Not only must the second cut be fast enough to sever the target before it drops out of range, it must be delivered at precisely the right angle or it will be flung aside instead being of cut. Drawing his jian Scott M. Rodell delivers two quick Pi cuts to a bamboo stalk. For more information about the Academy of Chinese Swordsmanship please see: https://www.grtc.org/swordacademy For information about online courses, see: https://www.threeislandsmedia.com/jian The music for this video is from the Chinese Opera, Deep Night (Yè shēnchén, 夜深沉) preformed by Chang Liu.
