Thursday, October 14, 2010

Spring And Autumn Falchion 春秋大刀

Commonly known as the GuanDao, the weapon of General Yu of the Three Kingdoms fame,the Spring And Autumn Falchion is classified as a long weapon. Traditionally very heavy,there are now lighter versions that weight less than 2 kg.

The Chen Taiji routine is made up of thirty phrases that run like a poem. The main applications of this weapons They are chop, cut, pierce, parry, thrust, intercept, press, push, slice, block and swing in figure-8 form. Here is a clip by Ni ShiQing ( ???), a disciple of Chen Zhenglei. Ni handles this weapon with ease and displays lots of power with this routine.

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