Historically, the Butterfly Sword is a uniquely Southern style Chinese Kung Fu weapon because of it's association with Chinese pirates plying the South China Sea. The Butterfly sword was used by the pirates because long sabers was not practical for hand to hand fighting in the tight spaces of a ship. It is highly probable the sword design was inspired by encounters with Western swords such as rapiers and cutlasses used by the Spanish, Dutch & English who appeared there in the 1500s.
Very nice performance... What lineage is it?
raistlinsauron 1 year ago
Historically, the Butterfly Sword is a uniquely Southern style Chinese Kung Fu weapon because of it's association with Chinese pirates plying the South China Sea. The Butterfly sword was used by the pirates because long sabers was not practical for hand to hand fighting in the tight spaces of a ship. It is highly probable the sword design was inspired by encounters with Western swords such as rapiers and cutlasses used by the Spanish, Dutch & English who appeared there in the 1500s.
jwong205earthlink 1 year ago
Really nice demo. This performer actually looks like he is focusing on the ends of the knives, whereas most on youetube seem to just wave them about!
colinux 1 year ago