I've done my very first Wushu sword form today, it's considerably different from what I see here and most of all, a lot more difficult than it may seem. Nice video!
Adding to wushu297... the chinese swords are more versatile and flexable because the way the chinese sword is used is not to impale but to cut the opponent on specific points on the body that are in conjunction with major artories.... Therefore when you are fighting a chinese swords man he is looking to make you bleed to death rather than to impale you.
Adding to wushu297... the chinese swords are more versatile and flexable because the way the chinese sword is used is not to impale but to cut the opponent on specific points on the body that are in conjunction with major artories.... Therefore when you are fighting a chinese swords man he is looking to make you bleed to death rather than to impale you.
Adding to wushu297... the chinese swords are more versatile and flexable because the way the chinese sword is used is not to impale but to cut the opponent on specific points on the body that are in conjunction with major artories.... Therefore when you are fighting a chinese swords man he is looking to make you bleed to death rather than to impale you.
An interesting thing to focus on is the performers back. Although it is a martial art that promotes a high degree of flexibility, Wushu (and onther chinese martial arts) require having a straight back. Its like an immovable pillar at the center of a tempest of movement. Pretty cool.
Is there a website that has the movements to this form? I've been looking everywhere and I really want to learn it, specially because it's Xianghua does it. haha
Those days soldiers should be well disciplined, well trained and highly focused as they were in the close combat zones. Today's soldiers can get drunk enough and shoot a tamahauk at crowded place and still think as if that was part of a video game. Today's armies need cowards and jobless who will just kill anyone whom their political leaders ask to kill for a salary and so called gallantry award.
@LvDaMuzic Wow, you definately sound like someone who has studied lots of history! From videogames and fantasy novels, by the sound of it. Words fail me at your whiny american entitlement suckage.
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excellent! great moves. but even with a real word i don't think he could go up against someone who knows speed boxing and shuriken. i can throw them pretty good and could probably take him out like a hundred yards before he reached me, he wouldnot know what hit him
Traditional training swords are either limp like this or made of wood, because martial artists are not idiots and know that when you train in a complicated routine you should not risk cutting your ears or fingers off, Real swords were saved for battle so if you plan on going into battle anytime soon I would advise you use a real sword (but you should probably use modern weaponry) but in training you should be safe and use a practice weapon.
@jimmyjamesWang I dunno about wushu, but in Tai Chi, usage of Fa-Jing completely ruins the weapons because you're sending in vibration to the handle and blade. My Kwan Dao's head flew off sometime ago :/ Shame I paid 200 dollars for that. So i'm not risking it anymore. Maybe if I get a custom weapon for couple of grands that's completely welded and the handle is just two pieces of wood slapped on the the metal. But i'm too poor to get that. So i'm good with light, durable wushu weapon for now
to help with the fa-jing problem you might be confining your force in the sword too much...in the sense that the fa-jing force needs a focal/release point (usually the tip of the blade). This can be acheived by moving the handle faster than the blade of focusing on the tip. Hope this helps because i use a fa-jing force all the time and it does not ruin my blade.
to help with the fa-jing problem you might be confining your force in the sword too much...in the sense that the fa-jing force needs a focal/release point (usually the tip of the blade). This can be acheived by moving the handle faster than the blade of focusing on the tip. Hope this helps because i use a fa-jing force all the time and it does not ruin my blade.
Great form! This is an excellent display of modern jian shu! Nice sword, as well. I think I can see a central spine in the blade to offer higher durability to the sword, while keeping it lightweight.
Umm, no offense for the practitioner, but everyone knows that Wudang Sword is the ultimate sword form. There's no better form, this is just flashier and better for show, like most forms in modern wushu. I admit I also like how modern wushu looks and I'd like to try a few forms, but it's mostly just for show.
hahaha...i kinda agree...but the thing is its very good to be well rounded in modern and traditional swordsmanship....like for instance....i have studied Kenjutsu for the last 7 years....but i also studied shinkendo for 2...im really intersted in the "gentalmans" weapon (jian)....so i think i will turn my focus to the jian and nanquan for a while....but i digress...its a great form...but yea...Wudangs form are the traditional....
So are Shaolin forms traditional... what I said is that Wudang is said to be the greatest, so I recommend you study that form. Anyway, keep up the good work with martial arts! I'm still a noob... :(
yea i see what you mean...^_^..i can easily agree that Wudang is the greatest...lol..im moe scared to study the eight immortals sword technique for the fear that i will be bad at it than i am to learn a difficult "highflying" modern Wushu form...lol...^_^...good luck to you all....train hard ,fight easy.....and always live free....
Excellent presentation of skill and lifelong commitment to Kung Fu. I have practiced Shaolin Kung Fu but only for combat reasons. I have practiced these techniques using the jian. I must admit watching u perform makes my technique better.
Nope. Dan (pronounced duan) is the Chinese Martial arts equivelant to the Japanese Martial Arts Dan (pronounced dahn) ranking system. The Chinese word that is equivelant to kata is taolu.
actually its extremely likely that its the other way around, the makers of soul calibur were actually very good about making (mostly) accurate moves for their character based on the martial arts they would have practiced and so xianghua without a doubt bears move straight from wushu forms (not that it she would have done wushu as its done today)
This looks good but a bit slow (if was for competition) but this is good as you can actually see the moves to practice - agree with comment above re: chi aspect of the fingers pointing - have fun and practice all!
Just curious. Why does the other hand have two fingers pointing out? I've seen a lot of sword forms, and they all do that, but I haven't found an explanation. Can anyone clarify for me?
In Jian forms the empty hand uses two finger to point where the blade will strike or is striking. It may seems weird that you would let your oponent know where you were about to strike but it's part of what makes the jian the gentleman's sword.
I see...interesting. I'm eager to learn a sword form, but I only just started kung fu, so I'm still very far away from being able to. Thanks for the reply. :)
part of it (and this was commented on earlier) is that as the jian is usually an internal weapon, the "sword hand" was used for the proper channeling of chi through the weapon, also even though the jian is always a one handed weapon, you can acutally match the power of a two handed sword by placing the fingers on your wrist and striking like a two handed sword
@wushu297 Actually this is not the correct explanation. In my concern in the left hand you should hold the sword's cover, once removed it at the beginning of the taolu. The two fingers just represent this...:-)
Adding to wushu297 comment. Holding the fingers togeather has a few reasons. 1. The two fingers are held togeather to represent the type of blade being used. (ie. if you are using a broad sword (aka a machette) or in chinese a dao the blade only has one side so the proper hand posture is an open palm. 2. The non sword hand is used as a counter balance to the weight of the sword and an opposite (in the sense of a yin yang) and where u are attacking u are covering ur openings.
@TsunamiNoir It's also sometimes presented as a representation of a sort of "Spiritual" blade, an almost metaphorical counterweight to the sword in the armed hand, from what a friend and practitioner told me.
@TsunamiNoir it derives from daoist mystic practices. they the "sword fingers" as a "mystic sword" to fight evil spirits. now days the tradition is just carried over (though some also state that it's to strike pressure points).
it's just a form...the speed and agility of the slicing and thrusting movements would be used for "real life". But then again, this is the modern world where everything has been replaced with a gun (that sucks for the victim...) and having swords out in public is illegal isn't it? Aside from the sword movements, you are strengthening ur wrists and arms every time u swing the sword lol
uuuh how do you think they made the game sweety? they record the people doing the demostration then they program it to a computer and animate it
tbh there really isnt much of a difference between these things in games and in real life well as far as the BASICS aspects like kicking demos and things like that :P especially with technology these now and days you can literally record and throw it on there
Yeah there are fuck nut! They're prnounced 'duan' though but you're still a btich anyway! Stop eating monosodium glutamate on a regular basis you piece of shit!
Even though it's not used for battle. Spring steel can still cut you. And at the speed in which a wush practioner moves well just be careful. Plenty of practioners themselves have been cut just by practicing with wushu weapons.
Yes, only Chinese swords are made from spring-steel. They are razor sharp too. Spring steel is frail but when something tries to block the blade bends enough to twist around the block and strike the enemy.
you're mistaken. Those spring-steel swords are strictly for performance and practice only. Real Chinese swords are made from cold steel. checkout this vid (retype the dot):
That's funny since Cold Steel was rare in China. They needed to equip. their soldiers with an abundent material. Spring Steel was that material. Enough of it made corretly is dangerous....fatal...
This is the 1990 wushu competition jian form correct? wonderful performance that places the focus on the soft side of the jian! what does the 'sixth dan' designation mean?
the term dan (pronounced and spelled 'duan' in chinese romanization) is just the level of th form. when u have mastered the sixth duan, u are judged as a master. the seventh duan makes u a grandmaster and is (obviously) much harder to get.
a butterfly comes in the frame at 2:49 and says;
"cool form bro"
HoochieKoochie 5 months ago
lol, locks kinda gay^^
Peacemaker957 7 months ago
what is the form called?
ShuyuKoukin 9 months ago
@ShuyuKoukin nvm lol
ShuyuKoukin 9 months ago
This is the same form that Xianghua does on Soul Calibur. What is this style called? Just curious.
denkouchoujin 9 months ago
li xiao ka ta ta men lian sko
alekx58 10 months ago
It's a kind of true to life figment art.
kidramecc 11 months ago
It's A kind of true to life Figment Art!!
kidramecc 11 months ago
I've done my very first Wushu sword form today, it's considerably different from what I see here and most of all, a lot more difficult than it may seem. Nice video!
DJGahann 11 months ago
IT LOOKS ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE XIAHUA FROM SOUL CALIBUR :D....thats awesome......the guy doing this is awesome too :D
TouShinku 11 months ago
Adding to wushu297... the chinese swords are more versatile and flexable because the way the chinese sword is used is not to impale but to cut the opponent on specific points on the body that are in conjunction with major artories.... Therefore when you are fighting a chinese swords man he is looking to make you bleed to death rather than to impale you.
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Adding to wushu297... the chinese swords are more versatile and flexable because the way the chinese sword is used is not to impale but to cut the opponent on specific points on the body that are in conjunction with major artories.... Therefore when you are fighting a chinese swords man he is looking to make you bleed to death rather than to impale you.
wushucanadadude 1 year ago
Duuuuude... My girlfriend bought me one of these swords! now I know what to do with it! :D
SuperPheonix250 1 year ago
holy shit
dynastyflygon 1 year ago
Dude...wish i had a straight sword teacher :/
nugety 1 year ago
Does anyone know the name of the song?
I want to practice my Wu Shu with this song!
tan2ij 1 year ago
An interesting thing to focus on is the performers back. Although it is a martial art that promotes a high degree of flexibility, Wushu (and onther chinese martial arts) require having a straight back. Its like an immovable pillar at the center of a tempest of movement. Pretty cool.
LordJoseifius 1 year ago
im sorry but i find the moves look very... gay srry
YapooRD 1 year ago
@YapooRD wtf its wushu its an ancient chinese art
crcornsnake 1 year ago
Is there a website that has the movements to this form? I've been looking everywhere and I really want to learn it, specially because it's Xianghua does it. haha
grad111okami 1 year ago
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KoreaSUN 1 year ago
Those days soldiers should be well disciplined, well trained and highly focused as they were in the close combat zones. Today's soldiers can get drunk enough and shoot a tamahauk at crowded place and still think as if that was part of a video game. Today's armies need cowards and jobless who will just kill anyone whom their political leaders ask to kill for a salary and so called gallantry award.
LvDaMuzic 1 year ago
@LvDaMuzic Wow, you definately sound like someone who has studied lots of history! From videogames and fantasy novels, by the sound of it. Words fail me at your whiny american entitlement suckage.
BREAKMEKNEES 1 year ago
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excellent! great moves. but even with a real word i don't think he could go up against someone who knows speed boxing and shuriken. i can throw them pretty good and could probably take him out like a hundred yards before he reached me, he wouldnot know what hit him
craigenputtock 2 years ago
i guess humility wasn't part of your training
IgnatiusKalibas 2 years ago 2
well i don't know what you want me to say i am only saying wht is true so that is all i can say
craigenputtock 2 years ago
it not really truth.... its an opinion
IgnatiusKalibas 2 years ago 2
I thought that diagram swords were thicker.. Why is that one so floppy?
LordJoseifius 2 years ago
@LordJoseifius not a smart one are you lol xD
Kniitte 1 year ago
Who invented this routine ? or how old is it ?
DNE47 2 years ago
thats one floppy sword XD
i0nPuNk182 2 years ago
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floppy sword are a requirement for wushu because it is a sport not a martial art.
jimmyjamesWang 2 years ago
yeah i see... althought its pretty cool looking
i0nPuNk182 2 years ago
Traditional training swords are either limp like this or made of wood, because martial artists are not idiots and know that when you train in a complicated routine you should not risk cutting your ears or fingers off, Real swords were saved for battle so if you plan on going into battle anytime soon I would advise you use a real sword (but you should probably use modern weaponry) but in training you should be safe and use a practice weapon.
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wushucanadadude 1 year ago
@jimmyjamesWang I dunno about wushu, but in Tai Chi, usage of Fa-Jing completely ruins the weapons because you're sending in vibration to the handle and blade. My Kwan Dao's head flew off sometime ago :/ Shame I paid 200 dollars for that. So i'm not risking it anymore. Maybe if I get a custom weapon for couple of grands that's completely welded and the handle is just two pieces of wood slapped on the the metal. But i'm too poor to get that. So i'm good with light, durable wushu weapon for now
whsskdhkf 1 year ago
@whsskdhkf
to help with the fa-jing problem you might be confining your force in the sword too much...in the sense that the fa-jing force needs a focal/release point (usually the tip of the blade). This can be acheived by moving the handle faster than the blade of focusing on the tip. Hope this helps because i use a fa-jing force all the time and it does not ruin my blade.
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@whsskdhkf
to help with the fa-jing problem you might be confining your force in the sword too much...in the sense that the fa-jing force needs a focal/release point (usually the tip of the blade). This can be acheived by moving the handle faster than the blade of focusing on the tip. Hope this helps because i use a fa-jing force all the time and it does not ruin my blade.
wushucanadadude 1 year ago
@i0nPuNk182 required for reasons that it add to your flexability, i know i've been trained into this style for 4 years.
Zippyraww 2 years ago
ah that's very cool dude! this stuff is really cool though, it's very artistically performed
i0nPuNk182 2 years ago 3
i love jian swords (=
yo0yo0yo0 2 years ago 2
Is there a similar movie with saber, i want it too ?
Vikinguard 2 years ago
this is very interesting i am studying in a jeet kun do sixth stance sword fighting technique
midgetsarerare 2 years ago
Great form! This is an excellent display of modern jian shu! Nice sword, as well. I think I can see a central spine in the blade to offer higher durability to the sword, while keeping it lightweight.
AndyRaslan 2 years ago
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acupuncter 2 years ago
It's the ultimate tao lu (kata) of the chinese sword jian, the show is very good, clear and slowly, Thank 4 it 谢 谢 !
Vikinguard 2 years ago
Umm, no offense for the practitioner, but everyone knows that Wudang Sword is the ultimate sword form. There's no better form, this is just flashier and better for show, like most forms in modern wushu. I admit I also like how modern wushu looks and I'd like to try a few forms, but it's mostly just for show.
AndyRaslan 2 years ago
hahaha...i kinda agree...but the thing is its very good to be well rounded in modern and traditional swordsmanship....like for instance....i have studied Kenjutsu for the last 7 years....but i also studied shinkendo for 2...im really intersted in the "gentalmans" weapon (jian)....so i think i will turn my focus to the jian and nanquan for a while....but i digress...its a great form...but yea...Wudangs form are the traditional....
yumeji1 2 years ago
So are Shaolin forms traditional... what I said is that Wudang is said to be the greatest, so I recommend you study that form. Anyway, keep up the good work with martial arts! I'm still a noob... :(
AndyRaslan 2 years ago
yea i see what you mean...^_^..i can easily agree that Wudang is the greatest...lol..im moe scared to study the eight immortals sword technique for the fear that i will be bad at it than i am to learn a difficult "highflying" modern Wushu form...lol...^_^...good luck to you all....train hard ,fight easy.....and always live free....
yumeji1 2 years ago
sorry but my fav sword is a katana
nirvanak1234 2 years ago
Excellent presentation of skill and lifelong commitment to Kung Fu. I have practiced Shaolin Kung Fu but only for combat reasons. I have practiced these techniques using the jian. I must admit watching u perform makes my technique better.
Barlezizian 2 years ago
Fantastic form! But why do Chinese swords wobble so much? Are they lighter swords used for display?
Thanks for posting!
x666666x 2 years ago
They are wobbly because they make the blade somewhat thin for demonstration purposes. So yes, they are lighter on the blade end
liisrandom 2 years ago
is dan equivalent to kata or something like that?
Supertomiman 2 years ago
Nope. Dan (pronounced duan) is the Chinese Martial arts equivelant to the Japanese Martial Arts Dan (pronounced dahn) ranking system. The Chinese word that is equivelant to kata is taolu.
wushu297 2 years ago
his first routine is based that of xianghua's from soul calibur... only cooler. yay! now i love wushu! weee!
ahiru103 2 years ago
actually its extremely likely that its the other way around, the makers of soul calibur were actually very good about making (mostly) accurate moves for their character based on the martial arts they would have practiced and so xianghua without a doubt bears move straight from wushu forms (not that it she would have done wushu as its done today)
icedrake1313 2 years ago 2
Beautiful.
goldenagenut 2 years ago
wow his form is perfect... its so hard to get perfect form... i need to work on my form it takes so much practice
trousien 2 years ago
This looks good but a bit slow (if was for competition) but this is good as you can actually see the moves to practice - agree with comment above re: chi aspect of the fingers pointing - have fun and practice all!
tamazra123 2 years ago
yeah cuz its an instructional vid. so he'll do it slowly
sirhighlanderdude 2 years ago
ooo my friend in wushu is doing this form now...looks nice!!!
petrucci15 2 years ago
Just curious. Why does the other hand have two fingers pointing out? I've seen a lot of sword forms, and they all do that, but I haven't found an explanation. Can anyone clarify for me?
TsunamiNoir 3 years ago
In Jian forms the empty hand uses two finger to point where the blade will strike or is striking. It may seems weird that you would let your oponent know where you were about to strike but it's part of what makes the jian the gentleman's sword.
wushu297 3 years ago 3
I see...interesting. I'm eager to learn a sword form, but I only just started kung fu, so I'm still very far away from being able to. Thanks for the reply. :)
TsunamiNoir 3 years ago
actually that´snot true. it rather has a qigong aspect to it. you use your fingers for directing and controlling your qi.
nanhuazhenren 2 years ago
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icedrake1313 2 years ago
part of it (and this was commented on earlier) is that as the jian is usually an internal weapon, the "sword hand" was used for the proper channeling of chi through the weapon, also even though the jian is always a one handed weapon, you can acutally match the power of a two handed sword by placing the fingers on your wrist and striking like a two handed sword
icedrake1313 2 years ago
@wushu297 Actually this is not the correct explanation. In my concern in the left hand you should hold the sword's cover, once removed it at the beginning of the taolu. The two fingers just represent this...:-)
xubuit 9 months ago
@wushu297
so its abit like calling your shot in baseball or soemthing? makes it more impressive shows its not a fluke.
topbluffa1 7 months ago
@TsunamiNoir
Adding to wushu297 comment. Holding the fingers togeather has a few reasons. 1. The two fingers are held togeather to represent the type of blade being used. (ie. if you are using a broad sword (aka a machette) or in chinese a dao the blade only has one side so the proper hand posture is an open palm. 2. The non sword hand is used as a counter balance to the weight of the sword and an opposite (in the sense of a yin yang) and where u are attacking u are covering ur openings.
wushucanadadude 1 year ago
@TsunamiNoir It's also sometimes presented as a representation of a sort of "Spiritual" blade, an almost metaphorical counterweight to the sword in the armed hand, from what a friend and practitioner told me.
Phisherphish 1 year ago
@TsunamiNoir it derives from daoist mystic practices. they the "sword fingers" as a "mystic sword" to fight evil spirits. now days the tradition is just carried over (though some also state that it's to strike pressure points).
kristcaldwell 1 year ago
so fluid .
zodiak121 3 years ago
OUTSTANDING!
shadowsam619 3 years ago
WOW !! good sword work . thanks for posting it .i love it , j. hernandez
gmc1500 3 years ago
where in the hell is that ever going to be applied in real life or for that matter how was it ever applied.
HitokiriShinsengumi 3 years ago
it's just a form...the speed and agility of the slicing and thrusting movements would be used for "real life". But then again, this is the modern world where everything has been replaced with a gun (that sucks for the victim...) and having swords out in public is illegal isn't it? Aside from the sword movements, you are strengthening ur wrists and arms every time u swing the sword lol
Gigagecko2 3 years ago
A very nice set!
lokhopkuen 3 years ago
Wow, at first I thought this was taiji jian because this form seems so "flowed."
HuoXingC 3 years ago
where can i buy good wushu/stright swords(like above video) in usa.
suggestions plz
Pavan123m 3 years ago
Read the video description dumbass.
MastaHinata 3 years ago
lol :D
Corvusdotensis 3 years ago
And I thought I was graceful-This is sword elegance at its best-thank you for posting this video. I am awestruck!!!
tygerlee1 3 years ago
this is amazing so beautiful
watermonster18 3 years ago
One of the most impressive I've seen on here. I would like to see it done faster without all the pauses.
ucuf123 3 years ago
lol this is actually done faster in soul calibur with xianghua pretty good tho
sonyan1191 3 years ago
yeah but thats A GAAAAAME! ha this is real life
petrucci15 2 years ago
uuuh how do you think they made the game sweety? they record the people doing the demostration then they program it to a computer and animate it
tbh there really isnt much of a difference between these things in games and in real life well as far as the BASICS aspects like kicking demos and things like that :P especially with technology these now and days you can literally record and throw it on there
sonyan1191 2 years ago
That shibu stance was like killer. Jeez, and I thought I went pretty low in my stance.
swellmaxwell 3 years ago
shibu is empty or the seated stance (you know on the back foot)?...i forgot...
okamiakuma1028 3 years ago
haha 5 months ago, yeah it's empty stance/seated or whatever you call it stance
swellmaxwell 3 years ago
可怕
Ugnokk 3 years ago
Awesome!!!
ooKuzoNoo 3 years ago
I really really wanna learn Wushu! I don't care how long it'll take me to master it!
ooKuzoNoo 3 years ago 8
Lol, he almost got hit by a golf ball.
Piklethedoodad 4 years ago
there are no dans in wushu
iamafuckingidiot 4 years ago 2
Yeah there are fuck nut! They're prnounced 'duan' though but you're still a btich anyway! Stop eating monosodium glutamate on a regular basis you piece of shit!
CapnOAwesomeISGAY 4 years ago
such a beautifal style
xioalin17 4 years ago
deleitante, sin mediar puntaje, es la apreciacion del talento tipico del buen estilo de los chinos, gracias por mostrarnoslo.
tonyaltamiranda 4 years ago
Only weapons? O_o
Salivanera 4 years ago
GOOD GOOD VERY GOOD!! :D
lesulong 4 years ago
anyone know of any schools that teach only jian straight sword or chinese weapons school in northern california?
koolaboy 4 years ago
Li's Wushu Academy in Cupertino teaches it and Li's Tai Chi & Kung Fu in Santa Rosa teaches it.
wushu297 4 years ago
Even though it's not used for battle. Spring steel can still cut you. And at the speed in which a wush practioner moves well just be careful. Plenty of practioners themselves have been cut just by practicing with wushu weapons.
nagi85 4 years ago
the standardization of wushu has killed it... so sad
ashwix 4 years ago
agreed, I miss the old school : /
OmarAlcazar 4 years ago
i swear I need to learn Wushu
crappybumbum 4 years ago
Aren't these swords made from spring-steel?
DevilViolinist 4 years ago
I thought so too
Medracin 4 years ago
Yes, only Chinese swords are made from spring-steel. They are razor sharp too. Spring steel is frail but when something tries to block the blade bends enough to twist around the block and strike the enemy.
Myderion 4 years ago
you're mistaken. Those spring-steel swords are strictly for performance and practice only. Real Chinese swords are made from cold steel. checkout this vid (retype the dot):
youtube(dot)com/watch?v=sP0oW8b71vE
markqiao 4 years ago
That's funny since Cold Steel was rare in China. They needed to equip. their soldiers with an abundent material. Spring Steel was that material. Enough of it made corretly is dangerous....fatal...
Myderion 4 years ago
Erm yes...Indeed
Tomosan2888 4 years ago
steel? hehe i duno ((:
sapphire778 4 years ago
Nice. What's the blade made of? I notice that they wobble a little.
inkei88 4 years ago
Chrome steel. It's not made for combat. The form itself does have quite a bit of applicable movements though.
rubedokukai 4 years ago
Not Crome...
Myderion 4 years ago
omg i learnin this now. all the wrist movement. :S
sapphire778 4 years ago
This was the first Jian form that I learned.
rubedokukai 5 years ago
This is the 1990 wushu competition jian form correct? wonderful performance that places the focus on the soft side of the jian! what does the 'sixth dan' designation mean?
lawshuster 5 years ago
the term dan (pronounced and spelled 'duan' in chinese romanization) is just the level of th form. when u have mastered the sixth duan, u are judged as a master. the seventh duan makes u a grandmaster and is (obviously) much harder to get.
wushu297 5 years ago
this is open to flaws though
it is a well known fact that quite aq few players bribe their way to various grades
i say ranxs also because it follows the confucian teaching of societal rank and place rather than having lone first and second
another note is that the duan rank only goes up to 9
alot of people seem to assume it is the same as karate slash tkd "dans"
kungfufreddy 4 years ago
that is really beautiful!!
dmonk 5 years ago
very nice
TPRoach 5 years ago
thank´s for share this video brother,
6 stars for you.
nice, most appreciated
nolomaru 5 years ago