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[elChe1945]

i don't get why people think of the jian as inferior. One, the forging techniques that make the katana originated in china, two, if your thinking of a flimsy wushu toy-sword they use in tournaments, a true katana is much stiffer, and three, the jian is a soft style sword by nature: one doesn't block a sword by directly stopping its path (yang), but rather redirects it softly (yin) and returns the attack while the enemy is off balance. its more subtle and sophisticated than a katana

[dragonmastershow]

@loosifur nonsense the chinese were ahead of everyone!

[Collin88468762]

@TheMartialartsJedi indeed

[AtarashiNOhi]

I like the jian because it looks graceful.

[Halofreakanoid]

@loosifur : That japanese only started pattern welding in the 1100s, and got good at it 200 years later.

[Bastion83]

@elChe1945 I used to think the same way as far as the Jian being inferior, but though I still love the Katana for the masterpiece that it is, for me the soft nature of the Jian(not the wushu toy) is more impressive for the level of skill required to make it an effective weapon. I believe the old adage is 600 days for the hands and feet, 1000 days for the spear, 10,000 days for the sword. *bows* Have a good day 

[TaiG1000]

@elChe1945 well most ppl dont know the jian or straightsword as we know it is from the qing dynasty which was early 20th century. by that time armor was not worn as much and straightswords have evolved as a light self defense weapon. if you studied any of the form u will notice its a fencing weapon. China like all cutures has hard stiff short blades, but times change. if you want a big blade check out the Chinese shangshou jian which is known as two hand straight sword.

[dragonmastershow]

@loosifur dont belive everything you read my friend!

[loosifur]

@tanlixiang28776 the europeans had iron before the chinese had bronze and when the chinese had iron the europeans and the japanese had welded and folded steel in ancient england the had bronze 2000 years before the greeks thats the way it is the chines army used bronze 3000 years ago

[tanlixiang28776]

@loosifur steel chinese swords were used as early as the 500 B.C. the technology and methods of creating a katana in the 14th century A.D. is based on sandwiching different standards of hard and soft steel created by the chinese in the Han dynasty around 200 B.C. The Japanese had to kidnap chinese and korean swordsmiths to create their own swords

[loosifur]

the chinese were using bronze weapons until 1186 ad in 1312 they were using iron 1776 they first learned steel forging from europeans in japan they had folded stell in 898 ad similar techniques influenced by european patturn welding from western and northern europe the chinese straight sword is copied from western sword design also eastern martial arts came from india to cambodia then china european swords date back to 600 bce