Saber Fundamental Training (YMAA) Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

http://www.ymaa.com/publishing/DVD/external/saber_fundamental_training

Dr. Yang teaches Saber Basic Training for all martial art styles. Saber is the first weapon traditionally learned in Chinese martial arts. If you can master the saber, all other short weapons can be learned easily.

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• shaolin
• tai
• chi
• taijiquan
• kung
• fu
• chinese
• dao
• ymaa
• saber
• dr
• yang
• martial
• arts

[MegaBloodCore]

Why are the swords floppy?

[Dvivid]

@MegaBloodCore Hi, these are Sabers. They are heavier than the traditional Chinese sword. Most of the guys are using Sabers that are not floppy and they're very heavy. We were filming for 8 hours. Occassionally for a certain technique, or if the performer was exhausted, they used a lighter 'demonstration-weight' saber. But for the most part, they used heavy real saber, as they do in YMAA martial art school training.

[always97]

excellent tease. reminds me of the shaolin sword training I used to do ...only better.Dr yang is an incredible tactician.Who is the female martial artist? where can I buy this?my students will love it.

[Dvivid]

@always97 The female performer is Kathy Yang, Dr. Yang's daughter. She is a gold-medal winning martial artist. This and all YMAA DVDs are available on Amazon if you search "YMAA", or go directly to

ymaa (dot) com/publishing/dvd

[Scalier]

Those wooden dao are very unreliable. I got one and broke it in approx 3 hours of use.

[stupidkid915]

@MegaBloodCore

the swords are floppy becuase these are swords that have been held in captivity for many years, marine biologists still dont know why the saber becomes floppy after being domesticated!

[thetinkerer]

I am currently training with the Sabre for my White Crane weapons form and I love it. This video gives a very good introduction into the basic movements and its fun to watch. Very good performers!

[Tianshanwarrior]

@PHEONBLASTER As I said I am no expert, but if you read the Xingyi Quan of the Chinese Army, you will find some interesting answers to your question. Cheers

[Dvivid]

@Tianshanwarrior With a saber, which is much thicker and heavier than a sword traditionally, you do block with the edge, only using the bottom third of the blade. It is designed for that purpose. The goal however is not to hit edge-to-edge, but to very quickly rotate the blade slightly so as to intercept, adhere to, and neutralize the opponent's weapon, whatever it may be.

[PHEONBLASTER]

@Tianshanwarrior Uh, as you can see in the video, everyone is striking and blocking with the sharp edge of the sword. With which part of the weapon do you suggest blocking instead?

[1DjRadeoConscyous]

@Tianshanwarrior for get about it; could not afford a dvd on the subject even if I wanted it badly.

I just want to relearn what I have for gotton is all.

[Tianshanwarrior]

@1DjRadeoConscyous. The Lien Bu Quan form was taught both at the Zhongyang Guoshu Guan in Nanjing, Changsha and Baoding (to commando and womens militias) during WWII . The version taught at the Guoshu Guan (similar to the one taught by Y.J. Ming) is quiet different from the military version. Y.J. Ming has a DVD with applications If you are interested in the military version, you can order a DVD from the following user: sunahbill in Youtube.