Wudang Kung Fu Eight Immortal Sword / Ba Xian Jian

Wudang Kung Fu Eight Immortal Sword also known as Ba Xian Jian. According to Chinese legend this sword form was created by Lu Dong Bin - one of the eight immortals. These eight immortals are all Daoists. The stories about them have been very popular among Chinese folks. In the Wudang mountains there is an eight immortal temple dedicated to them.

This Wudang Eight Immortal Sword / Ba Xian Jian form is performed by master Chen Shi-Yu from the Wudang Taoist Martial Arts School.

The video is taken with permission from the following websites that belong to the Wudang Taoist Martial Arts School:
http://www.wudangwushu.cn
http://www.wudangchina.com
http://www.taoistgongfu.com

Wudang is also known as Wutang, Wu-Tang or Wu-Dang. The terms "Tao" and "Dao" are also interchangable.

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• Wudang
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• Immortal
• Sword
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• Xian
• Jian
• Internal
• Wushu
• Kung
• Gong
• Fu
• Tai
• Chi
• Qi
• Ji
• Dao
• Tao
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• Arts

[AndyRaslan]

Just because he's not using a combat steel sword doesn't mean it's not real Gong Fu. It only means he doesn't intend to kill people with it, and just uses his sword as a practice tool.

Just saying that about Wudang or Shaolin proves you have no respect for Gong Fu. Even if Shaolin has gotten commercial, their forms are still an ancient source of knowledge and power and their masters' skill is still real. Same for Wudang (though I doubt either of them actually got truly commercial).

[TaiChor5Gates]

Lets see yours so that we could see SO CALLED REAL kung fu........

[RobLovesAlex10]

looks like wudang tai chi its pretty cool

[TheNZNick]

Slowly the youtube community is learning to ignore retarded comments instead of react to them. As this practice prevails the ridiculous criticism of everything and anything that happens so often on youtube will begin to fade away to a minor background murmur. Seriously only about 5-10% of comments are negative stupid criticisms, another 80% is people reacting to it or arguing with each other. The more we just ignore the ignorant and foolish the more room for proper comments.

[TheDashius]

@Coryfart Read my mind lol

[seravi]

@Buuub08 I said "as viewed by the western world".

[Buuub08]

@seravi If you think "wushu" is a sport you are wrong. It does have its small branch made specifically for performances, however that part is only like 400 years old.

All Japanese martial arts are derived from Chinese, and thus even the terminology and names are mostly unchanged.

What the Japanese did was separate one martial art into countless styles and schools, typical for the Japanese mentality. btw, there is also a reason why you have some ending with -do and some with -jutsu.

[Coryfart]

Wu tang clan aint nothin to fuck with!!!

[Origional79s]

Bravo !! Bet your humble

[AndyRaslan]

@seravi There are 2 types of wushu: modern and traditional. I study traditional Wudang wushu. I have tried Japanese martial arts, but they are too stiff and tensed for me. I preferred the influence of Taoism in both martial arts and life in general.

[seravi]

@AndyRaslan If you want to train with sword, you would look into Iaido or Kenjutsu, not Kendo (a sport). "Wushu" as viewed by the western world is also a sport.

[dontfeo]

man,.. he could cut u and u wouldn't even realize it soft