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Every Weekend there’s Miaodao, Daofa, and Jianfa Webinars at the Academy of Chinese Swordsmanship. Every Session is recorded & uploaded for Academy Subscribers access 24/7. This Webinar Excerpt is from a Saturday Morning Daofa Webinar.
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Ming Woodblock Print Officers in Brigindine Armor.Note the pointed chapes that were a popular style in the Ming period.
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A proper deflection neutralizes the duifang’s cut as it leads his sword arm into position for your counter-cut. As “Receiving is Releasing,” deflecting is taking aim.
“Receiving is Releasing,” is a line from the Taijiquan Classic: Shisan Shi Xinggong Xin JueInsight into the Use of the Thirteen Postures*by Wu Yuxiang For more, please see my book- The Taijiquan Classics: A Martial Artist’s Translation: https://www.amazon.com/Taijiquan-Classics-Martial-Artists-Translation-ebook/dp/B01NBZFPAQ
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I’ve always found training with the two-handed Miaodao an excellent counter-point to my Jianfa practice. Miaodao work focuses on engaging with power supported by full steps. The Jian swordplay tends to be more like a fast chess games employing circular steal steps and quick half steps. Training in these two very different systems provides a wide understanding of tactics and sword strategy.
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Liao Basic Cut Chinese Swordsmanship Webinar Excerpt
There are 5 Webinars Every Weekend at the Academy of Chinese Swordsmanship. Every one is recorded and uploaded for Academy Subscribers to access 24/7. This Webinar Excerpt is from the Level 1 Series of Basic Cuts.
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Major Star of the Dipper
Movement
from the Yang Style Taiji Sword form
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I put together 8 Short Sword Forms for the Academy of Chinese Swordsmanship (中華刀劍武藝學院). I drew them from the Yangjia Michuan Taiji Sword form, compacting some of the movements so they are practiced as they are applied in Free Swordplay.Sunday we worked on the 4th in the Series which starts squatting down then spring up to deliver the thrust seen here-White Ape Emerges from the Cave
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I have been consulting for The Art of Fire & Iron, a forge in Longquan, about swords for practitioners. We have been discussing weights, lengths, POB, that make for good cutting as well as regular form practice. One result so far is they forged a Lanling Jian prototype that is being sent to me for review and testing. If it turns out as well as expected (I was happy with their other jian I reviewed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwmcDmLaG2A), we might just see about a special offer on them for Academy of Chinese Swordsmanship Subscribers.
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