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Students Training the Zha Ci Partner Drill

Leeds Chinese Swordsmanship Seminar, May 2022

Nice “skipping stone” movement where the deflection answers seamlessly with a Zha to the duifang’s sword arm, then continues in with a Ci to the sword arm shoulder as the arms is withdrawn.

One detail to note here is that some of the thrust are low and not to the shoulder as they should be. This error often occurs as the sword arms tires from a day of training. If the Ci goes too low, it should be deflected with a circular stirring deflection.

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The Leeds Chinese Swordsmanship Seminar is always well attended, and everyone gets into free swordplay from the lads in their 20’s right up to those who are 70. Heading back again in the Autumn.

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Santosh Weapons sent in one of his new Wooden Sparring Jian for Testing and Review. After Sunday’s Academy of Chinese Swordsmanship Webinars, I did a live Unboxing and Review. 

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Intercepting: Jie and Ge Cuts- Chinese Swordsmanship Webinar Excerpt

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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

Liao Basic Cut Chinese Swordsmanship Webinar Excerpt

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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.