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- Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:13 pm
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Drawing the sword from the back?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 36116
Drawing the sword from the back?
Drawing the sword is clearly a fairly important aspect of historical sword combat. My question is, is there any evidence of jian/dao's being drawn from the back? I heard somewhere (forgot the source) that the Chinese had a simple strap mechanism that enabled one to draw a long sword from one's back ...
- Tue Feb 10, 2009 5:13 pm
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Good Documentary
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12095
Re: Good Documentary
very cool. thanks for sharing!
- Thu Feb 05, 2009 3:00 am
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Military use of the 2-handed jian?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23522
Re: Military use of the 2-handed jian?
On tapered swords, the second picture on this website shows a very, very tapering bronze (I think?) jian from Zhou dynasty. I don't know how authentic the sword is or accurate the website is, but I thought it interesting nonetheless. https://sites.google.com/a/brvgs.k12.va.us/zhoutechnologyproject/H...
- Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:50 pm
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Ashokan 2005 Conference Videos?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5120
Ashokan 2005 Conference Videos?
Searching around in the ARMA forums, I noticed that Mr. Rodell shared and sparred a bit with the ARMA fighters during the Ashokan Sword 2005 Conference. The people on the forums said that the fights were recorded on video, but the only person with the video in ARMA is inaccessible. If Mr. Rodell (or...
- Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:35 am
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Military use of the 2-handed jian?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23522
Re: Military use of the 2-handed jian?
Thanks all! Kind of a follow-up question based on the differences you all have made between jians and daos ... If I recall correctly the Chinese never really implemented chainmail to the degree the Persians/Europeans did, so am I right to assume that jians that were extremely tapered were not seen v...
- Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:00 pm
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Military use of the 2-handed jian?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 23522
Military use of the 2-handed jian?
The large two-handed swords such as the greatsword and no-dachi were, if I recall correctly, used against polearms/cavalry while the one-handed jian was primarily a civilian weapon.
Where does the two-handed jian fit into usage, then?
Thanks.
Where does the two-handed jian fit into usage, then?
Thanks.
- Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:54 am
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Steel Blunts
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16414
A number of European schools (most notably ARMA) sometimes use nylon plastic swords in sparring. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dki5sVPS5_s Plastic, due to its bendy properties, tend to behave much more like steel as wood bounces/sticks a lot. My ARMA study group leader even calls them the "poor man...
- Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:24 pm
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Sword "Wrestling"
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13130
- Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:29 pm
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: The basic swing in 2 hand jian
- Replies: 9
- Views: 16080
- Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:20 pm
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Sword "Wrestling"
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13130
Sword "Wrestling"
Forgive my many questions comparing with Western systems, but the issue of close-quarter sword fighting has come to my mind recently.
Are there any techniques in dao or jian combat where one would use wrestling/barehanded disarm moves when close in on the opponent?
Are there any techniques in dao or jian combat where one would use wrestling/barehanded disarm moves when close in on the opponent?
- Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:02 pm
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Crossguards
- Replies: 16
- Views: 27190
The main reason would be that the fencing techniques in those cultures didn't put much importance on relying on a guard for hand protection... I would say this is generally true for later Chinese jianfa as well. As a beginner, one is quite happy to have the guard there to protect the hand, but once...
- Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:33 pm
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Is there a difference, in free-play, between jian and dao?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 35091
- Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:59 pm
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Crossguards
- Replies: 16
- Views: 27190
Great points, thank you! Hm, but looking at later period 2handed swords in China the guards develop to be substantially larger, forming the classic lion head-style guard we see in most modern jian today. I don't suppose there are any surviving martial arts from the Han dynasty... Oh well. my search ...
- Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:07 pm
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Crossguards
- Replies: 16
- Views: 27190
Crossguards
This might have been discussed before, but... Looking at some Han dynasty samples on the iron longswords the crossguard pieces are extremely narrow that I can't see it having much use other than decoration. http://thomaschen.freewebspace.com/photo.html Is there any specific reason (i.e balance, tech...
- Sat May 10, 2008 2:45 am
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Chinese duels? and photos of duels?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8950
interesting... Are there any records about duels that occurred in the midst of opposing armies though? I realize that three kingdoms period took place a long time before it was novelized, but Romance of the Three Kingdoms fancifully depicts a great number of 1 on 1 duels between officers of opposing...