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- Sat May 09, 2009 11:28 am
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: short stick form
- Replies: 11
- Views: 31295
Re: short stick form
I lear'nt a walking stick form from one of my teachers' he called it 'Beggers Stick' and said it came from Chinese underground syndicates (Beggers Clan) when weapons were forbidden. It is a great little form with lotts of Dimak applications and smashing into the joints. Hav'nt done it for a while bu...
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:39 am
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Hamon on Chinese Swords?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 28450
Re: Hamon on Chinese Swords?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Peter' Very interesting' i always wondered why some fitting sets were not very well finished in terms of geometry seeing as it takes a bit of know-how to manufacture them in the first place one would think it would not actualy take much more effort to finish the des...
- Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:23 pm
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Arms & Armor Jian
- Replies: 21
- Views: 26072
Re: Arms & Armor Jian
Hi Chris'
I like the look of this Jian but the POB seems a bit odd at 2.5'' wonder if that is a mistake there in the description.
Cheers.
I like the look of this Jian but the POB seems a bit odd at 2.5'' wonder if that is a mistake there in the description.
Cheers.
- Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:18 pm
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Hamon on Chinese Swords?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 28450
Re: Hamon on Chinese Swords?
Hello all' I will try to take some pics that capture both the cutting edge and the surrounding folded layers which are overlapped by the hamon that goes around the top half of the Jian. It's an interesting piece is'nt it. Yes you are spot-on Peter the six lobed iron guard is origional to the blade a...
- Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:21 am
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Hamon on Chinese Swords?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 28450
Re: Hamon on Chinese Swords?
I 've got a short Jian with what looks to be an incerted edge, perhaps i am wrong' and a hamon which is quite visible running along the blade from about 2/3rds up the blade and around the tip. The hamon is quite ramdom looking in places' and does not look at all like it was mean't to be a feature of...
- Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:56 am
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Hanwei Tang Jian
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9842
re: tang jian
i have a 'Huanuo Tang' jian' I got rid of the tang style fittings and replace them with Qing fittings and ended up with a great jian. i found that the tang on these is subtantual 50% of the blade width and perhaps a little longer than the other jian that huanuo offer so if you need a longer grip thi...
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 7:19 am
- Forum: Chinese Swordsmanship
- Topic: Repost: A Few questions about swords, styles, and cultures..
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8799
wooden jian
hi Jonathon'
I make wooden jian suitable for training and sparing' i tried to put up a pic but could not get it to work.
if you pm me your e-mail i can send some info if you wish
regards'
I make wooden jian suitable for training and sparing' i tried to put up a pic but could not get it to work.
if you pm me your e-mail i can send some info if you wish
regards'
- Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:33 pm
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Unusual hudiedao
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11334
- Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:56 pm
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: weight distribution question
- Replies: 13
- Views: 25684
- Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:50 pm
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: Unusual hudiedao
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11334
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:21 pm
- Forum: Chinese Historical Arms
- Topic: modern jian weight verses antique jian weight
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11499
modern jian weight verses antique jian weight
can anyone explain perhaps why good quality contempory jian though acurate in design do not seem weigh as-well' as the majority of antique jian that were produced for combat. from research the contempory jian seem to be heavier' how is it that no one seems to be making jian to traditional weight whe...
- Mon Feb 26, 2007 7:57 pm
- Forum: General Taiji Quan Discussion
- Topic: Michuan and Chen Style
- Replies: 61
- Views: 103030
- Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:17 am
- Forum: General Taiji Quan Discussion
- Topic: Michuan and Chen Style
- Replies: 61
- Views: 103030
I don't beleave there is anything wrong with using Tai chi for what it is designed for, lets not forget that it is just as brutal martial art as any other. There are Tai chi players out there who have taken their style into the ring. We have regular sparing sessions in our little group, there is no ...
- Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:03 am
- Forum: Sword Care & Maintenance
- Topic: Making a hard wood handle for a jian.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13203
I use all hand tools, fine-cut saw' be sure not to saw too hard but gently instead, take your time and you will have a nice neat cut that will glue together almost un-noticably. I use a rasp and various grades of bastard files for shaping, and paper up to 2000 grit for the finnish, of course this do...
- Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:52 am
- Forum: Sword Care & Maintenance
- Topic: Making a hard wood handle for a jian.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13203
Hi Seth' I taught myself how to do it, good idea to have a play using some cheap wood before you go for the keepy. You can get different hardwoods of various weights so best to know loosly what weight you need to maintain good POB, depending on fittings etc. Measure what you need (length, width) giv...