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This video is inspired by the poem "Broken Time" by Xin Qiji and features the truly magnificent sword and reproduction of a 2000 year old Warring States Era sword "The Magnificent Chu Jian" by LK Chen Swords. https://lkchensword.com/magnificent-c... This sword is agile, aggressive, and fierce. It favors piercing and thrusting, but can carry itself through any chop and slash, making it a very menacing sword.
Check out: https://youtu.be/JZlDMYPIm-k if you want to know more about the sword!
I am fascinated with this sword, for the length and heft of the blade, it still maneuvers quite easily. It's also really cool to wield the same sword as the famed 108 Heroes of the Song Dynasty, to cut, chop and slash like Wu Song the Pilgrim...
I've been lucky enough to learn some Wudang sword exercises, techniques, and forms from Grandmaster Doc-Fai Wong who learned them from his teacher, Hu Yuen Chou who was a student of Guo Qifeng who was a master of Wudang sword.
The sword I am using is the Flying Phoenix from LK Chen https://lkchensword.com/flying-phoenix and you can see some cutting I did with the sword here: https://youtu.be/SjPJVut7KeQ and a review video with my thoughts here: https://youtu.be/f2cWP1hjTvM
I felt that out of the handful of jian sets I know, this felt the most natural with the Han Jian. The length of the sword and the weight distribution felt perfect for the many circling and thrusting techniques.
This was a lot of fun to both film and edit. The sword carries itself, I just have to point it at the water bottle...
...also, slow motion makes everything look cooler!
Looking to get a Han Jian? Here are my thoughts on the Flying Phoenix by LK Chen. I have a lot to say about the sword, including some history and the details of construction.
Let me know if you already have the Flying Phoenix, or any other sword from LK Chen!
In this video we focus on techniques for the Gim (Jian sword) with the Choy Li Fut footwork pattern. I consider the Gim to be an advanced weapon because to perform the movements properly, you must have attention to detail, striking accuracy even in nuanced techniques, and a very high level of the fundamentals. This does not mean that everyone who performs with a gim is automatically advanced, but their ability to command the sword will reveal their actual skill level. The only way to get good a gim is to practice, and hold yourself to a very high standard. Precision and accuracy in striking, fluidity in motion, mobility in the wrists, elbows, and shoulders, and constant intention are all key components besides just mimicking the movements.
Here is a short video of some Yang style Tai Chi Sword. There's nothing like a beautiful spring day to practice taiji in the park! 太極劍
Overall length: 74.5 cm Blade length: 59.7 cm Blade thickness: Base 7 mm, middle 5.5 mm, near tip 3 mm Blade width: Base: 34 mm, middle 29 mm, tip 18 mm Weight: 630 grams Point of balance: 14 cm from guard
Origin: China Materials: Steel, iron, brass, wood, ray-skin, silk Dating: Second half 19th century
Xie Zhenyu, Double Hooks
Kung Fu Combo - Broadsword - Retreat and Counter This kung fu combination is an excellent exercise for developing continuity in technique with the sword. It is more on the arts side of martial arts training, but it has some important fundamentals beneath the showy spins. Anytime you perform a large sinking retreating stance it is to develop a quick spring for weight shifting and evasion when you are in a more practical and higher stance. So beyond the first glance of big movement, seek what is going on for distance. In moving back, creating space during an opponents advance and finally stepping back once more to put the hip on the sword side forward allowing full reach for a counter to the opponents wrist, arm, or shoulder and neck depending on how far they've moved in. Have fun and work this combo out till it's nice and smooth! If you can keep the details while continuing the motion, you will have developed good coordination and dexterity!!!
Such epic choreography and technique!!!
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HEY EVERYONE! CHECK IT OUT!!! I’m finally in an episode and super stoked to share it with you. I’m proud to be apart of this project especially with how amazing it turned out. Good ol’ kung fu fighting and some goofy acting, what more could you want? Previous Episodes Episode 1: https://youtu.be/k0BGHVOj1Ns Episode 2: https://youtu.be/9dkQto3QjAU Episode 3: https://youtu.be/jt9Q70FKpvk Episode 4: https://youtu.be/fnjqpSn5t8c Support them! ● https://www.patreon.com/artschooldrop… ● https://teespring.com/stores/art-scho…
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