Fist With a Fauxhawk

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'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!

@steelandcotton with a badass quick draw cut. Watch till the end!!!