Chinese swordsmanship, also known as jianshu, refers to various types of swordsmanship native to China and is a part of Chinese martial arts practice...
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Swordsmanship or sword fighting refers to the skills and techniques used in combat and training with any type of sword. The term is modern, and as such...
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Jian (redirect from Chinese longsword)
The jian (Mandarin Chinese: [tɕjɛ̂n], Chinese: 劍, English approximation: /dʒjɛn/ jyehn, Cantonese: [kim˧]) is a double-edged straight sword used during...
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Baguazhang (category Chinese swordsmanship)
Baguazhang (Chinese: 八卦掌; pinyin: bā guà zhǎng; Wade–Giles: pa-kua chang) is one of the three main Chinese martial arts of the Wudang school, the other...
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there has been a revival of traditional or reconstructed methods of swordsmanship (劍術 geom sul, or 劍法 geom beop) based on the Korean sword in the Republic...
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Bajiquan (category Chinese swordsmanship)
Bajiquan (Chinese: 八極拳; pinyin: Bājíquán) is a traditional Chinese martial art that features explosive, short-range power in close combat and is well-known...
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Tai chi (category Chinese swordsmanship)
romanization of the Chinese name for the art (simplified Chinese: 太极拳; traditional Chinese: 太極拳; lit. 'Taiji boxing'). The Chinese name was first commonly...
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Chaquan (category Chinese swordsmanship)
Chaquan (Chinese: 查拳; pinyin: Chāquán) is a Chinese martial art that features graceful movements and some acrobatic aerial maneuvers and includes a large...
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Kenjutsu (redirect from Japanese swordsmanship)
Kenjutsu (剣術) is an umbrella term for all (ko-budō) schools of Japanese swordsmanship, in particular those that predate the Meiji Restoration. Some modern...
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Wing Chun (category Chinese swordsmanship)
or Yong Chun (Mandarin) (Chinese: 詠春 or 咏春, lit. "singing spring") is a concept-based martial art, a form of Southern Chinese kung fu, and a close-quarters...
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Northern Shaolin kung fu (category Chinese swordsmanship)
Shaolin (Chinese: 北少林; pinyin: Běishàolín; Cantonese Yale: Bak-siu-làhm) is the external (as opposed to internal) martial arts of Northern China, referring...
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Hung Ga (category Chinese swordsmanship)
of the Southern Chinese martial arts: Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Leopard, and Crane. "Five Elements" refers to the five classical Chinese elements: Earth,...
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Xingyiquan (category Chinese swordsmanship)
Xingyiquan, credited to Yue) and his cultural status as a Chinese war hero. It ought be noted that in Chinese culture, it is common to attribute the creation of...
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Jimmy Wang Yu (category Chinese swordsmanship)
(1976) and Return of the Chinese Boxer (1977). If The One-Armed Swordsman was the movie that launched Wang's acting career, The Chinese Boxer was the film that...
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Piguaquan (category Chinese swordsmanship)
Piguaquan (Chinese: 劈挂拳; lit. 'chop-hanging fist'), also known as Piguazhang (Chinese: 劈挂掌; lit. 'chop-hanging palm') due to its emphasis on palm techniques...
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Yuenü (category Chinese swordsmanship)
and influenced Chinese martial arts for generations. During the Warring States period, the Baiyue people were known for their swordsmanship and for producing...
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Changquan (category Chinese swordsmanship)
Changquan (/tʃɑːŋ.tʃuən/) (simplified Chinese: 长拳; traditional Chinese: 長拳; pinyin: chángquán; lit. 'Long Fist') refers to a family of external (as opposed...
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Taijijian (category Chinese swordsmanship)
Dynasty (Chinese Philosophy and Culture). State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-2654-8. Scott M. Rodell (2003). Chinese Swordsmanship: The Yang...
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Tongbeiquan (category Chinese swordsmanship)
characters (with meanings of "preparing", "arm", etc.). Many books about Chinese martial arts confuse those styles with each other. Also there is another...
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Fu-style baguazhang (category Chinese swordsmanship)
"You only won because you switched to Baguazhang." Fu also studied swordsmanship with Li Jinglin. Fu Zhensong and four other winners of the competition...
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Wudang Sword (category Chinese swordsmanship)
Wudang Sword is a body of Chinese straight sword (jian) techniques—famous in China—encompassed by the Wudangquan or internal martial arts. The oldest reputable...
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Fu Zhensong (category Chinese swordsmanship)
and Li Xianwu. They were all constantly being challenged by southern Chinese martial artists, but always beat all challengers. They thus earned the...
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Song Weiyi (category Chinese swordsmanship)
Song Weiyi (Chinese: 宋唯一; pinyin: Sòng Wéiyī) was born in Liaoning Province of China in 1855. He was the Grandmaster of the Wudang Sword. He introduced...
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The Assassin (2015 film) (category CS1 uses Chinese-language script (zh))
"Nie Yinniang" by Pei Xing, a core text in Chinese swordsmanship and wuxia fiction. The film is set in China during the Zhenyuan (貞元) reign period (785...
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is also known as the Chinese sabre, although those with wider blades are sometimes referred to as Chinese broadswords. In China, the dao is considered...
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Chinese Boxer was a box office success at the time of its release and resulted in a switch of emphasis within the wuxia genre away from swordsmanship...
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Hitokiri Battōsai, arrives in Tokyo, where he meets Kamiya Kaoru whose swordsmanship school is in danger as a murderer from the city claims to be from that...
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Stars Books and Video. ISBN 0-9743999-5-7 Rodell, Scott M. (2003) Chinese Swordsmanship – The Yang Family Taiji Jian Tradition. Seven Stars Books and Video...
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