Wanderingdragon wrote:If you do not find function in form there are only two reasons, you do not practice, and two , more common today, your form Is not real. Much today is simple movement, health exercise, yet if you know swordsmanship you will recognize functional technique in all form.
Trick wrote:..."orthodox" Chinese swordsmanship consist of just forms practice? Although I in person have seen one of Li Yaxuan's students preform Jian partner exercises that have aTaiji push hand feeling to it but not really sparring. A little of an mystery why western and Japanese fencing but not Chinese swordsmanship developed in to "safe" sparring combative fencing.
Wanderingdragon wrote: Bang sticks, foam, rods, blunt swords wood swords all day, a true swordsman will cut you up.
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How does a modern day fencer(swordsman) verify his fencing skill? Who are the "true swordsmen" in today's world/society?
Depends on the neighborhood I guess. As a kid we preferred "fencing"(Errol Flynn like) with wooden sticks that we broke of from some tree, or shooting "arrows" at each other with homemade bows. Those old Robin Hood movies was great inspiration. Nowadays kids play with real guns(tragic) It seem not long now till the real 'long knives' will come back in useWanderingdragon wrote:Even a child learns this in the simple game of tag
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