Re: Anyone do Chinese swordmanship?
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 3:04 pm
Peacedog wrote:Scott Rodell is probably the leading Chinese swordsmanship practitioner in the US.
He trained in the 1980s in China in the Yang system. He has skill and runs a jian fighting league in the US.
He can be found here: https://www.grtc.org
I'm sure he could answer any questions you have regarding equipment.
The little sword work I learned with a jian closely resembled late medieval broadsword technique.
Interestingly a lot of translations exist regarding this kind of thing in the West and might be worth reading up on.
Yes, I think that there can only be so many ways to use a cut and thrust sword. Interesting. I ran into his work many years ago and he seems legit. Can't find any fencing videos, though..