Quigga wrote:Very cool video, best Tai Chi sword I've ever seen.
As cliché as it is, the battle starts at least 3 meters from the opponent when you practice Yi... Striking and especially weapons fighting need Yi and listening into the room because of the distance you need to bridge.
Now, whether your body can keep up with what you perceive and want to do is a different question.
But wait... It's not real Tai Chi! His head isn't always on the same level /s
Another video I like, where I will add transcription because of poor audio is this one:
[youtube]https://youtu.be/9mDosB7SVXU[/youtube]
How do you embed videos?
I teach this sort of drill in my swordsmanship as well, but exchanges happen in this range less than 5% of the time, especially if both are unarmoured and even more so if it's one-handed swords. What about the other 95% of the time??? This is not real sword fighting just as Tuishou is not real fist fighting. This is a demonstration against a cooperating opponent. As a drill it has merit, but should be saved for later, after higher-percentage techniques have already been taught, hence I wait until later in the curriculum to introduce it. We call this drill 粘刀 (or 粘剑).