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Just back from a great Four Days of In Person Seminars in St. Paul, MN. It was wonderful seeing stud

Be honest, don’t you wish you were there?!Swordplay Day, Rockford, England.www.chinesesworda

I might say that the Willow Bends exercise is even more important than learning how to employ the ba

Deflections in Chinese Swordsmanship Recently, there’s been a reoccurring discussion of how Chinese

And WE ARE BACK… In Person Chinese Swordsmanship Seminar September 10, 11, & 12 in St. Pa

Our Junior Jianfa Program- Working with a staff or spear is an excellent way to check our alignment

Evaluating Cutting Swords: The Structural Analysis TestWhile I am happy to see so many practitioners

Wood & Steel Keeps it Real.Contact Swordplay at Great River Taoist CenterReady? Build a Foundati

My (non-binding) goal was to produce 10 new videos for our YouTube Channel this year. Monday’s

Then as now, Wood & Steel Keeps it Real.

Photo also makes it obvious why you turn your waist voiding when employing a ge counter-cut.

Deflections in Chinese Swordsmanship Recently, there’s been a reoccurring discussion of how Chinese

Deflecting, lining up for a counter-Pi Cut. Snapped at a seminar at our northern most branch up in F

Sword Dancer from of album of eight leaves by Gai Qi (1774-1829), exquisitely depicting a historical

I had a great call from the kids in the Junior Jianfa Program. They’ve been learning the sword

Duanbing Chinese? Period documents suggest otherwise. Rather than being based on Chinese Sword Work,

The Leeds Chinese Swordsmanship Seminar is always well attended, and everyone gets into free swordpl

Chinese Painting of a Jianke (劍客, Swordsman), 19th Century Reverse Painting on a mirror.

Qing White Banner Bannerman practicing Shuangjian Sino-Japanese War 1894. One of the things I like a

A proper deflection neutralizes the duifang’s cut as it leads his sword arm into position

Demonstrating neutralizing quick, short energy cuts aimed at the wrist and thumb during this weekend

Major Star of the DipperMovementfrom the Yang Style Taiji Sword formwww.chineseswordacademy.

It’s really great to Be Back with In-Person Seminars.And we’ll do it all again in March-

I have been consulting for The Art of Fire & Iron, a forge in Longquan, about swords for pra

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