Chinese swordsmanship

Chinese swordsmanship

Chinese swordsmanship encompasses a variety of sword fighting styles native to China. No Chinese system teaches swordsmanship exclusively (as is the case with modern sports such as fencing or kendo), but many eclectic schools of Chinese martial arts include instruction for using one/two-handed versions of the single-edged sword (dao) and the double-edged sword (jian).

Many Chinese martial arts styles teach swordsmanship. Wudang Sword is an umbrella term for all sword styles taught in the Wudang chuan family of martial arts. Taijijian is the swordsmanship taught within Taijiquan.

Shuangdao (simplified Chinese: 双刀; traditional Chinese: 雙刀) is the Chinese term for the wielding of two broadswords simultaneously.

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