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@@juliananthony1244 do you know how to fight with jianshu? I mean, the style that the sword was designed for?

Some of us just really hate the ground :D

@@vote4wes You'll have to show me some of them next time 😆

@@CafeUlg It would be my pleasure 😄

China is massive in both time and space, so I can't say that 'this is how they would have done it', but if you look at the Wudang Sword manual (Brennan translations), which represents one late Qing to early Republican era lineage: 0. It's a "dirty arm/handsniper's" manual; and indeed arm-sniping is basically the entire school. To clarify from a later comment, I don't mean this in a bad way. Every single movement is explained in terms of wrist sniping first; anything else is a happy accident. Compared with the Tai Chi Jian manual, which also emphasizes that arm-sniping is how it was done in ancient times, it's likely that all historical one-handed jian swordsmanship loved extended arm positions and sniping the opponent's arm. 1. Postures tend to be upright, but work the legs hard. Other manuals commonly have admonishments against using the jian like a dao (endless complaining about all the 'sword flower' moulinets in particular), which plays a lot more like saber-dussack-messer and encompasses the full spectrum of fencing like similar European sources. That these admonishments are so common, and that the dao is commonly trained before the jian, and that some jians had disk guards during the Ming-Qing transition (during a time of brutal war), rather indicates to me that whilst circular movements and arm snipes are what's 'special' about jian schools, it's mostly how they tried to distinguish themselves from the Chinese dao, which was more the default styles and what you'd expect to face even if they were using the jian.

@DarkwarriorJ was dao more of a war weapon and jian more civilian? Or was it a class thing?

@@ScottGrow117 Depends on the time period, but in general over the last 1500 years - yes. Jian were last used as standard-issue military weapons during the Han dynasty (time in the west: late Roman Republic to Roman empire), during which their form was very different from later period jian. They had a small resurgence during the late Ming (Western time: mid-Renaissance), and again during the late Qing (Victorian era), as weapons of war - though not in a standard issue manner (we have village militia jian with disk guards from both the Taiping rebellion era, and from the late Ming, for example). Military officers and scholars during the Ming did tend to carry jian, but the Qing officers tended to simply carry dao. Both are broad classes of weapons with many variations; it's just whether it's double edged or single-edged really. Our best surviving sources and almost all Kung Fu lineages tend to be from the late Ming onwards - and more usually late Qing onwards.

​@@DarkwarriorJ Summarizing the Wudang teachings so old it has literally become poetry as "dirty/handsniping" is a reductive view hinting of insecurity. The former a War Art wher the most sensble thing to do is to disarm the opponent, the latter a Sport where he objective is scoring Points. The people who bemoan "handsniping" are those whose skills do not know how to defend against it. May as well replace the Jian with a hammer and say carpentry is ineffective.

​@@regibron Dirty handsniping is meant to throw shade more at HEMA tbh, but admittedly I didn't make that clear. I will edit the comment accordingly. We're the ones often holding that sort of attitude. I never said it was ineffective - quite the opposite; I'm interested in the manual in part because it fills a gap in my own learning and attitude. Edit: This said, man you're really looking into it to find any reason to criticize, aren't you? Your psychoanalysis is itself remarkably off base and grasping regardless.

@@BernasLL I thought all villains Smallsworded good 😆 And as usual I can't remember their name 🤦🏻‍♂️

The jian prioritises thrusts and fast agile movements in small spaces. A larger crossguard would make that way more difficult than it needs to be. The guard is primarily there to prevent the hand from slipping onto the blade. Defense wise, its not made for hard blocks, dynamic blocking is more its style.

@@weaponisedtwintailscosplay No, if you look at Jian forms, its clear the sword originally was used with at least a buckler to defend the hand. Just later on shields went out of use but the Jian remained a side arm.

@@lolasdm6959 I've never seen a Jian form in use with buckler though since it is a single handed weapon I suppose in it's 2,000 year use someone paired it with a shield As @weaponisedtwintailscosplay says: the Jian style is more dynamic redirection. The presence of a large crossguard gets in the way of speed and swift direction changes.

@@regibron Nope, if you look at the stances. It always involves the offhand as well as the swordhand. The thrust stance has the offhand raised above the head while the legs bend forward to increase range. That is literally how a sword and buckler is used. The Jian guard stance has the offhand positioned near the jian, as you would do to protect your hand with a buckler. It isn't that in 2000 years use and someone paired it with a sword, historically Chinese armies were armed with the jian and shield. Later on the Jian fell out of use in the military, replaced by the saber and became a symbol of status instead, noblemen aren't going for a stroll with a shield. Since dueling isn't allowed in China, no one ever thought to improve the handguard.

@@lolasdm6959 Unfortunately I'm not well versed in Zhōngguó history and cannot claim to to know the historical stances. My experience comes from what my Hung Ga family has imparted, sun-style tai chi, and what I have performed sancai and kunwu in wushu competition. None of it resembles the sword and buckler we study (KdF) or what our sister groups have shared (Liberi/Radaellian).

@@lawpete556 I'm wearing a Wukusi Cobra mask 😁

@@CafeUlg ty!!!!!!

I found the chaperon lol. Now I must know the rest!

Everything else was from Supfen 😆 www.supfen.com/product/full-hema-kits/hfg8008.html

@@CafeUlg I had a feeling. I didnt know the plastic mask cover was being sold by them. My kit is mostly a bash of purpleheart and supfen

Also ive been chacking out your channel! Super cool content! Thanks for the reply!

@@williamwoodruff1800 The mask is a Wakusi Cobra, a top tip for getting that chaperon to fit onto the mask well is to the cut the back open and sew in a band of wide elastic. It grips the mask much better 😁

@@TBoneHEMA Those two have always worked really well together is dual duels 😁 They have really good synergy with each other

@@TBoneHEMA I look forward to seeing videos with your Sidesword when it shows up 😁 I love attempting the Fabris crab during fights 😆

@CafeUlg heck yeah brother!

@@regulus6773 A little Fabris is all I know 😆

nope. this is just for counting hits. no realistic kombat.

@ ah true. Do u know if any youtubers that post realistic medieval combat vids?

@@pimvanwensveen7471 sadly no :( there is a guy, with tatted arms and insane long hair, he posts sometimes real fighting stuff, but only for explaining. i dont know his name rn.

@@blakejohnson6362 All our gear is from Superior Fencing! 😁 www.supfen.com/home.html

I'm using my Sidesword here and Erant is using a Regenyei arming sword 😁

@@itamaz5761 It's called HEMA 😁

Historical European Martial Arts.

@@TBoneHEMA I love my HF Sidesword but the end roll isn't very tight on it, so if I want to enter a Sidesword tournament I'd have to get myself a kventun type 1 or something 🤔

@CafeUlg the rolled tip would disqualify it? That sucks, sorry to hear that. I try to avoid rolled tips anyways. Spatulated tips are generally safer, from what I've been told.

@@TBoneHEMA The rolled tip is safe usually but the one I've got from HF the roll isn't very tight so it could easily get snagged on things because of the gap between the roll and the blade 🤔

@@CafeUlg ah that sucks.

@@TBoneHEMA It was £275 for a steel Sidesword (and £100 of that was tax!) I wasn't expecting the world, but it has convinced me that I really enjoy Sidesword sparring ❤️ Maybe I'll invest in a Kventun or even a Malleus next?? 🤔🤔🤔

@@ScottGrow117 The forearms are MAC yes but the elbows are HF Black Knights 👍

Thanks 😁 My style doesn't feel smooth to me though 😆

@CafeUlg dunno mate, from the outside looks very fluid I guess? hahaha anyway quite aesthetic, all the fancy guards def add to it

@manueltoloza6007 All I've learnt about fancy Vadi guards I learned from @sinestra 😁

@@manueltoloza6007 Nah it wasn't too bad with the mask on and Rich was pulling his hits 👍 The thrust he got me with earlier in the fight hurt much more 😆

@@TBoneHEMA We allow striking as long as it's martially valid and controlled 👍

@CafeUlg interesting! I don't usually see that allowed in any club setting I've been to. Too much potential for things getting out of hand.

​@@TBoneHEMA Speaking as the man doing the punching and elbowing here, I am being controlled with the strikes and pulling weight out of the shots in question. I'm only aiming to make contact with the front of the mask, not try to bash through the mesh with the strikes, which would lead to many more injuries

@@Rabalyan it's good to know you guys are being safe. Thanks for answering my questions!

Me too, I'd love to see a video on the kit. He told me before the breast plate is from Mac Armor. I think they are out of Ukraine.

@@tomislavobrovac3257 Yeah I landed probably two solid hits? The rest of the time I was just cut down 🤣

I was thinking the same thing.

@@problypanikd Haha, thanks (I think). Everyone's done it but barely anyone uploads video of themselves doing it 🤣

@@ScottGrow117 I wear a MAC chest protector, I definitely recommend it 😁 www.mac-armour.cz/p/chest-protector

It's the Mac Armor chest protection.

@TBoneHEMA awesome, thanks