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19:50 agree 100%. These people, wether it was ancient China, Arabia with the Saracens or ancient Sparta or Japan, spent THOUSANDS of years perfecting not only the physical swords but also the art itself. Today people are so quick to judge and "rate which is best", after 1 week of practice. Naturally in some cases it may be valid, such as in MMA it seems to point to jujitsu really being the optimal form. But in terms of weekend youtubers proclaiming "this type of sword is bad, this is better" or "this sword form is stupid, this is better", all it shows is a lack of proper understanding of either one. For example many people might argue that Japanese sword arts are better than Chinese, and some that European sword arts are better than Japanese. They all have pros and cons. We never see any of them to their full potential though. I really doubt there is any "traditional forge" selling swords online that is able to reproduce what ancient people did with hundreds of generations of practice passed down. And i really doubt there is any practitioner of any art that is as skilled as people who literally lived and died by the swords in battle. We have better steel today, but we do not have better artisans. The term "armchair general" also applies here. And we know from other sports or activities (music, dance) that once someone reaches that optimal professional level, it changes the game. A Monet using a toothbrush to paint a masterpiece would make a more stunnning painting than the most famous "influencer" on IG that paints with expensive brushes. How big would the difference be, in sword arts? Probably enormous.
From 1700th up to WWII. Mstly chinese were high on drugs, yell loud at the beginning, then turn their back, throw off their sabers and run away. English (in opium wars) and japans (WWII) evidences tells the same. In middle 1600th Russian - Qing war evidences was abouth the same, but mentioned that chinese leaders were good at bringing with them armies ten times bigger than russians has. And they were sober at that time. I mean sober than in opium war time, not only than russians. well near end of that century qing was wiped out of Siberia anyway.
@@scottm.rodellgrtc2969 It would be great if you could share some of those accounts as they give us a glimpse about the clash of different weapons and fighting techniques.
I like how you cover swordplay, swords, and historical documents about the swords. It lends more depth of understanding about Jianfa and Daofa.
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Excellent instructions here. Very basic but very precise. Thank you, Sifu Rodell.
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Great video! Always good to keep the core principles in mind.
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Great to see you stay active, Rodell老师. Best Wishes
Thanks brother, still going strong...
A great lesson on practicing principle daofa.
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Another great video, thanks 🙏
Another great video! I found this channel searching for jian coverage but like to see the dao getting love too.
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Many thanks for focussing on the sabre. Great video.
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Excellent video as usual from Rodell Laoshi
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Great video, very informative
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Good stuff!
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nice video
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19:50 agree 100%.
These people, wether it was ancient China, Arabia with the Saracens or ancient Sparta or Japan, spent THOUSANDS of years perfecting not only the physical swords but also the art itself. Today people are so quick to judge and "rate which is best", after 1 week of practice.
Naturally in some cases it may be valid, such as in MMA it seems to point to jujitsu really being the optimal form.
But in terms of weekend youtubers proclaiming "this type of sword is bad, this is better" or "this sword form is stupid, this is better", all it shows is a lack of proper understanding of either one.
For example many people might argue that Japanese sword arts are better than Chinese, and some that European sword arts are better than Japanese.
They all have pros and cons. We never see any of them to their full potential though.
I really doubt there is any "traditional forge" selling swords online that is able to reproduce what ancient people did with hundreds of generations of practice passed down.
And i really doubt there is any practitioner of any art that is as skilled as people who literally lived and died by the swords in battle.
We have better steel today, but we do not have better artisans.
The term "armchair general" also applies here.
And we know from other sports or activities (music, dance) that once someone reaches that optimal professional level, it changes the game.
A Monet using a toothbrush to paint a masterpiece would make a more stunnning painting than the most famous "influencer" on IG that paints with expensive brushes.
How big would the difference be, in sword arts? Probably enormous.
Are there any accounts of these Chinese sabers facing European Bayonets and swords of the era ?
From 1700th up to WWII. Mstly chinese were high on drugs, yell loud at the beginning, then turn their back, throw off their sabers and run away. English (in opium wars) and japans (WWII) evidences tells the same.
In middle 1600th Russian - Qing war evidences was abouth the same, but mentioned that chinese leaders were good at bringing with them armies ten times bigger than russians has. And they were sober at that time. I mean sober than in opium war time, not only than russians. well near end of that century qing was wiped out of Siberia anyway.
Yes, the British Accounts talk about how they won, and (not surprisingly) the Chinese speak of their victories.
@@scottm.rodellgrtc2969 It would be great if you could share some of those accounts as they give us a glimpse about the clash of different weapons and fighting techniques.
Ok,what is about if someone sad... "Choping-Pi,flicking-Beng,hacking-Zhan,smearing-Muo"