Critiquing a Qing Jian- Chinese Swords & Swordsmanship Series
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- Scott M. Rodell Critiques a Qing Chinese Jian Blade Discussing its use age and fakes on the Antique Market.
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See those swords in the background? I’ll be discussing them in future videos. Please let me know what swords you would like to see…
They both look interesting.
did the Pudao get a video? Really looking forward to learning more about that sword.
@@oneless5342 Not yet, but it is on the list…
How about looking at the Wo Yao Dao from Lk Chen? I would love to hear your perspective on such a peculiar sword.
@@junichiroyamashita If he is willing to send me one, I would be happy to review it. If you like, suggest it to him.
I have a 2 and a half pound jian I just bought recently. I practice with it a lot and let me tell you it was a cold shower from my semi flexible jian I started with. It took about two weeks before my forearms and wrists stopped hurting. It was still another couple weeks before I could do all of my applications the same as with the lighter jian. But let me tell you that extra weight is brutal once you get the muscle built up for it. I stabbed an archery block with it the other day. Just an easy upward stab and it went clean through the 15" archery block and went four inches out the other side. It was a really easy stab too, not one I really put a lot of effort into. The sword in the video would've been a really good penetrator on an armored opponent.
Training with historically accurate weapons is essential to an understanding of the sword arts. In all fairness, when you see people training with 600 gram plastic "swords" or floppy wushu weapons, not matter how long they swung that "weapon" around, they really have yet to genuinely begin sword training.
Could see that blade used by a military officer, using a heavier blade with a strong narrow stance with tight elbow shoulder and wrist movement should produce enough tawk to create a downward or upward swing with a strong thin central cut line, in other words get its usage right and it is a sword breaker, my thoughts, thank you kindly for the presentation Sir.
It certainly feels that way, & did it date from the Ming period, I would suggest just that. But given its late date, a time when no soldier was wearing any sort of armor, I'm thinking it was more a heavy sword forged to give its owner one hell of a workout. Thanks for your support.
@@scottm.rodellgrtc2969 I have seen Wudang styles with similar thin straight heavy swords, I think it kinda doubles as a needle and a staff and maybe has a primary behaviour much like the Dao (I stand on correction with the blade name, but it is the one most similar to the Katana or Odachi).
But yes the blade is from modern periods though the idea is ancient, maybe was an exam for the blacksmith to see if they were of imperial standard quality?
No worries thank you kindly for the presentation.
Thank you sifu for all the educating content, keep up the great inspiring work
Thanks brother, I will do my best.
You are very well educated, you should have more views.
Thanks for your support!
Thanks for another interesting video!
My pleasure.
Could Baltimore Knife and Sword help you obtaining or reconstructing fittings, Sifu? I know you are in their area.
Probably, I know them, even been on their show several times. But they are quite busy with their own work and don’t have time for small jobs like this. Beside, I would prefer to mount an ant blade with period fittings.
I totally understand. Excellent video, as always.
@@robertmccann5838 Thanks, we do like hearing that.
It was great to hear some explanation about dating a sword by its tang
Thanks. It is not uncommon to hear swords dated to a certain period based on essentially nothing more than it looks like "x." Anytime you hear a date attributed to a sword, ask how that date was arrived at? If it wasn't by an examination of the tang, take it with a big grain of salt.
Could it have been a replica in it's own original period?
Similar such blades occur in europe, technical forgeries but otherwise the same as what they copy.