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Great River Taoist Center
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Great River was founded in 1984 by a circle of serious Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) practitioners. For nearly three decades, the center has been focused on presenting the complete art, in all its aspects from the meditative to the martial. As such, Great River offers classes in the complete system from proper body mechanics and qi (chi) development learned through form work, interactive training in push hands, real self-defense practiced through full-contact sanshou, and strength training via traditional weapons as well as historical swordplay.
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Lanling Shiwei Jian Unboxing
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A beautiful piece! ^^ thanks for sharing 💖🙏🏻 x
Really interesting and nice to hear both the context and traits related to each of the weapons.
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Excellent video. Thanks. I myself have fallen hook line and sinker to the dojo lore. I have a number of Taiji and Wudang swords. Very light very flexible, POB right in front of the hilt with a front facing hand guard. I have another sword heavy maybe 1.5kg POB 75/100mm from the hilt with a hand guard facing back. I find it jerks when I swing it and the guard digs into my hand. I guess I just need to learn how to use it.
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Fascinating stuff. As a note, European (Italian) swordsmanship includes an occasional stamp called an appel. It's used for s few things, including testing weight distribution. But it's also used to startle opponents and make feints more convincing. Not too argue with you, but I'm willing to believe the stamp in the form might actually be useful to scare opponents.
honestly i think its better just to say opponent rather than dui fang
Thanks for the thought. The Chinese term "Duifang" is not the same concept, intent as opponent. It can be literally translated as "opposite direction." The idea is that there isn't an opponent, there isn't an enemy, or partner. These all have connotations and emotions attached to them. There is simply an action from the the direction opposite one that you move with.
Jians in the Ming/Qing style just does not look as elegant and pretty as the they were in Han dynasty. Don’t know why taste changed in like a bad way in later periods. The fittings developed lately were all bulky and weird in my opinion. But some say they handle well which I’m not sure if that has anything to do with the aesthetics.
How sweet is that. Agree about the tip. It looks rounded like a recent repair following a loss of material. My fav jian has a much finer tip. Loads of character when it has a good shape there. Overall nice piece, Master Rodell.
A nice blade, love the idea of that locking mechanism. The tip would make me a little nuts but an interesting blade none the less. Thank you Rodell Laoshi for the video/information. Have a great one.
Theoretically, could fix that tip to leaf-shape sharp in an hour on sandpaper or stone. Locking latch is pretty useful. Have accidentally dumped a jian in a snowy salty parking lot, and that was not a good time.
藍翎侍衛 confused for a long time about what “lanlinshiwei” is........ Blue Feather Guard,the fourth rank among the Qing emperor's personal retinue bodyguards,established at 90men.Selected through martial arts examination as an officer candidate. Han Chinese is a language based on ideograms, which is difficult to distinguish using pronunciation alone. the releaser,called 綳簧(benhuang),A device that often appears in the oral stories of Chinese street performers, but in fact should not have appeared until after the Ming Dynasty, because the ability to produce this elastic metal was not previously available. unfortunately there are currently no extant or unearthed specimens in China.
I really like the hushou (crossguard). I haven't seen many that look like that.
It’s definitely not the standard.
There was a duanjian on Peter Dekker's Mandarin Mansion with that guard, but it's definitely unusual.
Nice sword! I love the idea of a metal scabbard.
Metal scabbards are more common on military issued swords throughout history. They hold up a lot better than wood, but they do have a tendency to dull the blade more. Another benefit is that they don't have problems with moisture, for instance swelling due to humidity causing the blade to stick.
Thanks Gavin for great overview of gloves on the market.
What happened to the two-handed sword from before? Has it been fully restored? It seems like I haven't seen it for a long time.
It's in line waiting for the smith other jobs to be completed...
Chinese sword takes a long time
I've always wondered about shield use in Chinese military arts. Loved the illustrations of troop formations.
Is the back edge every sharpened towards/at the tip section, or is it just simply thinner for weight/smithing reason?
Dont do that at home , easy to get a piece of wood sharpinel in the eye ...
Excellent video.. you really know your stuff!
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Why in the world are all you guys locking the string like that.....I don't believe such a lock has sufficient strength ....having a thumb position below the middle knuckle of the middle finger
This is the manner used in Manchu Archery, it can be found in many period illustrations. Manchu Bannermen employed this technique with the thumb ring went shooting heavy war bows.
Early days 時候 , swords客是保衛家園不給別人過來,就是些壞人!我們要保衛自己的土地和財務!
I like the analogy of the air-painter. Must be nice having that bamboo at the ready on the property. For bottles, it's a similar thing where some are very easy, but some types can be much harder (thin regular waterbottle vs thicker vitamin water bottle etc).
Bamboo is a great practice target. We planted it in the Wuguan's garden 20 some years ago, so there's plenty to train on each spring. If you plant bamboo, just be warned that it can get away and take over. Cutting it back regularly helps control it.
@@mugenGRTC Thanks. My winter is -30C at peak, so never seen it grow. I've heard of folks using poplar or maple saplings instead. I prefer 5/8" oak dowels wrapped in mat or newspaper and soaked. Thanks and enjoyable vid
The music is perfect for this
Thanks, one of our local students composed it.
very nice video, master, thank you for share
Glad to hear it was helpful, thanks for your support.
some of them probably had European made sabre blades because during the early modern era blades manufactured in Germany were exported and can sold to various parts of the globe where they were hilted locally
Awesome lesson.
Thanks!
Duan Jian sword?
Thank you, Sir
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Hello Mr Rodell, I noticed that the husho has a hole/opening next to the central rectangular section. This is seen on Japanese tsuba so that a kozuka or a kogai that is sitting on the side of the saya can be pulled out through the tsuba. I am not very familiar with Chinese swords. Did they also have things like small knives embedded into the side of the sheath? If not do you think this hole could simply be from emulating the Japanese or just for decoration? I’d like to know your thoughts
Chinese swords don’t have the small knives on the side of the scabbard the way Japanese do. These holes were added when this guard was adapted to use on a katana.
@@smrsevenstarstradingco.241 ah yes now that I look at it, it does seem like it was forcefully altered to make way for a kozuka.
Thanks Scott learning More thanks to you
My pleasure, more coming…
Great presentation! Very informative.
Thanks, that's what we strive for.
Beautiful Hushou! I would've completely overlooked the Qilin and thought they were Dragons had you not pointed them out.
We’ll I did at first. It always pays to slow down & have a closer look…
Sifu, is it wrong that I want to put this guard on a katana? Aha just sayin, very interesting stuff.
2:28 & 3:20 this specifically. The nakago-ana is very suggestive
Thank you Laoshi. Great martial, historical and artistic analysis as always.
Glad you enjoyed it Poney.
You never have to hope we enjoy watching you. You are Amazing.
Bro, you make it look like a butter knife going through soft butter. You have some serious precision too. Clean cutting artist.
You look great. I watch your videos and try my best to learn on my own. You are a wonderful teacher Sifu.
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Thank you so much for sharing great teacher.
My pleasure.
That's a really nice artifact, and your presentation was fascinating. Qilin are one of my favouirite mythological creatures! Is the smaller aperture to the side of the main one for a kozuka (小柄 xiaobing)? If so, would the original Chinese sword have had that, or was it modified when it was refitted for use with a katana? It looks a bit like the qilin on that side had his back removed to make room for it.
Exactly, the hole was cut, modifying the guard for mounting on a katana.
I wonder what became of the original dao when parts of it were removed to be repurposed for a katana.
@@JT_Soul As do I, be wonderful to see all the fittings together.
Gorgeous husho! Thanks so much for going into the detail of the creature which I easily would have overlooked as a dragon. These katana mounted guards certainly can be interesting between those made in Japan, and China, and if they made specifically for export or retrofitted!
Thank you! very nice!
I tried stabbing with hard blade, the blade made the sound, but how do i check if I'm stabbing it right?
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@@mugenGRTC got it!
'Don't pick a weapon because it feels good to you.' That is, in truth, what choosing your weapon should be. To choose the weapon that feels good to you.
In actual practice, 'the Jian seems akin to either the primary thrust of European rapier or cuts of later English backsword of Silver.' Here in these forms it seems as though partially based on the Byzantine one-handed sword. The Ming-Dao sword is more akin to the German messer, the falchion.'
Yeah but he's shooting it at the Target not at the man cute at the man and see if he can do that
Actually, if you look carefully, you will see that Rodell laoshi moves sideways to his left and that after he cuts the arrow the pieces hit the target behind where he was standing.
So far, out of all the bladed weapons i have seen...this is one that appears most to my liking. Mind you I haven't tried it out myself to see if the weight would be a negative.
What's great river in Chinese? 道家中心?
長河.
@@mugenGRTC thanks boss
@greatrivertaoistcenter can I put beeswax on my blade to keep it from rusting?
What sort of blade is it? Modern? Antique? How are you using it?
That’s awesome
Excelente vídeo!
Thanks!