7th Year Anniversary - FREE Chinese Long Saber Tutorials
To commemorate the 7th year anniversary of the founding of ChineseLongsword.com, I've created 5 short videos to share some basics of...
Fear Of Injury Makes Realistic Sword Practice?
"If you were to have a sparring match or freeplay practice that has the possibility of injury, people will move and fight more...
"Magpie Crosses Branch", Staff Technique From Sword Treatise
"Magpie Crosses Branch" is an agile footwork technique, in the 400 years old Ming Dynasty manual, Sword Treatise. Below is my...
"Chicken Pecks Grains", Staff Technique From Ming Dynasty manual Sword Treatise
"Chicken Pecks Grains" is a Staff technique from the 400 years old manual, Sword Treatise, written by Ming Dynasty General Yu Da-you....
More Efficient Way Of Blocking With The Chinese Broadsword
Coiling or wrapping the Dao (Chinese Broadsword) around your head is a very commonly practiced and effective technique to block and...
Real Video: Indian Sword Attack
I just came across this CCTV footage of a gang-related murder captured on the streets, with SWORDS. This was in Indian, and we can see:...
Antique Evidence: The Samurai Learnt & Wrote Shaolin Staff Techniques First?
Did the Japanese Samurai learnt & wrote down the Shaolin Staff techniques in their manual first, BEFORE the Chinese? For real antique...
Practicality Of Sticking Your Hand Out In Sword Fights
In Chinese swordsmanship, you can frequently see stances that involve the swordsman sticking his hand out, like the "Single-Carry Stance"...
Aggression Makes You Lazy
Aggression in practice or sparring matches makes you lazy. This theory might be a bit controversial to some martial artists, but I hope...
Video: Basic Forearm Anatomy To Discuss Efforts of Sword Cut Injury
Above is a quick 5 mins video, where I discussed basic anatomy of the human forearm and hand, so as to analyze what kind of effects will...
