taijijian
Taijijian is a straight two-edged sword used in the training of the Chinese martial art tai chi. The straight sword, sometimes with a tassel and sometimes not, is used for upper body conditioning and martial training in traditional tai chi schools. The different family schools have various warmups, forms and fencing drills for training with the double-edged sword known as jian. • Illustration — Taijijian • Illustration — Pan Ying performing taijijian in the Temple of Heaven Park in Beijing.
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Historical use of jian in taijiquan
Historical use of jian in taijiquan
The Yang and Wu families were involved in Qing dynasty military officer training, and taught jian technique to their students. Traditional taijijian forms are rooted in martial application, and are thus originally designed to make use of the weapons available at the time of their development. There was no historical jian type created specifically for tai chi,
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