Saber techniques referred to the method and technique of using a saber. In the Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang's "Xin You Saber Technique", He Liangchen's "Array Record", Yu Dayou's "Single Saber Technique Selection" and Qi Jiguang's "Wu Bei Zhi" all recorded the usage and skills of the saber. The saber was mainly used for chopping." The sharpness of a saber lies in chopping." In addition, there were other saber techniques such as lifting, stabbing, intercepting, blocking, collapsing, chopping, wiping, bandaging, and wrapping. The characteristics of saber techniques were that they were fast, aggressive, and powerful like a fierce tiger. The usage of the saber was based on the body technique, jumping far and over the distance, and the eyes and hands were quick. It also required the saber to be changed with the body, and the body and equipment to be coordinated.
1. The characteristics of the routine
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The knife techniques included the Self-selected Knife, the Eight Trigrams Knife, the Dragon Move Knife, the Big Knife, the Podao, the Single Knife, the Double Knife, the Plum Blossom Knife, the Eight Extremes Knife, the Six Harmonies Knife, the Spring and Autumn Knife, the Rolling Hand Knife, and the Miao Knife.
characteristics
Martial artists often used "sabers as fierce as tigers" to describe the ferocity and strength of sabers. A broadsword was a long weapon. As the saying goes,"broadswords look at the blade", which means that when using the blade, you can do the skills of chopping, wiping, lifting, cutting, stabbing, pressing, hanging, blocking, and so on. Both single and double blades were short weapons. As the saying goes,"A single blade depends on the hand, and a double blade depends on the walk." Therefore, a single blade emphasized on wrapping the sword and cutting, chopping, stabbing, lifting, wiping, blocking, and cutting. On the other hand, a double blade emphasized on evenly exerting force with both hands, clear blade movements, flexible steps, and coordination up and down, so as to show the posture of "flowers hidden in the leaves, two butterflies flying". The popular ones were podao, three-pointed double-edged saber, double-ring saber, long saber (two-handed saber), and so on. The saber was mainly used for chopping."The sharpness of a saber lies in chopping." In addition, there were other saber techniques such as lifting, stabbing, intercepting, blocking, collapsing, chopping, wiping, bandaging, and wrapping.
2 Historical Origins
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In ancient times, a saber was a single-edged weapon. It was composed of a blade and a handle. The blade was long, with a thick ridge and a thin blade, suitable for chopping. In primitive society, ancient humans used stones, clam shells, and animal bones to make knives of various shapes. The ancients not only used knives as labor tools, but also carried them with them as weapons for self-defense.
Saber Technique Performance
Saber Technique Performance
During the Qin and Han Dynasties, after the invention of steel, the manufacturing process of knives improved, and the quality of steel knives that were good at chopping and slashing became higher and higher. The saber had become one of the main weapons. The most common type of saber was the " ring-head saber ". This saber had a straight back and a straight blade. The back of the saber was thick, and the handle was oblate and ring-shaped. It was about one meter long and was easy to use in cavalry battles. It was a short weapon with strong combat effectiveness. In battlefield combat, it was used with both a spear and a short saber. It was extremely powerful for long-range stabbing and close-range hacking.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the "steel pouring method" was used instead of the hundred refining method, making the knives tougher and sharper. The saber of the Tang Dynasty evolved into a horizontal saber.
In the Ming Dynasty army, the Japanese sabers had shown considerable lethality, causing the soldiers and civilians of the Celestial Dynasty to suffer greatly. At that time, many outstanding military generals and folk martial artists tried their best to learn Japanese saber techniques through various channels. Qi Jiguang was an active supporter of Japanese saber techniques. For more than ten years, he had actively promoted Japanese swordsmanship in the army and gradually developed a practical training course, which was recorded in the famous military book, The Real Discipline of Military Training.
Cheng Chongdou was a famous Shaolin staff technique in the Ming Dynasty. He compared some of the "long Japanese knife" techniques with the staff techniques of the Chinese Dynasty and comprehended many things from it. He wrote the knife manual "Single Knife Technique Selection" and so on. Wu He was a famous historian and martial artist in the late Ming Dynasty. He was also a survivor who adhered to the ideals of the previous dynasty. In his later years, he meticulously studied martial arts and wrote many books on ancient and modern martial arts. He combined the sword style he learned from the old man of Yuyang with the Japanese double-handed sword style, and re-compiled it into the Eighteen Forces of Single Blade, which was written in the book "Illustration of Single Blade".
In 1925, Ma Fengtu and Ma Yingtu adapted the double-handed saber technique into the Eight Edge-breaking Sabers, which were used as teaching materials for the Northwest Army's ring-head broadsword to replace the old saber sets that were more of a performance. It was first tested in General Zhang Zizhong's teaching regiment, and then actively promoted to the entire army. During the Great Wall War and the Lugou Bridge War, the 29th Division's broadsword team had displayed their superb saber skills.
3 Main content
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(1) Head Entangling Knife: The tip of the knife droops, the back of the knife goes along the left shoulder and around the right shoulder, and the head is straight.
(2) Brain-wrapping Knife: The tip of the knife is drooping, the back of the knife goes along the right shoulder and around the left shoulder, and the head is straight.
(3) Cleaving knife: The knife is chopped from top to bottom, the force reaches the blade, and the arm is in a straight line with the knife. He swung the cleaver to the right or left side of his body in a circle. The backswing required coordination with the rotation.
Knife technique, palm protector
Knife technique, palm protector
(4) Machete: The knife is used to slash diagonally to the lower right or lower left.
(5) Lifting the blade: The blade is lifted from the bottom to the top, and the force reaches the front of the blade. He raised his forearm and turned it outward, palm facing up, and the knife was drawn along the right side of his body in a close-fitting arc. He turned his forearm inward and pulled the knife out along the left side of his body. The rest was the same as the front.
(6) Hanging knife: The tip of the knife is hung from the front up, back or down, and to the right. The force reaches the front of the back of the knife. Hanging from the top, hanging from the back; Hanging from the bottom, hanging from the bottom, hanging from the back; He rushed to hang it and stood close to it, hanging it in a circle.
(7) Stab Knife: The blade is facing down, up, or to the left. The tip of the knife is stabbed straight forward. The force reaches the tip of the knife, and the arm is in a straight line with the knife. The tip of the flat bar knife is as high as the shoulder, the tip of the upper bar knife is as high as the head, and the upper bar knife is as high as the head. The tip of the knife is as high as the knee.
(8) Spatula: With the blade facing left (right), it is drawn back in an arc from front to left (right). The height is between the chest and abdomen, and the force reaches the blade. The rotating spatula required one or more revolutions.
(9) Chopping Blade: The blade faces left (right) and cuts horizontally to the left (right). The height is between the head and the shoulder. The force reaches the blade and the arm is straight.
(10) Horizontal Sweep Blade: The blade faces left (right) and cuts horizontally to the left (right). It is swept at the same height as the ankle joint. The force reaches the blade. The rotating sweeping knife required one or more revolutions.
(11) Pressing the knife: Place your left hand on the back of the knife or your right wrist, with the blade facing down, and press down flat. The height of the knife is as high as the waist, which is called flat pressing knife, and the height of the knife is close to the ground, which is called low pressing knife.
(12) Hidden Knife: The blade is horizontally flat (the tip of the blade is facing back, and the blade is facing outwards) and hidden behind the left waist. The blade is vertically hidden behind the left arm, which is a vertical hidden sword; The blade is straight (the tip of the blade is facing forward, and the blade is facing down) and hidden on the right side is a flat hidden sword.
(13) Backstab: Raise your right arm up, and the back of the knife is close to your right arm and the right side of your back. Raise the right arm horizontally, and the back of the blade is attached to the right arm as the shoulder blade.
(14) Knife: The blade is facing up, from the bottom to the top. The knife is higher than the head, and the force reaches the blade. The palm is facing inward or outward.
(15) Holding the saber: With the hilt facing forward, the hands are crossed, and the back of the saber is attached to the left arm. Holding the saber in his left hand, his left arm hung down, the tip of the saber facing up, and the back of the saber was attached to his left arm as a standing saber.
(16) Cut the wrist flower: With the wrist as the axis, the knife is placed on both sides of the arm, close to the body and standing in a circle. The back of the blade is clear.
(17) Wrist-lifting: With the wrist as the axis, the knife is placed on both sides of the arm, close to the body and standing in a circle. The back of the blade is clear.
4 Practice Methods
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routine practice
A striking feature of the saber was its simplicity and simplicity. Compared to most of the performance routines that had already become seriously superficial, the single and set moves of the saber seemed to be simpler. Every move of the saber was down-to-earth and strictly adhered to the rules and laws. The size of the movement, the scale of the advance and retreat, were all carried out under certain rules. It was not allowed to casually change and play with the so-called movement technique. Such rigid requirements were rarely seen in modern martial arts. However, this slash, momentum, advance, and retreat required a lot of effort. It required a lot of effort and hard work, and thousands of times of practice to succeed. Under the correct guidance, after practicing for a long time, the "knife smell" would slowly seep out, and the "killing intent" unique to the long knife would also radiate. At this time, as the "footwork" improved day by day, a sense of fluency arose spontaneously. The practitioner could naturally appreciate the pleasure brought by "fluency". He could move freely, and his spirit was dripping. He could not stop. The audience could feel a sense of grandeur and rhythmic beauty that could not be enjoyed in the Flower Sect martial arts.
actual combat training
The training of saber techniques generally used mud walls, basketballs, and wooden dummies.
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1. Mud Wall
The mud wall was usually used to practice stabbing techniques. Using ordinary walls, he stacked a section of mud wall with moist and sticky mud. It was about five feet high, one foot thick, and two feet wide. After the mud wall was built, he used a knife to draw a human figure on the mud wall, and marked out the throat, heart, navel, lower abdomen, and other parts. Practitioners faced the mud wall and stabbed at each of the marked points with short knives. The short knife must be pierced all the way to the handle or the hand guard. Otherwise, it would not be qualified. After the knife was stabbed, it had to be pulled back quickly. It could not stay in the mud. You can also use a knife to cut the mud wall. The practice method and requirements are the same as the stabbing method. After each practice, he smoothed the knife marks with his hands, sprayed a small amount of water, and covered them with plastic film to keep them warm.
As time passed, the mud wall would gradually dry up. At that time, the power of the bayonet and the knife would increase unknowingly. In the future, each stab would have a strong depth and each slash would have a strong penetrating force--because human skin was not as tough as a mud wall. The most important thing was that the feeling of a knife stabbing into the mud was very similar to the feeling of a knife stabbing into flesh. This feeling was not something that ordinary people had the chance to experience.
Basketball
He hung a fully charged basketball in a net bag at the same height as his chest. The height of the basketball could be adjusted, but the basketball had to be tied tightly. Pick a piece of wood or bamboo, as long and wide as a short knife, but there is no need to cut it into the shape of a knife. Facing the basketball, he held the bamboo piece in his hand and quickly stabbed at the basketball. Facing the basketball, hold the bamboo, use the bamboo to draw the basketball diagonally, left and right diagonally (that is, the five flowers movement), the movement must be fast.
Hanging basketballs could also be used to practice smashing, pushing, stabbing, and other knife techniques. It could be said that most of the saber techniques could be trained using this hanging basketball and could be used to their heart's content.
This skill is mainly used to practice the quick combo of single or combined saber techniques. The degree of success is usually calculated by the number of consecutive strikes in half a minute. Therefore, he had to pay attention to the training of the original skill and absolutely could not neglect it.
3. Wooden Dummy
He used a section of wooden stake, slightly taller than a person, carved out the head and body, circled out the vital parts, and installed the hands and feet. It was best to choose some moldy paulownia wood for the wooden stake. Don't use hard wood, which could easily hurt the knife.
(1) Single blade practice
The practitioner held the knife in his right hand and attacked the hands, feet, and head of the wooden dummy with knife techniques such as stabbing, slashing, and smashing. This exercise was mainly to train the accuracy of the knife. The practitioner should not blindly pursue speed and lose his aim.
(2) Combined saber practice
The wooden dummy was mainly used to practice the combination saber technique. The combination saber technique was an advanced training method for short knives, and it was not suitable for beginners. Here is an example: The practitioner holds the knife in his right hand and stands on the right guard. First, use the left knife to cut the right arm of the wooden dummy; Then, he lowered his body and cut the wooden dummy's thigh with his right knife. Then, he stabbed the wooden dummy's abdomen with his knife.
(3) Live stake arm extraction
"Arm Take-Out from Live Stance" was a "live" training method that specialized in close-up and combo techniques.
The practitioner stood facing the wooden dummy, and an assistant stood behind the wooden dummy, holding a long stick in his hand and attacking (tapping) the practitioner with the stick. The assistant used the long stick to stab and sweep, but it was actually a simulation of a short knife attack. The practitioner would counter the enemy's moves, quickly use the knife to get close to the enemy's "hand" or "foot", then rush straight into the middle door, and quickly hit the wooden dummy with the knife.
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1. The attacks of the assistant's long stick mainly consisted of stabbing and sweeping. When the practitioner faced the assistant's upper, middle, lower, and three-plate attacks, he would first use the corresponding knife techniques such as stabbing, slashing, and smashing to get close, and then quickly strike at the practitioner.
2. The "Arm Lifting with Live Stance" was also mainly used to practice the combination saber technique. The practitioner stood in front of the wooden dummy, holding a knife in his right hand. The assistant stood behind the wooden dummy and stabbed the practitioner from the left side of the wooden dummy with a long stick. The practitioner quickly uses the right hand knife to draw the top left of the wooden dummy's head diagonally (the assistant immediately withdraws the wooden dummy's staff), then quickly slide down and sink down. The right hand knife cuts the wooden dummy's leg horizontally, and then the knife is raised to stab the wooden dummy's abdomen.
3. If the two of them were to practice directly, they would not be able to use a real saber to fight bravely. The "live stance arm extraction" training method could allow the practitioner to use the saber boldly, so it was more meaningful in actual combat.
5 Part of the classification
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(Blade Technique)
Single Blade:
(Official Knife, Oxtail Knife, Lancet)
dual bladed
Two-handed knife
podao
zhanmadao
big knife
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