Hayashi
November 12, 2024, 2:15am
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Tai chi also trains weapons forms like sword and spear (example: Tai Chi Weapons - JI HONG TAI CHI & QI GONG MISSISSAUGA ).
Some of these weapons forms are sometimes practiced with everyday implements like umbrellas and canes, as I posted here with some pictures from a Taipei practice group:
Some pictures from my last taijiquan report.
Taijiquan fan practitioners at the paved plaza at the first location of my last post. This group also did normal (no weapons) Yang-style taijiquan and also sword routines. The fans and the T-shirts show the word 太極, clearly indicating that this is a taijiquan group.
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Taijiquan (?) practitioners doing staff work with canes and umbrellas. (Faces have been obscured.) Notice that two of the participants have T-shirts with the same logo (some vari…
The (metal) fan is also another tai chi weapon. I have my doubts if it would work in practice against a knife, but here’s an example of some practice along these lines:
I wonder if the MRT bans transport of iron fans…
https://www.amazon.com/EGEN-Handmade-Folding-Stainless-self-Defense/dp/B0C71FQBXZ
Interestingly, apparently the Japanese also used fans for fighting, some with great success:
Tessenjutsu (Japanese: 鉄扇術, lit. 'iron fan technique') is the martial art of the Japanese war fan (tessen). It is based on the use of the solid iron fan or the folding iron fan, which usually had eight or ten wood or iron ribs.
The use of the war fan in combat is mentioned in early Japanese legends. For example, Minamoto no Yoshitsune, a hero of Japanese legend, is said to have defeated an opponent named Benkei by parrying the blows of his opponent's spear with an iron fan. This use of the iron ...
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