Taijijian

Taijijian
Pan Ying performing taijijian in the Temple of Heaven Park in Beijing.

Taijijian (simplified Chinese: 太极剑; traditional Chinese: 太極劍; pinyin: tàijíjiàn; lit. 'taiji sword') 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.

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.[1][2] 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,[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wu Kung-tsao (1980). Wu Family T'ai Chi Ch'uan (吳家太極拳) (in Chinese). 鑑泉太極拳社 Hong Kong, Toronto. ISBN 978-0-9780499-0-4.. An English edition was released in 2006.
  2. ↑ Wile, Douglas (1995). Lost T'ai-chi Classics from the Late Ch'ing Dynasty (Chinese Philosophy and Culture). State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-2654-8.
  3. ↑ Scott M. Rodell (2003). Chinese Swordsmanship: The Yang Family Taiji Jian Tradition. Seven Stars Books and Video. ISBN 978-0-9743999-0-4. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2006-11-05.
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