Her dress, fighting techniques and and weapon remind me of the soul caliber character Xianghua... I don't remember the game making explicit reference to wushu but it's unmistakable.
Former Shanxi Wushu Team member Li Tianyuan was the motion capture model for Xianghua from SoulCalibur, using modern Wushu jianshu, which is what this kind of performance is.
Wushu, the term and modern sport, was popularized during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which turned the martial art into more of a performance art inspired by older and traditional CMA. In the game, Xianghua's style was family lineage of Chinese swordsmanship, but as a previous commentor said, the sequence used in game was from a modern, standardized wushu sword routine
I've practiced with weapons quite a bit, and I can explain the reason behind the two fingers pointed out on the free hand. It's just a training aid to help the person with counter balance. You can't have the free arm flapping about. If you use all 5 fingers you don't have the same amount of focus as using 2 fingers. Think of training wheels on a bicycle. Also, this is Wushu, not HEMA, meaning it's not really a combat sport like HEMA is. Wushu is basically gymnastics with a martial arts base, so it goes a bit for cosmetic appearance, that's why advanced practitioners keep using the 2 fingers. It's not made for fighting.
understand ! But the reason why we have to free the hand while using sword is because the force must be from the rooting comprising strong and stable stance in association with the waist / hip rotation. Holding and using just 2 fingers to control the Chinese sword is to change the instinctual behavior of the practitioner normally grasping the sword tight and the force is from the arm and hand muscle. For any long time fight we will get exhausted or muscle injury, especially when the weapon (sword) is heavy. Wushu can apply to a real fight, but we have to train more footwork and body strength in addition to playing with spinning sword. After full training course, we can hold and use the heavy sword to fight with the full force from the rooting; whilst the arm and hand grip are just for the direction control. 🥰🙏
I assume that it's quite natural to have the 2 fingers pointing out on the offhand since it replicates the manner in which you hold the jian in the swordhand (gripping with only the last two fingers).
The hand gesture is actually a replacement for where the shield would have been originally because the Jian sword was originally used with shields in the battlefield until it transformed into a civilian/officer dress sword where the techniques with the shield were mostly retained but made more artistic for the off hand that no longer held the shield, this is also similar to the forms with the Dao sabre, traditionally used with shields but later used without shields while still performing shield techniques with the off hand for non battlefield application; basically swordsmen being lazy instead of developing specialized techniques for non battlefield no shield applications.
In addition to the vestigial shield aspect, the sword fingers are also used as a counterbalance to the sword itself. In many Chinese martial arts systems, especially internal systems, there is an emphasis on proper biomechanical alignment for skeletal and muscular systems in the body. By thrusting the sword hand and off hand in opposite directions, for example, the swordsperson would be able to fully open up their shoulders and chest, leading to a more explosive strike with extended range.
Very beautiful. On the sparring question, while undoubtedly the current forms have a great deal of unnecessary embellishments added, it is a very fast blade and difficult to defend. My instructor, who I’ve worked with for about 18 yrs, started practicing with variants of the taichi sword a couple years ago. We regularly practice sparring with a variety of weapons, from small knives up to swords, machetes, and everyday items like baseball bats and tire irons. He decided to bring and try out this sword and it was surprising how well it worked--in particular, if the wrist is used in a relaxed manner, the tip and upper edge of the sword can cut along the opponent’s hands and arms during nearly every block/attack/bind with any other weapon. De-fanging the snake, as often referred to in Filipino blade styles. Interesting to work with, for sure:)
This was a very fun video! It is clear that Seo'a skills (amazing skills to be exact) are focused on performance and forms rather than real sparring, and that's perfectly fine and valid - they are after all called martial ARTS for a reason - but I cannot help but wonder how well would she fare in a real sparring, would be fun to see, but I understand why it's not a very good idea to publish such video.
Yeah, but unfortunately, art in martial art is not art like painting or music but rather a set of knowledge. (That's why we can say "veterinary art). What she does is therefore not really a martial art (at least not according to the definition).
just think of it as Neji's Palm Rotation, jian is the spinning and swing that does the killing, it is for recreation only from a professional's point of view but still deadly, it is very fast. katana and dao is for slashing, double edge thin sword is the cut that kills, you see she back off with a horizontal swing spin that is to deter any potential charges
In Wushu, they train basic movements.. but not the actual combat drills and knowledge. If you search for Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming, you can find some video introductions to Chinese swordplay. In them, you can see some of the actual combat drills.. and thus, what is Missing from what these Wushu performers do. Another part of this, is general conditioning. For example... if you have never hit the sandbags for over a year... then what do you think will happen, when you hit another fighter with your bare-fists? (Hint: your soft knuckles will break) Just because you learned to emulate a punch in your wushu routine... doesnt mean that you are capable of combat level power and impact potentials. You just learn the basic external motion for the punch. And... you dont even know the process, of how to trap the OPs arms up.. to get to the point where you can deliver that punch... without it getting blocked / deflected. The same is true of these guys swordplay. They know some basic external motions.. but they dont know the reasons for usage, and much of what they do.. lacks the correct internally driven methods. Nor do they have they trained combat sensitivity, and combat interactions... to be able to be combat effective. With lower tier Swordplay.. you might get lucky with certain general motion attacks. However, against a competent sword wielder.. things will likely take on a very different level of exchange. Actually, a great example, is in the movie "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon". At one point, the Master picks up a small bamboo stick, and proceeds to best the Girl with the sword. He spouts the reasons... about her lack of proper training, bad foundations, poor understandings, and more. This scene is Rooted from real martial truths, and still rings true to this very day.
I love the humor in these videos, they feel so lighthearted and fun! Even though I can’t really analyze things well, it’s cool to see so many unique styles and techniques. Now I know what happens when you practice Kendo with a different sword... -^- Fascinating!
@@rat4507 they literally fight almost the exact same as ukranian cossacks in swordsmanship. If you really want to hate on asian martial arts, compare them to european styles first. And where did you come up with that myth? Nobody spars with swords! You can't safely do full contact sparring with a sword. Not even a wooden one.
@@rat4507 They have old styles that are similar to European ones but not in modern wushu because it's a performance art. Manuals like the Dandao Fa Xuan were not written to be fancy, but real martial arts for military applications. That said, it's unfortunate HEMA-like sparring is less common with Chinese and Japanese swordsmanship.
@@nicholasjonas2505 The masses of feders are approximately the same as sharp longswords. And of course they bend, nobody with any sense would use a stiff blade for sparring.
Great and fun video. As a practioner of T'ai chi, use of the straight sword is definitely familiar to me and I've done hand forms in Wushu / Shaolin before so a lot of familiarity there. Definitely enjoyed the energy in the video!
@@andrewli6606 Yeah, but if you strike a hit in kendo, it is grace and speed, but ultimately just a hit. If you strike a hit in wushu, you are the stuff of legends (admit you wouldn't be intimidated facing off against her).
@@andrewli6606 I respectfully disagree. Although some modern elements of Wushu have certainly been co-opted into a more performative discipline, at its core, it is, by it's very definition a true and effective combat discipline when trained and used as such.
this was a great video although my cat objected to the end. He thought someone was really hurt and needed a hug. lolz. Liked and subscribed. My family crest indicates my family served the French king about 400 years ago. I would like to get a few realistic swords and know how they were used. I still don't understand the whole 2 vs 5 finger thing. The rotational exercise reminds me of casting a fishing rod but I think that is the same forearm muscles. Oh, and scars are fine! They indicate a dedication to craft and historically were the mark of a swordsman. Or woman, in this case.
Wushu to me looks like learning guitar and bears the same feeling as as rocking out from my perspective though I've never done either, it bears the same awesomeness and appeal.
Heeju Seo 🥰🥰🥰 She is my most favorite Wushu lady. I have been following her since she was young. Her Changquan performance is perfect, which means she has the superb basic wushu skills, rendering her elegant sword performance. 🙏❤❤❤ - See her Changquan in the below link. 👇 ua-cam.com/video/AAvJucDR7wQ/v-deo.html
@@steventroy3923 🥳🙏 she is my idol too. I do Jian practice at home by myself, based on her wushu performances and postures. Happy to hear that you do the same. ❤
@@steventroy3923 ... By the way, Yi Li of CHINA is another super lady one. See her performance from the below link. 👇 ua-cam.com/video/CRb4-gdDDlo/v-deo.html
@@steventroy3923 🥳🙏 Lindswell Kwok is amazing too. have you seen Double Jian performance before? The below link is the Shuang Jian (Double Swords) performed by Fu Yang, a previous Wushu Champion of CHINA. She is one of the best wushu lady of which the VDOs I have ever watched for my self-study. 👇👇👇 ua-cam.com/video/ZtSbKeBssCE/v-deo.html
1. 刺劍 2. 挽劍花 3. 風車 + 刺劍 劍指是為了平衡與瞄準敵人而攻擊 During the fight, the swordswoman can consider using the sword to stick to the ken like 떡볶이 and leverage against the sword to hit the opponent. That's what the wudang priests do in China.
The Chinese Govt. would never allow it. That is why they created Wushu in the first place. They stripped all of the Combat training drills out.. and made it just a Choreographed acrobatics show... because the Chinese govt. doesnt want high level combat methods, in the hands of the Public "slave-class". There are d3athly fearful of the Lemmings forming a powerful Rebellion against them. This is why they attacked the Falun Gong practitioners... (and then stripped and sold their Organs on the black market.. when they realized that the practitioners organs were kind of "super-naturally Healthy" due to the practice of Falun Gong) That said, once you learn an actual combat art.. you do not really care about "Sport"... because sports create Rules.. and rules prevent Combat Realism.
Putting your free hand with two fingers pointed is called " Hidden sword ". It's a way to make your internal power ( Chi ) to run through the blade as Chinese Martial arts heavily relly on Chi power to sustain their fighting techniques. This is a really traditional way of practicing chinese fencing. The wushu lady doesn't know about it because she only had be trained for artistic performances and didn't had access to traditional Kung Fu training. The sword itself is a light version of traditional chinese sword and can't be used for killing someone. Its design, with the flexible tip is make to allow fast flashy movements and producing sounds that make the tao more spectacular. Real Chinese Swords can't be move that fast because of their weight.
I wish I understood modern fencing and saber martial arts enough to understand. Do you have a preferred video to illustrate your meaning? also, do you recommend any videos or resources for an outside martial artist to get acquainted with the art?
@@kraptastic333 The moulinet is basically a circular "swing" of the blade coming largely from the wrist while the weapon is held in front of you. It lets you attack while keeping your blade between you and your opponent's blade. It's less of a feature of modern fencing, but you can see it in historical fencing like this, ua-cam.com/video/n5w2Mh6CyXo/v-deo.html
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Such elegance. Both of them. Still a dream to learn martial arts. One of the reason why I want to visit and stay in Japan\China\South Korea\.. Perhaps one day.
Wushu does look very dance like and probably impractical for actual fighting situations, but it seems quite difficult to master, as the moves are more complicated.
I must respect the skill it requires to do what she does... she has absolutely earned all of her titles fair and the routines are breathtaking to watch.. . ...But lets be honest its 98% dancing with a piece of metal and 2% sword combat skills.
I'm curious if that sword could parry anything heavier than a similar style of sword. It seems like a neat and fast style but I'm really excited to see a sparing between kendo and wushu breakdown!
Its not a sparring weapon, its a civilian weapon. They are fashioned from jians, which are shaped the same but rigid. They were used with a shield on the battle field much like an arming sword with a buckler. These swords are bendy because of the snap that they provide which indication of speed and power.
And actual combat jian would be significantly stiffer and heavier, but hte same techniuqes would be used an work pretty well since you are deflecting an redirecting instead of dead stopping.
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Her dress, fighting techniques and and weapon remind me of the soul caliber character Xianghua... I don't remember the game making explicit reference to wushu but it's unmistakable.
Definitely! Very similar form
Good game from late 90's.
Former Shanxi Wushu Team member Li Tianyuan was the motion capture model for Xianghua from SoulCalibur, using modern Wushu jianshu, which is what this kind of performance is.
Correct. I also know it as "wushu" also have seen "drunk wushu"...I'm sure it's not a real MA
Wushu, the term and modern sport, was popularized during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, which turned the martial art into more of a performance art inspired by older and traditional CMA. In the game, Xianghua's style was family lineage of Chinese swordsmanship, but as a previous commentor said, the sequence used in game was from a modern, standardized wushu sword routine
I've practiced with weapons quite a bit, and I can explain the reason behind the two fingers pointed out on the free hand. It's just a training aid to help the person with counter balance. You can't have the free arm flapping about. If you use all 5 fingers you don't have the same amount of focus as using 2 fingers. Think of training wheels on a bicycle.
Also, this is Wushu, not HEMA, meaning it's not really a combat sport like HEMA is. Wushu is basically gymnastics with a martial arts base, so it goes a bit for cosmetic appearance, that's why advanced practitioners keep using the 2 fingers. It's not made for fighting.
understand !
But the reason why we have to free the hand while using sword is because the force must be from the rooting comprising strong and stable stance in association with the waist / hip rotation. Holding and using just 2 fingers to control the Chinese sword is to change the instinctual behavior of the practitioner normally grasping the sword tight and the force is from the arm and hand muscle. For any long time fight we will get exhausted or muscle injury, especially when the weapon (sword) is heavy.
Wushu can apply to a real fight, but we have to train more footwork and body strength in addition to playing with spinning sword. After full training course, we can hold and use the heavy sword to fight with the full force from the rooting; whilst the arm and hand grip are just for the direction control. 🥰🙏
@@sammyli9456 Quality response! Xie xie ni
@@sammyli9456 That’s a very valid point. 👍
I assume that it's quite natural to have the 2 fingers pointing out on the offhand since it replicates the manner in which you hold the jian in the swordhand (gripping with only the last two fingers).
@@blockmasterscott 🥰🙏
The hand gesture is actually a replacement for where the shield would have been originally because the Jian sword was originally used with shields in the battlefield until it transformed into a civilian/officer dress sword where the techniques with the shield were mostly retained but made more artistic for the off hand that no longer held the shield, this is also similar to the forms with the Dao sabre, traditionally used with shields but later used without shields while still performing shield techniques with the off hand for non battlefield application; basically swordsmen being lazy instead of developing specialized techniques for non battlefield no shield applications.
I always thought the 2 fingers were used to guide the sword and sort of made you focus more and point your sword to where you want it to hit.
@@KhanhTheLearner I saw another commenter mention that it's just so your arm doesn't flay around randomly. To keep control :')
This makes sense, all MARTIAL ARTS are intended to save life, pairing a double edged sword with a shield is very defensive.
In addition to the vestigial shield aspect, the sword fingers are also used as a counterbalance to the sword itself. In many Chinese martial arts systems, especially internal systems, there is an emphasis on proper biomechanical alignment for skeletal and muscular systems in the body. By thrusting the sword hand and off hand in opposite directions, for example, the swordsperson would be able to fully open up their shoulders and chest, leading to a more explosive strike with extended range.
Very beautiful. On the sparring question, while undoubtedly the current forms have a great deal of unnecessary embellishments added, it is a very fast blade and difficult to defend. My instructor, who I’ve worked with for about 18 yrs, started practicing with variants of the taichi sword a couple years ago. We regularly practice sparring with a variety of weapons, from small knives up to swords, machetes, and everyday items like baseball bats and tire irons. He decided to bring and try out this sword and it was surprising how well it worked--in particular, if the wrist is used in a relaxed manner, the tip and upper edge of the sword can cut along the opponent’s hands and arms during nearly every block/attack/bind with any other weapon. De-fanging the snake, as often referred to in Filipino blade styles. Interesting to work with, for sure:)
Not really difficult to defend against something that doesn’t worry about edge alignment and does spins
whatever. i would not ruin my life marrying a martial art woman. kpop star much better for me
What she demonstrates is sword dance, not swordsmanship, still very stunning, but that is not how you use a Chinese sword
This was a very fun video! It is clear that Seo'a skills (amazing skills to be exact) are focused on performance and forms rather than real sparring, and that's perfectly fine and valid - they are after all called martial ARTS for a reason - but I cannot help but wonder how well would she fare in a real sparring, would be fun to see, but I understand why it's not a very good idea to publish such video.
Yeah, but unfortunately, art in martial art is not art like painting or music but rather a set of knowledge. (That's why we can say "veterinary art). What she does is therefore not really a martial art (at least not according to the definition).
@@colinfreymond7821 Neither is kendo, it is also a very stylised form of swordfighting, like Olympic fencing.
That’d still qualify for the martial technique side of things, you are actually competing in a direct fashion after all.
just think of it as Neji's Palm Rotation, jian is the spinning and swing that does the killing, it is for recreation only from a professional's point of view but still deadly, it is very fast. katana and dao is for slashing, double edge thin sword is the cut that kills, you see she back off with a horizontal swing spin that is to deter any potential charges
In Wushu, they train basic movements.. but not the actual combat drills and knowledge. If you search for Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming, you can find some video introductions to Chinese swordplay. In them, you can see some of the actual combat drills.. and thus, what is Missing from what these Wushu performers do.
Another part of this, is general conditioning. For example... if you have never hit the sandbags for over a year... then what do you think will happen, when you hit another fighter with your bare-fists?
(Hint: your soft knuckles will break)
Just because you learned to emulate a punch in your wushu routine... doesnt mean that you are capable of combat level power and impact potentials. You just learn the basic external motion for the punch. And... you dont even know the process, of how to trap the OPs arms up.. to get to the point where you can deliver that punch... without it getting blocked / deflected.
The same is true of these guys swordplay. They know some basic external motions.. but they dont know the reasons for usage, and much of what they do.. lacks the correct internally driven methods. Nor do they have they trained combat sensitivity, and combat interactions... to be able to be combat effective.
With lower tier Swordplay.. you might get lucky with certain general motion attacks. However, against a competent sword wielder.. things will likely take on a very different level of exchange.
Actually, a great example, is in the movie "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon". At one point, the Master picks up a small bamboo stick, and proceeds to best the Girl with the sword. He spouts the reasons... about her lack of proper training, bad foundations, poor understandings, and more. This scene is Rooted from real martial truths, and still rings true to this very day.
She’s a great modern wushu practitioner
I love the humor in these videos, they feel so lighthearted and fun! Even though I can’t really analyze things well, it’s cool to see so many unique styles and techniques. Now I know what happens when you practice Kendo with a different sword... -^- Fascinating!
The flexible sword blade made me wonder if making a sparring urumi is possible for a future video.
@@rat4507 they literally fight almost the exact same as ukranian cossacks in swordsmanship. If you really want to hate on asian martial arts, compare them to european styles first.
And where did you come up with that myth? Nobody spars with swords!
You can't safely do full contact sparring with a sword. Not even a wooden one.
@@rat4507 They have old styles that are similar to European ones but not in modern wushu because it's a performance art. Manuals like the Dandao Fa Xuan were not written to be fancy, but real martial arts for military applications.
That said, it's unfortunate HEMA-like sparring is less common with Chinese and Japanese swordsmanship.
@@nicholasjonas2505 Look up HEMA lol.
@@penttikoivuniemi2146 they don't spar with real swords. Always some practice version that's had its mass removed. Or a rapier that bends
@@nicholasjonas2505 The masses of feders are approximately the same as sharp longswords. And of course they bend, nobody with any sense would use a stiff blade for sparring.
Wow, that snapping sound the blade makes is amazing! I'd love to see that in super slow-motion. Great video as always, love from the US!
Wushu is a truly beautiful art-glad u featured it on your channel and that there is a wushu presence in Korea :)
What the wushu lady really was saying at the end was: "Justice will prevail!. . . . . . . . . . JUST KIDDING! "🙂
Her skill is very impressive I can see why she has all them titles. Thank you for the video 👍🏻
Great and fun video. As a practioner of T'ai chi, use of the straight sword is definitely familiar to me and I've done hand forms in Wushu / Shaolin before so a lot of familiarity there. Definitely enjoyed the energy in the video!
Incredible! Thanks for joining Weaponism today Ms Seo.. amazing
As a Wushu practicioner with previous experience on Kendo, this was AWESOME!!!! Keep the good work coming!
More Wushu! :) was fantastic to watch
That was fun to watch! I myself practised kendo for 5 years. I've always wanted to try it against other styles of fencing.
I've been looking for Chinese Dao sparring for so long. Thanks for giving us this
@@rat4507 and no dao either. It's a jian😉
@@KlausBeckEwerhardy hahaha
Love ur videos 😁 cant wait for more
Wow! Thanks for the awesome 🗡️ content. I subscribed!
Wow, those are some high skills, I'm amazed :O
The last section of the sparring is beautiful, feels like a scene from movie
Yo that cinematography at the end was nice
Love the ending. Thanks for the demo!
You guys are perhaps the first vid on UA-cam to do Wushu vs Kenjutsu
Lovely clip. It would be awesome to see a sparring version as well.
Wushu is far more performative than practical.
@@andrewli6606 Yeah, but if you strike a hit in kendo, it is grace and speed, but ultimately just a hit.
If you strike a hit in wushu, you are the stuff of legends (admit you wouldn't be intimidated facing off against her).
Wushu is just dance. It's not fair to challenge a dancer to a sparring match.
@@andrewli6606 I respectfully disagree. Although some modern elements of Wushu have certainly been co-opted into a more performative discipline, at its core, it is, by it's very definition a true and effective combat discipline when trained and used as such.
@@TheGuzeinbuick No. It isn't. Training in its true and intended discipline is very much combative and effective in execution.
Awesome! I would love to see some sparring with this kind of weapon too
You guys are awesome, i love this
I love your channel but please do a video kenjutsu vs battojutsu
this was a great video although my cat objected to the end. He thought someone was really hurt and needed a hug. lolz. Liked and subscribed.
My family crest indicates my family served the French king about 400 years ago. I would like to get a few realistic swords and know how they were used. I still don't understand the whole 2 vs 5 finger thing. The rotational exercise reminds me of casting a fishing rod but I think that is the same forearm muscles.
Oh, and scars are fine! They indicate a dedication to craft and historically were the mark of a swordsman. Or woman, in this case.
The wushu practitioner is so funny.
I enjoined the video😊😊😀
Fun video, thanks!
So much fun to watch!❤
Magnificent, truly this captures the definition of art.
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Awesome stuff!⚔🥰🔥
Amazing talent and skill !!!❤
Great video!!! The ladies have amazing skills but they are happy and entertaining to watch.
Thank you for sharing.
I really want to practice wushu. I really like this sword form in particular too!
That was amazing!
that was awsome :D
Do a full fight demo with the safety on.
Wushu to me looks like learning guitar and bears the same feeling as as rocking out from my perspective though I've never done either, it bears the same awesomeness and appeal.
You might feel this way because wushu has many fine mechanics, and you can enter a flow state when you nail them just right.
...great comparison 😎👍!!!!! ⚔️
That was awesome 😎
Heeju Seo 🥰🥰🥰 She is my most favorite Wushu lady. I have been following her since she was young.
Her Changquan performance is perfect, which means she has the superb basic wushu skills, rendering her elegant sword performance. 🙏❤❤❤
- See her Changquan in the below link. 👇
ua-cam.com/video/AAvJucDR7wQ/v-deo.html
Thank you for this context and video link
@@kraptastic333 🥳🙏 and you will love her after following her progressive achievement. ❤❤❤
@@steventroy3923 🥳🙏 she is my idol too. I do Jian practice at home by myself, based on her wushu performances and postures. Happy to hear that you do the same. ❤
@@steventroy3923 ... By the way, Yi Li of CHINA is another super lady one. See her performance from the below link. 👇
ua-cam.com/video/CRb4-gdDDlo/v-deo.html
@@steventroy3923 🥳🙏 Lindswell Kwok is amazing too.
have you seen Double Jian performance before?
The below link is the Shuang Jian (Double Swords) performed by Fu Yang, a previous Wushu Champion of CHINA. She is one of the best wushu lady of which the VDOs I have ever watched for my self-study. 👇👇👇
ua-cam.com/video/ZtSbKeBssCE/v-deo.html
You guys have some of the coldest thumbnails
Would've liked to see them actually sparring.
Loving it 😍
This put a smile on my face. Good stuff ladies.
3:51 Awesome!
💗 your videos
1. 刺劍
2. 挽劍花
3. 風車 + 刺劍
劍指是為了平衡與瞄準敵人而攻擊
During the fight, the swordswoman can consider using the sword to stick to the ken like 떡볶이 and leverage against the sword to hit the opponent. That's what the wudang priests do in China.
I praticed Aikido during many years and I always surprised by these king of sword
Thank for this course
Wushu is a beautiful sport, but I wish there was a sport of Chinese swordsmanship with a focus on scored sparring rather than performance.
The Chinese Govt. would never allow it. That is why they created Wushu in the first place. They stripped all of the Combat training drills out.. and made it just a Choreographed acrobatics show... because the Chinese govt. doesnt want high level combat methods, in the hands of the Public "slave-class". There are d3athly fearful of the Lemmings forming a powerful Rebellion against them. This is why they attacked the Falun Gong practitioners... (and then stripped and sold their Organs on the black market.. when they realized that the practitioners organs were kind of "super-naturally Healthy" due to the practice of Falun Gong)
That said, once you learn an actual combat art.. you do not really care about "Sport"... because sports create Rules.. and rules prevent Combat Realism.
Putting your free hand with two fingers pointed is called " Hidden sword ". It's a way to make your internal power ( Chi ) to run through the blade as Chinese Martial arts heavily relly on Chi power to sustain their fighting techniques. This is a really traditional way of practicing chinese fencing. The wushu lady doesn't know about it because she only had be trained for artistic performances and didn't had access to traditional Kung Fu training. The sword itself is a light version of traditional chinese sword and can't be used for killing someone. Its design, with the flexible tip is make to allow fast flashy movements and producing sounds that make the tao more spectacular. Real Chinese Swords can't be move that fast because of their weight.
Awesome!
Watching this made me smile most of the way through, looks beautiful, but the girls where having light hearted fun.
Love the black outfit, does it have a specific name? Also this has been beautiful to watch.
Beautiful.
These women are beautiful, yet fierce!
So cool!!!! I have so many questions. Like can they see the blade when she moves it fast? And how is she keeping track of how it moves as it moves?
That sword flexes like tin foil. Reminds me of the Indian sword/whip.
Interesting to see that moulinet developed independently with this sword style as well as sabre.
I wish I understood modern fencing and saber martial arts enough to understand. Do you have a preferred video to illustrate your meaning?
also, do you recommend any videos or resources for an outside martial artist to get acquainted with the art?
@@kraptastic333 The moulinet is basically a circular "swing" of the blade coming largely from the wrist while the weapon is held in front of you. It lets you attack while keeping your blade between you and your opponent's blade.
It's less of a feature of modern fencing, but you can see it in historical fencing like this, ua-cam.com/video/n5w2Mh6CyXo/v-deo.html
Very nice, excellent video 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
I grew up watching these styles and I swear I've never seen the head spasm shown by the dudes
FLAWLESS VICTORY LOL Thank you both young ladies
the mind, the soul, idea, intended, ignorance, health, pride, dream, stray, impatient, fear, serious attitude, life, use reason so you can live for yourself
amazing!
the way she controls that sword its like a Bull whip . Thats Some Awesome Focus.
this is the coolest thing ever
We want more!
Looks fantastic
Great respect🇰🇷 and good luck 👏 🕊️
Friend of mine used to call this the "wushu Cuisinart". Scary good
Seo is incredibly fast! Amazing! ❤❤❤
The 2 most adorable badasses. 😁
Bonfire ! AMAZING
For girls everything is just a beautiful dance. Their mind is so unique.
Nice shifu🥰❤👏
Such elegance. Both of them. Still a dream to learn martial arts. One of the reason why I want to visit and stay in Japan\China\South Korea\..
Perhaps one day.
すげえ…。
That sword's whipping sound means it must hurt a lot
Skilled warriors... and kawaii!
Wushu does look very dance like and probably impractical for actual fighting situations, but it seems quite difficult to master, as the moves are more complicated.
3:29 ("Makankosappo!")
I can't understand anything except for the english translation but I really liked the topic and the style of the video. ✨
And if course you, guys.🌸🌟😍
that must be fun
if you went into battle doing this, it really would not end well. this is not fighting. this is dancing.
Great Infinite Legend
I must respect the skill it requires to do what she does... she has absolutely earned all of her titles fair and the routines are breathtaking to watch.. .
...But lets be honest its 98% dancing with a piece of metal and 2% sword combat skills.
And what of it. People want to pursue excellence in all sorts of different things, including dance. Which is highly athletic.
That blade can cut. So that "dance" routine is basically a defensive move as it's tailor made to defend against multiple opponents into not attacking.
She is real life Shinobu
I'm curious if that sword could parry anything heavier than a similar style of sword. It seems like a neat and fast style but I'm really excited to see a sparing between kendo and wushu breakdown!
Its not a sparring weapon, its a civilian weapon. They are fashioned from jians, which are shaped the same but rigid. They were used with a shield on the battle field much like an arming sword with a buckler. These swords are bendy because of the snap that they provide which indication of speed and power.
@@thinhsuynhuoc makes sense. The snap does sound cool.
And actual combat jian would be significantly stiffer and heavier, but hte same techniuqes would be used an work pretty well since you are deflecting an redirecting instead of dead stopping.
Very nice but i cant get over that woobly sword how effective is it against another sword type wont it break down or something ?
Wushu is a beautiful art.
And deadly in hands of some dedicated Shaolin Warrior Monks.
imagine getting smacked by that sword lol ima cry like dog
Come on ladies, do part 2!
4:15
That perfect dodge was CRAZY
awesome
So fun!