Wudang Swordmanship 13 Techniques 武當劍法十三勢
Wudang Swordsmanship 13 techniques (武當劍法十三勢)are introduced by “Magic Sword” General Li JingLin (李景林) in 1920s. General Li met and learnt Wudang Swordsmanship from a Wudang Sword Master Song WeiYi (宋唯一)from 1922. Ji(Strike), Ci(Stab), Ge(Block), Xi(Wash) are four main techniques in the original Wudang sword techniques which is taught by master Song WeiYi.
General Li JingLin introduced these swords techniques to his soldiers, after he created his swordsmanship company(劍術連) in the army. General Li also invited other swordsmanship teachers such as Xing Yi Master Sun LuTang, Bagua Zhang Master Jia QiShen to his swordsmanship company as an adviser. From numerous sword sparring and experiments inside the swordsmanship company in the army, general Li and his crews extracted and analysed the practice movements. They developed 13 main techniques and called “Wudang swordsmanship 13 techniques (Wudang Jian Fa Shi San Shi)”
This clip shows how the movement look like and application base on wudang sword techniques in “The Major Methods of Wudang Sword“ by Huang Yuan Xiou (武當劍法大要- 黃元秀) Free english translation is available in this site:
武當劍法十三勢
武當劍法十三勢
武當劍法十三勢 由“神劍“李景林 將軍於1920年代推廣開來,。李景林 將軍於1922年向 武當劍傳人 宋唯一 習得 “武當劍法“。之後 李景林在軍中成立“劍術連 “把武當劍術授與部下,當中更邀請了劍術名家如孫祿堂, 賈岐山等作顧問。李景林在“劍術連“ 中與其部下在不斷以劍對打及實驗中, 抽取實用技法, 並共同研究出劍術實用方法。 在原來武當劍法 中“撃,格,洗 ,刺 “ 四母劍之基礎上, 整理出劍法十三勢。稱之為武當劍法十三勢。
以下影片是我們試演 。參考自“武當劍法大要“ 黃元秀 著一書
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