單刀法選 Chinese Longsword Ancient Techniques (Part 2)

This is an interpretation of the fighting stances 6, 7 and 8 from the ancient Chinese Longsword manual, 單刀法選 (Dan Dao Fa Xuan). During the Ming Dynasty, the Chinese fought with the Japanese pirates. This ancient manual was written and drawn during that period by 程宗猷 (Cheng Zong You), who learnt from 刘雲峰 (Liu Yun Feng). Liu, learnt Japanese swordsmanship, Kenjutsu, directly from the Japanese during that time. This ancient manual teaches techniqu