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Episode Synopsis
The Martial Email: Martial Style vs Practical Technique
If your intent is to practice using your Jian, as a weapon, which according to Chen Weiming, is to use it for striking and stabbing, then your assessment would appear to be correct. That the extension of the forefinger is to give the practitioner performance for a presentation, as compared to the intent of using it as a weapon.
In This Podcast:
Using a Long Staff as a Tool : Video With Ando Mierzwa
https://youtu.be/lLDaxU9bDa0
1928
TaiJi Sword Manual : Brennan Translation
https://brennantranslation.wordpress.com/2012/12/22/yang-style-taiji-sword/
If your intent is to practice using your Jian, as a weapon, which according to Chen Weiming, is to use it for striking and stabbing, then your assessment would appear to be correct. That the extension of the forefinger is to give the practitioner performance for a presentation, as compared to the intent of using it as a weapon.
In This Podcast:
Using a Long Staff as a Tool : Video With Ando Mierzwa
https://youtu.be/lLDaxU9bDa0
1928
TaiJi Sword Manual : Brennan Translation
https://brennantranslation.wordpress.com/2012/12/22/yang-style-taiji-sword/
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