TIGER SWORD SCHOOL Chinese Military Saber
The art of the sword has enjoyed a glorious past, its future is uncertain. The TIGER SWORD SCHOOL offers instruction in the rare art of Chinese Military Saber, a complete Chinese sword fighting system. Authorities on Chinese weaponry consider the Chinese Military Saber as the last TRUE WAR SWORD. TIGER SWORD SCHOOL Chinese Military Saber consist an advanced ranking system from beginner to instructor. Hard and soft, as well as fast and slow moves are interwoven into a rich tapestry of techniques used to attack, defend, counter, deceive, entrap and evade an enemy.
Modern times have hindered people from martial arts like sword training for many. The firearm has been substituted for the sword. This has shown people a different path, one that has promoted a belief that sword techniques have no practical value anymore. In turn many teachers have left this world and not passed on the teachings of the blade to a new generation. Those teachers and systems which remain realize that proficiency in sword and the techniques they employ requires much time, patience, and practice, and today there are few people willing to exert the energy necessary to learn the respective martial art of the Chinese sword. But those who do have found not only an excellent way to exercise or the principles to live life outside of their training, but a historical connection to a time of the ancient warrior. Something a gun, video game, or football game cannot provide.
Martial arts training in Chinese Swordsmanship, preserves historical practices and ideas and also enables practitioners to develop self-defense skills while applying true self-defense principles whilst enriching their overall practice of martial arts in general. The practice of TIGER SWORD SCHOOL Chinese Military Saber is often used as advanced training in order to enhance and improve skills such as balance, extension, centralization, fajing, etc. In In addition to these important benefits, TIGER SWORD SCHOOL Chinese Military Saber and other weapons training were first and foremost a practical combative system and remain so today. This system is practical as part of contemporary self-defense training because the skills developed can be applied to other short range hand-to hand combat weapons usage (sticks, knives, or other implements), and/or defense against such weapons if they are encountered. Furthermore, performing TIGER SWORD SCHOOL Chinese Military Saber or the empty-handed forms of The Way Tai Chi System© with the proper spirit requires a firm grounding in the martial technique, application, and concepts.
The training and ranking in TIGER SWORD SCHOOL Chinese Military Saber are arranged in ascending order of difficulty. The first one emphasizes foundation skills, focusing on fundamental sword work, stable stances, balanced postures, and more evenly paced directional shifts with the appropriate footwork. The advanced ranking requirements consist of more complex sequencing and include bayonet and hand to hand combatives. What sets TIGER SWORD SCHOOL swordsmanship apart from other styles are the unique and effective ways the techniques are integrated and then executed. TIGER SWORD SCHOOL Chinese Military Saber moves are known for being effective, powerful, fluid, dynamic and profound.
Historical references to Chinese Military Saber date back to the second Sino-Japanese War and carries an important and significant history with it. The sword has been long forgotten by most formal sword schools but it has been resurrected by the TIGER SWORD SCHOOL and recognized internationally. The Chinese Military Big-Saber 大刀 (Da Dao) was made famous by the 29th Army of the Chinese Nationalist Army fighting against the Japanese invaders during the 1930s. Legend has it that it's so effective that heads could be cut off effortlessly. The 29th Army fought and held their position for 7 days and 7 nights at Xifengkou, killing 3000 enemies with 20 of the elite Chinese soldiers of the 大刀隊 (Da Dao Dui) "Big-Saber Contingent" surviving out of the original 500.
Chinese swordsmanship encompasses a variety of sword fighting styles native to China. And no Chinese system teaches swordsmanship exclusively (as is the case with modern sword styles such as fencing kenjutsu, iado, or kendo); many eclectic schools of Chinese martial arts include instruction for using one or two-handed versions of the single-edged sword (dao) and the double-edged sword (jian). The TIGER SWORD SCHOOL Chinese Military Saber takes the famed dadao and has formalized its training into a unique system, the like of which have not been publically made since the second Sino-Japanese War.
Be part of the TIGER SWORD SCHOOL Chinese Military Saber through its weekly training and/or seminars and be proud to wear the red sash.
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