Taijiquan Jian, T'ai Chi Ch'uan Chien (Gim)
The Double-Edged Straight Chinese Steel Sword
Lately, I have been doing research and writing about the Classical Yang Taiji Sword Form. My work is shared on the following webpages:
”Classical Tai Chi Chuan Sword, Taijiquan Jian 55 in the Yang Style: Comparison of Names for the 55 Movements.” Green Way Research, Red Bluff, California, January 2008. By Michael P. Garofalo. This document includes a detailed listing of the names/descriptions of the 55 movements of the Classical Taijiquan Straight Sword Form in the Yang Style of Taijiquan. This document includes names/descriptions of each movement in English, Romanized Chinese (Pinyin and/or Wade Giles), Chinese characters, Spanish, French, German, and Japanese. The document includes source citations and a bibliography. In PDF format, print only, 225Kb, 33 pages:
Webpage: http://www.egreenway.com/taichichuan/Classical Taijiquan Yang Sword Form 55 List Detailed.pdf
Classical Tai Chi Sword, List of Movements, Yang Style, 55 Movements, Valley Spirit Taijiquan List, Simple List, 2 pages
Webpage: http://www.egreenway.com/taichichuan/Classical Taijiquan Yang Sword Form 55 List Simple.pdf
Classical Taiji Sword - Yang Style Taijiquan. By Mike Garofalo. This webpage includes a bibliography, links, media resources, detailed and simple lists of the movements in the long Yang Taiji sword form (55 movements), history, 13 sword techniques, comparison with the 32 Taiji sword form, and quotations. 105 Kb.
Webpage: http://www.egreenway.com/taichichuan/sword55.htm
Hi Mike,
ReplyDeleteYou gave really fantastic information on the Yang sword forms, thanks a lot for your great research work, it is very helpful.
I am currently learning a Yang sword form which was introduced by Huang Xingxian (Huang Sheng Shyan) and is now taught by Wee Kee Jin and his disciples which consists of 108 movements. Where does this fit in? It is Yang style but I do not find any references on the Web. Can you help with information?
Elvira
Elvira,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the positive feedback.
I do not know about he sword form introduced by Huang Xingxian (Huang Sheng Shyan).
There is a tendency among Yang practitioners to make forms fit the 108 number. You see that in the long Yang hand form. 108 has significance in the Buddhist mala (rosary).
Best wishes,
Mike