World Of Swords

People are always asking me questions about the various Martial Arts Weapons. Why are they odd shaped and does a person use them? What's the best Weapon in Aikido, or Kenpo, or jujitsu, or whatever.

The truth of this matter of sharp and shiny things is expressed in a concept so simple that most people never really figure it out. There is, you see, an easy way to understand what the swords and knives and things are, and this will give intuitive grasp as to how they are used. That simple notion is...geometry.

A killing implement, no matter what the shape, is generally based on the idea of a straight line. The simplest and most basic straight line is a pole. The pole is designed for two specific things, poking and bashing.

Fix a knife to the tip of the staff and you have a spear. Decorations, grips, or whatever, this is just a pole with a sharp end. It is great for bashing of a delicate sort, and plain, old, simple poking.

Cut that pole in two and sharpen it up a bit and you have a sword. A Chinese Tai Chi Chuan sword, commonly called a Jian, when you think about it, is a rather lengthy knitting needle. You can use the tip for extended and rather delicate bashing, as of the throat, or you can just poke with it.

Put a bend on that Jian, thicken it up a it, and you have a samurai sword. Or a cutlass or some other type of thick sword. Good for poking, but bashing is more suited to the thicker tool.

Shorten the sword, shrink it down a bit, and you have a knife. Good for poking and Close Quarter bashing, if the guy is within arm's reach. Easily hidden, great for opening boxes or prying lids, and swell for playing matador with that mugger who tries to take your wallet, grab your wife, invade your home, and so on.

So, knife to sword to pole to even gun...there is a line that defines the tool. The line can be hinged not at all or many times, or handled with little hand grips (a tonfa) poking out the side, and so on. And the the ultimate geometry of all martial arts weapons is making the decision as to whether the shape of the tool best supports poking or bashing.

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Martial Art, Qigong and Buddhism and Taoism are closely related. This is why in the trainings of martial art or qigong, there are a lot of teachings originated from Buddhism and Taoism. This fact is rejected by many people. Atheists think that religions are merely philosophies or worldviews. For believers, due to the lack of knowledge about the principles and nature of qigong, disbelieve that there are any actual relations between martial art and Buddhism.

Martial art and qigong students can feel the close relation between them and Eastern religions. First, the principle behind is the same. Second, many of the training methods came from the three religions. Third, students can progress quicker by meditating the philosophies of the three religions. From the above, it's easy to see that qigong and these religions are closely related. Among them, Confucianism has the least involvement in qigong.

What is the reason behind the connection between martial art or qigong and the three religions? A study of the natural history would give a satisfying answer but it will not touch the core of the problem. The connection and the purpose are supernatural. The key of them is in the spiritual background. In conclusion, we believe that the spiritual background of both martial arts and eastern religions are the devil.

Eastern Religions are designed to lead people to somewhere. And qigong is designed to lead people to the same place. And that is the purpose of the devil.

We know that the purpose of religions is to help human to know 'god' and to get to 'god'. Human being has natural tendancy to worship God. This is programmed in the human spirit by God. The purpose of the devil is to stop human from knowing the one true God. It wants the human race to leave God and worship it. Therefore, the devil created all kinds of religions to deceive people to believe and worship evil spirits.

No one can know God if God didn't reveal Himself. God gave grace and reveal Himself with one book - the Bible. Before Jesus, God had a covenant with the Israelite and used the Old Testament Bible to prophesied about the coming savior. And then Jesus came; he died for all sinners and was raised from the dead. From now on all people on earth can have a good relationship with God through Christ Jesus. This is the Christianity.

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In the 50s of the 19th century, the world didn't know anything about Tai Chi Kung Fu before the grand master Yeung taught Tai Chi in Beijing. The Tai Chi system he taught was called the Chan's Tai Chi. In the 30s of the 20th century, the famous master Chan was invited to teach Tai Chi in Beijing. His kung fu was so good and personality so kind that people called him the Tai Chi Man.

During that time there were some people practicing Ng's Tai Chi in Beijing and were quite famous. They heard about master Chan and his skills, so they invited him for some cultural exchange and sharing. After they greeted each other, they invited Master Chan to show them his Taichi routines. Master Chan did not refuse and immediately started doing his routines. After that he was leaving.

Everyone else were assuming an hour for the observation but turn out he finished in a little bit more than 10 minutes. They marveled at how powerful and quick master Chan's moves were and started discussing. Some said he was too fast which is not correct according to traditional Tai Chi theory. But the Master Lau knew that although he did the moves fast, they were executed in smooth circle motions and although there were releasing of power, he remained relaxed. He was very humble and decided to learn Tai Chi under Chan.

Among the people who studied Tai Chi from master Chan was Hung. Hung learn the best of Chan's technique and even improved it. Hung called the improved system the 'Chan's Practical Tai Chi'. Hung is one of the most influential people in the Tai Chi history.

One of the most important Tai Chi move is called the King Kong Pounding. It is actually the starting move of the first routine. In 1957, Hung went to Beijing and visited Chan. In the mean time, he asked whether the King Kong Pounding move can be used to handle attacks directly. Chan gave a positive answer. Later Hung change the move a little bit. The move is executed by raising right hand to contact opponent's coming right straight punch with forearm. Left hand twists internally and places in front to avoid elbow attacks.

Chan had experiences using the move in real situations. When Chan was living in his home town, the town was disturbed by robber's activities. The governors tried to hire martial artists to guard the town. One of them was Chan. One day another martial artist knew that a Tai Chi master was joining them. He went to challenge Chan. He was sitting on chair and smoking in the house during that time. The martial artist directly came in front of Chan and threw a punch at his chest. Chan immediately stand up but the punch had almost arrived on his body. He executed the King Kong Pounding move. He touched the man's wrist with his right hand and once he stretched his fingers, the man was bounced back and fell on the ground.

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