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Posted by Mauro Sgroi --Previous Message--
on May 25, 2006, 4:55 am, in reply to "Re: Dai Shi short sword"
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Hi Karl,
thanks a lot for the details.
I'm studyng Xin Yi with a disciple of George Xu (Yu Hua Long's student), and I'm in doubt if to buy the Dai Family VCDs...
I don't know if this material is very different from what I'm currently doing..
Mauro.
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: Dear Jarek,
: thanks a lot for the clarification.
: Best regards,
: Mauro.
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: --Previous Message--
: Emei Ci is definitively not a sword.
: It has a completely different blade,
: which I would compare to a mace
: rather than sword. The story says it
: is a spearhead, and the idea is to
: learn how to use it when your spear
: gets broken.
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: Using a long sword instead of Emei
: Ci would give the practitioner
: completely different (wrong) feeling
: that has nothing to do with original
: idea of the weapon. So IMO no, you
: cannot use a sword instead of Emei
: Ci.
:
: Jarek
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: --Previous Message--
: Did anyone see the VCD by Duan
: Shuqi,
: Mu Jinqiao, Wang Jianhui about Dai
: Xin Yi short sword?
: Do you thinks that also a
: "normal" 32" long
: sword can be used to perform the
: forms and techniques there
: described?
: Thanks and best regards,
: Mauro Sgroi.
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: Hi Mauro and Jarek,
: First, I really like the Dai VCD's.
: They remind me of the best of the Ba
: Gua I learned in China, particularly
: the single-movement practice. I
: learned a bit of some spear work
: from both Bagua and Baji folks, and
: can attest to the similarity of the
: material presented in the VCD and
: how I was taught to use a spear by
: 'choking-up' to use a bit of
: American slang, to get my hand near
: the business end of the weapon. I
: always thought of the Emei Ci as
: something akin to the Roman short
: swort, Persian Qama, or broad bladed
: Russian kindjial. I like to work
: with these shorter weapons and find
: them a nice fit. Windlass
: steelcrafts makes a decent Qama
: whose dimensions are pretty close.
: Anyway, have fun.
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