Tai Chi Sword International Combined 42 Form Manual

Description

Following the creation of the 42-Step International Combined Bare-hands Routine, the Chinese Martial Arts Research Institute organised a panel of experts to create a Tai Chi Sword International Competition Routine. This was completed in 1991 as the 42-Step Taijijian Routine (taijijian being the modern Pinyin way of writing the name of this routine). This international Combined 42-Step Sword Form incorporates elements of Yang-style, Wu-style, Chen-style and other styles of taiji sword as well as Wudang Taiji Sword.

A leading member of this panel of experts was Professor Kan Gui Xiang of the Beijing University of Physical Education, one of China’s most respected Chen-style teachers. Si Gung Charles Tsui-Po and Sifu Di Logan studied the 42-Step Taijijian Routine directly under Professor Kan shortly after it was first published.

Sifu Di took part in a demonstration event of this routine at the World Wushu Championships in Rome, 1997. Since then, a number of Golden Lion students have competed with this routine at both national and international levels, and achieved wide acclaim for their performances.

Included in this workbook are:

The history and significance of the Jian, Chinese Straight Sword
The history of the 42-Step tai chi Sword Routine
The parts of the Straight Sword
The techniques essential for successful application of the Straight Sword
Detailed written instructions complete with 150 photographs of Sifu Di Logan demonstrating each of the individual movements of the 42 Sword Form
Each technique is taught and shown in an easy-to-learn way.

Tai Chi Sword in 42 Forms (42 Techniques)

International Combined 42 Straight Sword Form Workbook

Below is a list of the 42 forms (techniques) you will learn in this International Combined 42 Sword Form Workbook. It is taught in four sections to help you learn it.