II.
THE MEDIEVAL WEAPONS
2 - The Edged-Arms
The Two Matched Swords Fencing Art
(Kiếm-Thuật Song-KIếm)
双劍劍術
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As the Two Matched Swords include several various categories, they are respectively divided into mumerous different Fencing Arts :
1) - The Fencing Art concerning the Two Matched Sword with Single Edge ;
2) - The Fencing Art concerning the Two Matched Sword with Dual Edge ;
3) - The Fencing Art concerning the Two Matched Sword holding Two Tassel Tiebacks (Tuệ-Kiếm 彗 劍) ;
4) - The Fencing Art concerning the Two Matched Sword having No Tassel Tiebacks ..
« Steel Two Matched Swords » Blades with Single Edge,
and having a Raised Pointe (Câu-Kiếm-Phong 鉤 劍 鋒),
with Ricasso in " V " shaped, specific from Đại-Việt.
(Photo Credit : Bình-Định Sa-Long-Cương France)
« Steel Two Matched Swords » Blades with Two Edges,
having separated individual Scabbard.
(Đại-Việt - circa 18~19 centuries).
(Photo Credit : Gavin Nugent, swordsantiqueweapons.com)
« Steel Two Matched Swords » with Dual Edge,
and having no Sword Pendants with Tassel,
arranging opposite each other in the same scabbard
with stylized character Longevity Thọ 夀
engraved on the pommel and the scabbard,
according to the specific decoration from Việt-Nam.
Việt-Nam - 19th century
NGUYỄN Dynasty (1802–1945)
(Photo Credit : Gavin Nugent, swordsantiqueweapons.com)
« Steel Two Matched Swords » with Dual Edge,
arranging opposite each other in the same scabbard
and having Short Double Tassel Tiebacks.
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(Re-Enactment by WLE Enterprises).
Fencer Student from Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts
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Fencer Student from Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts
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The intimate relation and the obvious correspondance between the Fencing Art and the Sword lead us to the necessity to have the possibilty of studying the Fencing Art compatible with the Category of the used Sword. When we execute a Codified Sequence and that the tassel tiebacks twist our hands, that is our Fencing Art is nots compatible with the Category of the used Sword ; or in other words : we don't know using the Category of Sword holding tassel tiebacks (Tuệ-Kiếm 彗 劍)...
In nowadays, we see that the Martial Tradition from Đại-Việt consisting in teaching to young girls and woumen the Fencing Art of the Double Matched Sword is partly preserved but the training for the Fencing Art of Double MAtched Sword is not suitable for Codified Séquences of the Double Matched Sword handed down by the Ancients. The reason is the lack of Pedagogy in an athentic Fencing Art from a School System of Battlefields Martial.
(To be continued...)
Committee of TRỊNH Quang Thắng. |
- Discussion about the Sword
- Discussion about the Unique Sword Fencing
- Discussion about the Unique Sword Wielding
- Discussion about the Two Matched Swords
- Discussion about the Two Matched Sword Fencing
- Discussion about the Two Matched Swords Wielding
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