10th All China Games

10th All China Games

Qiang (qīang,槍) is the Chinese term for spear. Due to its relative ease of manufacture, the spear in many variations was one of the most ubiquitous weapons of the pre-modern Chinese battlefield. It is known as one of the four major weapons, along with the staff, saber, and the sword, called in this group "The King of Weapons". Image File history File links Qiang_10_all_china_games. ... Image File history File links Qiang_10_all_china_games. ... Image File history File links Gun_10_all_china_games. ... Image File history File links Gun_10_all_china_games. ... Hunting spear and knife, from Mesa Verde National Park. ... The Chinese word gun (棍 pinyin gùn) refers to a long Chinese staff weapon. ... Chinese Saber Dao (Chinese: 刀; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: tao1) is a category of single-edge Chinese swords primarily used for slashing and chopping (sabers), often called broadswords in English because some varieties have wide blades. ... Jian (Chinese: 劍 Pinyin jiàn, Wade-Giles chien4, Cantonese IPA: , Cantonese Jyutping: gim3, Korean geom, Japanese ken, Vietnamese kiếm) is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. ...

Common features of the Chinese spear are the leaf shaped blade and red horse-hair tassle lashed just below. When the spear is moving quickly, the addition of the tassle aids in blurring the vision of the opponent so that it is more difficult for them to grab the spear they are being attacked with behind the point. The tassle also served another purpose, to stop the flow of blood from the blade getting to the wooden shaft (the blood would make it slippery or sticky when dried). The length varied from around 7 feet (2 meters) long, commonly used by infantry, increasing up to the length of 13 feet (4 meters) favoured by cavalry. Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers or marines who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units. ... Cavalry is also a common misspelling of the Biblical hill Calvary. ...

Many Chinese martial arts feature spear training in their curriculum. The conditioning provided by spear technique is seen as invaluable and in many styles it is the first weapons training introduced to students. Moreover, some schools of empty handed fighting in China credit spear technique as their foundation, notably Xingyiquan and Bajiquan. A sparring form of Shaolinquan, an external style of Chinese martial arts, being demonstrated at Daxiangguo Monastery in Kaifeng, Henan. ... Xingyiquan is one of the three major internal Chinese martial arts—the other two being Taijiquan and Baguazhang—and is characterised by aggressive, seemingly linear movements and explosive power. ... Bājíquán (八極拳, literally eight extremes fist) is a style of Chinese martial art that features explosive, short range power and is famous for its elbow strikes. ...