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Weapons of Wushu
There are seven
different routines in the modern Wushu contemporary weapon forms. The first four are northern style
weapon routines (belonging to ´Chang Quan´, meaning ´Long Fist Boxing´) :
- Dao
Shu = Broad Sword Play
- Gun
Shu = Stick Play
- Jian
Shu = Straight Sword Play
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Qiang Shu = Spear Play
Then there are
two routines in the southern style of weapon routines (belonging to ´Nan Quan´,
meaning ´Southern Fist Boxing´) :
- Nan
Dao = Southern Sword
- Nan
Gun = Southern Stick
Finally there is one in
the soft style :
The majority of
routines used in the sport are new, modernized recompilations of traditional
routines. However, routines taken directly from traditional styles, including
the styles that are not part of standard events, may be performed in competition,
especially in China. These routines generally do not garner as many points as
their modern counterparts, and are performed in events separate from the
compulsory routine events. Among these, the more commonly seen weapon-routines
include:
- Changsuijian (長穗劍)
- Long-Tasseled Sword
- Shuangshoujian (雙手劍)
- Two-Handed Sword
- Jiujiebian (九節鞭)
- Nine Section Whip
- Sanjiegun (三節棍)
- Three Section Staff
- Shengbiao (繩鏢)
- Rope Dart
- Dadao (大刀)
- Great Sword
- Pudao (撲刀)
- Pu Sword
- Emeici (峨嵋刺)
- Emei Daggers
- Shuangdao (雙刀)
- Double Broadsword
- Shuangjian (雙劍)
- Double Sword
- Shuangbian (雙鞭)
- Double Nine Section Whips
- Shuanggou (雙鈎)
- Double Hooksword
To find out more about these weapons
you can look in the section about kung fu, for we have tried to divide modern
wushu and the more traditional ´kung-fu´ styles...
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