[QUOTE=David Jamieson;1280411]
These aren’t spearmen, they are pikemen.
these fellas were used to keep cavalry from getting at the archers mostly. :)[/QUOTE]
90% of real chinese spear is pike
[QUOTE=David Jamieson;1280411]
These aren’t spearmen, they are pikemen.
these fellas were used to keep cavalry from getting at the archers mostly. :)[/QUOTE]
What those pikemen are holding are closer to Chinese spears than what 98% of CMA schools use when they “train” spears.
My original point stands.
There are no subtitles, but none are needed to enjoy all the different kinds of practice in traditional weapons practice shown in this video. I’ll have more to discuss about this video but it is my bedtime. 
Many moves are end moves.
In order to make them continue to flow, we have to modify them.
Over time, it may become bad habits.
It is always better to drill a few moves rather than many and many moves in one big routine.
:eek:
So, in the video I posted before, you’ll notice the different kinds of practices: solo line drills, partner line drills, live sparring, formal 2 person kata, and a long 2 person form. In most CMA schools, the partner line drills, formal 2 person techniques, and the sparring are all absent. The 2 person forms in TCMA are almost always performed with an amazing lack of precision, power, or even the faintest sense of distance. This video is labeled as “Advanced” on youtube:
A few years ago I took a set of eight techniques from Yinshougun, turned them into a set of formal 2 person techniques, developed some associated drills, and defined a sparring rule set. I chose Yinshougun because several of my sanda classmates also knew the set. My sanda coaches was impressed, but the traditional wushu guys at the sports school were not. It really says a lot about CMA when the “modern” guys are actually more traditional than the “traditional” guys.
2 man forms can be taken apart.
We practice partner A. We then practice partner B.
After a while, we may have a partner to practice either as A or B.
In shuai jiao, you practice only a few moves and end with a throw or being thrown.
The long forms are not needed except for show and tell.
[QUOTE=SPJ;1280493]2 man forms can be taken apart.
The long forms are not needed except for show and tell.
:)[/QUOTE]
Now that I agree to.
Regards,
KC
Hong Kong
Kendo lightsabers
Xingyi’s Ahn she n Pao form is a two man form and the only two man sparring form in the style consisting of five moves in repetition between partners. I must say that until I practiced it I had no real grasp of how to effectively fight my teacher and the combination of attacking and continuous footwork were brought together. It is really a genius form in that it really “programs” you to move, strike, block, and evade. After practicing it at full speed for a time I was able to more effectively free spar (which was basically non sequenced execution of the form) with him and also with other people not in my style. When I first met my teacher and sparred with him he made a mockery of my efforts to engage him. After much practice in the two man form it became much easier but still required practice in free sparring to fully realize. I don’t think without the 2 man form I would have ever grasped it though.