Chinese Martial Arts. From Antiquity to the Twenty-First Century
finds of this form of weapon have lengths between 85 and 114 centimeters.^30 The advantage of the single-edged sword was that th ...
dynasty. Arrows or quarrels for the crossbows increasingly shifted to steel heads, demonstrating greater production of steel and ...
a long sword. No weapon had an absolute advantage over another, of course, but each had a set of strengths and weaknesses that i ...
4 The Six Dynasties The Six Dynasties period, running from the fall of the Han dynasty to rise of the Sui ( 589 β 618 ) and Tang ...
This was not a simple matter of Chinese armies learning how tofight steppe armies, or steppe armies learning how tofight Chinese ...
in the martial skills of both steppe and sedentary society. Intermarriage with Chinese elites created a hybrid martial culture t ...
working for the Chinese regime as a bulwark against steppe aggression and for internal security. In 311 , however, the Xiongnu s ...
the general understanding of a historical period derives from itsfictional depiction rather than its historical records. While w ...
accomplished martial artists and poets. But most of the sympathies of thefictional account lay with the state of Shu, where Liu ...
Halberds in all shapes and sizes were still used by many famous warriors during the Three Kingdoms period, however, including on ...
enemy when he and his horsemen charged their ranks.^13 Perhaps the most famous account of a skilled spearman, however, is the st ...
training and his enjoyment of riding and shooting, he remained healthy and vigorous. He regularly shot at targets a hundred pace ...
made it less and less effective. The attachment of the aristocratic class to heavy cavalry as a system of martial arts and warfa ...
used on the battlefield, paired with a shield. Straight, double-edged swords, or long swords (as I have designated them in this ...
use wooden long swords in place of long swords and swords.β^25 The Jinshuaccount of the same issue is slightly more detailed:βIn ...
While weaponry changed, unarmed fighting techniques remained important. Wrestling competitions were still held, in some parts of ...
wherein women practiced martial arts. Steppe women trained to ride and shoot were able to lead troops in battle, as some did, an ...
was preserved, expanded, and elaborated upon into the twentieth century. It has also jumped cultures into popular modern Western ...
In the eastern market she bought a steed, At the western a saddle and cloth; In the southern market she bought a bridle, At the ...
Gao Huan himself exemplified thefluidity of family and culture. Gao was descended from a Chinese family, grew up on the frontier ...
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