Eighteen weapons(shí bā bān bīng qì)

Eighteen weapons

Eighteen kinds of weapons generally refer to a variety of skills, and their contents are different in different periods. Its name was first found in Yuanqu.

Some people in modern opera circles call them 18 weapons: sword, spear, sword, halberd, axe, Tomahawk, hook, fork, whip, mace, hammer, Ge, Ku, cudgel, Shuo, cudgel, spear and rake.

Later evolution, also known as 18 kinds of martial arts, 18 kinds of martial arts, refers to the ability to use 18 kinds of weapons, also refers to a variety of martial arts.

Eighteen kinds of weapons are the symbols of Chinese martial arts and weapons. Folk legend has it that Xiang Yu and Lu Bu were masters in ancient times. Since the Qing Dynasty, there have been four versions of the eighteen martial arts

(1) It refers to "knife, gun, sword, boring, stick, fork, rake, whip, mace, hammer, axe, hook, sickle, pickpocket, crutch, bow and arrow, rattan".

(2) The arrangement is the same as (1), but the last three become: Dai, Chi and GONGYA.

(3) It means "nine long and nine short". The nine lengths are: spear, halberd, stick, Yue, fork, boring, hook, Shuo and ring; the nine lengths are: knife, sword, crutch, axe, whip, mace, hammer, stick and pestle.

(4) It refers to 18 kinds of weapons, such as sword, spear, sword, halberd, axe, Tomahawk, hook, fork, whip, mace, hammer, grab, Cuan, Cuan, Shuo, Cuan, Guai and meteor hammer. (easy to remember: swords, spears, swords, halberds, axes, tomahawks, hooks, forks, sticks, whips, maces and hammers)

Note: (3) the bow and arrow of long-range weapons and the card or rattan of defensive weapons are not listed in the table, which is a reflection of the fact that modern Wushu practitioners are not good at learning bow and arrow and only teach routine.

gun

The sword

Halberd

Axe

Yue

hook

fork

Whip

Mace

hammer

I

Oh

stick

I'm sorry

stick

turn

meteor

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