Basic action characteristics of Wudang sword's eighteen styles

The basic action characteristics of Wudang sword eighteen styles are as follows:

First, the characteristics of internal and external combination:

Internal Mind Skill: Wudang Sword Eighteen Styles pay attention to internal mind skill to drive swordsmanship, pay attention to internal cultivation, be calm, and rest for a long time.

External performance: The swordsmanship is a soft and agile external form, with smooth and steady movements, and pays attention to driving the sword potential with internal force.

Second, combine rigidity with softness:

Flexible posture: the flexible posture is integrated into the action, paying attention to the stretching and softness of the body, making the sword posture more smooth and natural.

Stiffness and strength: The sword posture also combines the characteristics of rigidity and strength, and it has a certain degree of straightness and strength in action, showing the strong side of Wudang Wushu.

Third, smooth and changeable:

Coherent action: Wudang sword eighteen styles emphasize the coherence of the whole set of actions, and the movements are connected smoothly and naturally, forming a coherent swordsmanship process.

Variety: The swordsmanship incorporates many changes, such as attack, defense, advance and retreat, which are rich and varied and technically difficult.

IV. Connotation and concept:

Internal strength of mind: in fencing, paying attention to calmness and controlling the sword with intention reflects Wu Tangmen's emphasis on inner cultivation and mind cultivation.

Taiji thought: Wudang swordsmanship is integrated with Taiji philosophy, emphasizing the principle of combining rigidity with softness, dissolving opponents' strength and pursuing the principle of turning small into big.

Five, the coordination of posture and fencing:

Flexible posture: the movement incorporates the transformation and transfer of posture, paying attention to the coordination and flexibility of the body.

Precision of swordsmanship: the sword is accurate and powerful, paying attention to the accuracy and precision of swordsmanship, and completing exquisite swordsmanship movements with posture.

The Eighteen Styles of Wudang Sword is a set of swordsmanship with both rigidity and softness, both internal and external, and rich connotation. It emphasizes peace of mind, cultivation of internal strength, pursuit of softness and rigidity, and pays attention to Taiji philosophy, which embodies the profound connotation and superb technology of Wudang Wushu. Learning and practicing the eighteen styles of Wudang sword requires unremitting cultivation in order to understand its mystery and embody its essence and depth in practice.