What are the basic sword styles of the Wudang Sword handed down by Li Jinglin?

The Thirteen Stances of Wudang Sword Technique refers to the 13 basic sword styles of Wudang Sword handed down by Li Jinglin, the "Wudang Sword Immortal".

Li Jinglin was born in 1885, the word Fangchen, Zaoqiang County, Hebei Province, from a family of martial arts, young father's art, from the study of technical combat. He was born in Zaoqiang County, Hebei Province. He was born in a family of martial arts and learned from his father's art of fighting. He was gifted with a bright mind and a bold character, and since his childhood, he had learned Yanqingmen and Erlangmen's fist and instruments, and also learned Taijiquan and Baguazhang, and was especially good at swordsmanship. And from the study of Yang's Taiji master Yang Jianhou, get the essence of Taijiquan, and out of Serbia to the Northern Anhui dissident Chen Shijun taught swordplay.

Li Jinglin was later awarded the "Sword Records" from the tomb of the Jiangnan warrior Gan Fengchi, which he studied intensively; he was also awarded the "Flying Rainbow Across the River" sword move, which made him famous in the world, and he was known as the "Sword Immortal of Wudang".

In the late Qing Dynasty, Li Jinglin graduated from the Baoding Military Academy. Later, he studied in Japan and enrolled in the Japanese Military Academy. After returning to China, he served as a junior officer of the Qing Prohibition Army, and studied under the Wudang patriarch Song Unique, and from then on, his Wudang swordsmanship was perfected. And he became one of the founders of the central national martial arts school and the founder of the Shandong national martial arts school.

The thirteen positions of Wudang Sword Technique include draw, bring, lift, frame, strike, stab, point, collapse, stir, press, chop, cut, and wash. Huang Yuanxiu's "Wudang Sword Art Essentials" explains:

"Drawing" is divided into two methods: upward drawing and downward drawing. Its style is the system of holding the sword hand palm down, the back of the hand up, the tip of the sword to the front. Aimed at the enemy wrist above or below, to the right draw; "band" divided into straight band, flat band two methods. Straight belt is the sword hand palm inward, the sword with the body backward, backward to bring back. The flat belt is the sword hand palm up, the back of the hand down, the tip of the sword to the left flat pull.

The "lifting" method is divided into two methods, namely, lifting before and lifting after. The style is to hold the sword hand inwardly rotated into the palm outward, the tip of the sword diagonally forward and downward, the wrist up. When mentioning the center of gravity forward or progress for the premise; center of gravity backward or withdrawal for the back lift; "frame" divided into the lower frame, flip frame two methods. The lower frame is the sword hand palm inward, the sword from the oblique downward and upward diagonal frame the enemy wrist. Turning the frame is the enemy close to flash away from the front, the sword hand from the palm of the hand to the inward rotation into the palm of the hand outward, so that the sword from the down to the enemy wrist turning the frame.

"Strike" can be divided into two methods, namely the forward strike and the reverse strike. Positive strike is the sword hand palm up, the sword parallel to the ground forward thrust. Counterattack refers to the tip of the sword focusing on the outside of the strike; "stab" is divided into two methods of side stabbing, flat stabbing. Side thrust is to hold the sword hand palm inward, the sword face vertical forward straight thrust. Flat thrust is the sword holder's hand upward, the surface of the sword flat forward straight thrust.

"Point", the sword hand palm inward, the sword face vertical, the body arm does not move, with the wrist to make the tip of the sword from the top down to click the enemy field; "Avalanche" is divided into a positive avalanche, reverse avalanche two methods. Positive avalanche is the sword hand palm inward, the body arm does not move, with the wrist force to make the sword tip from the bottom upward straight to pick the enemy wrist. Anti avalanche is the sword hand inward rotation into the palm outward, the body arm does not move, with the wrist so that the tip of the sword from the bottom up to the enemy's wrist; "cleave", the sword hand palm inward, the sword from the top to the front down straight cleave.

"Interception" is divided into four types: flat interception, left interception, right interception and reverse interception. Sword hand palm inward, with the front of the sword forward to cut off the enemy wrist for the flat cut; flash to the right, the sword to the left to cut off the enemy wrist for the left cut; vice versa for the right cut; sword hand rotated into the palm outward, the sword from the bottom up to cut off the enemy prana for the anti-interceptor; "churning", churning straight churning across the two methods. Strangulation are to the tip of the sword around the wrist in a circle, their wrists to avoid the other side of the tip of the sword around the line. Side twist for horizontal churning, front twist for straight churning; "pressure", the sword hand palm down, so that the sword body straight downward pressure on the enemy's sword; "wash", the sword hand rotated outward into the palm of the hand outward, the sword face vertical upward ruffling from the bottom.