What is the difference between a soft whip and a hard whip in martial arts

"[Explore - Discover] Chinese martial arts - strange weapons" video to see here. /view/113650.htm Sheep rope lasso, I do not know when it began, but also is not a weapon, the line of battle with the absolute fresh, cover an unusual sheep rope, the two ends of the knot as a hammer shape, about a zhang two feet long, the structure to simple, the use of the use of the nine potential for a hidden weapon, like darts and arrows of the type of arrows; if used for the frame attack, it is not appropriate. This is a simple law, the use of which is not sufficient power can not be; the old saying: break steel easy, and break water is difficult to use hard tools only force enough to lift its equipment, can command as desired; with the weapons must be through the force, so that the weapons also become as steel bars, and then you can be on the enemy, so it is not easy to practice the weapons such as the whip shooting star hammer also. To practice the weapons, one must be able to transport the force of both arms into the weapon, which is not fine for those who are not good at weapons. Mian rope lasso for the weapon of the particularly fierce, more difficult than the whips and hammers for the more difficult. In addition, "eighteen weapons" eleven - whip. Whip is also a kind of short arms, its origin and the same mace, but Jian must be dual-use, the whip is a single and double whips hard points; examining the ancient books contained in most of the single whip hard whip; audit of the present, are heavy whips whips. I don't know when the system of whipping started. Who created it? As for the method of double whips, it is suspected that later generations saw the convenience of dual-use of the Jian method and parallel attack and defense, so they stole the method and made it easy to be single for double. However, the whip and the Jian are the same as the short weapon without edge, but the form is slightly different; as for the method of whirling, dancing, attacking and defending, the main point of force is exactly the same, so it can not be very different, and the person who creates the double whips is just to see his reserve and dazzle the world. Whip difference as such, and the name is also to a different, that is, in terms of hard whip, there are bamboo whip, tiger's tail instructions and so on several kinds of the rest of whatever; probably all on its form and determine the name of the ear. However, because of the name of the different, the law is also due to the gateway out of a variety of more or less different, but the Yuchi whip law for the world's revered, but recently has not been passed on, very regrettable. In addition, that is, the ordinary hard whip law, but also most of the spit of picking up the short weapons, barely composed, but also can not be trained so that this part of the Whip to explain the lack of its not willing to mix the pearls with the fish. Iron whip for hexagonal, iron mace for four flute "size and length, with the human win with." Some of the whip on the head of the joint a short chain, on the system of two sections of iron bars, known as the joint pearl double iron whip. There is also an iron chain clip stick, from the Northwest, is inspired by the farmhouse threshing yoke created. Whip, mace two, the beginning of a very early, but few unearthed artifacts. The Records of the Grand Historian (史记-伍子胥列传)："Wu Zixu begged King Zhao to dig up the tomb of King Ping of Chu, took out his body, and whipped it for three hundred times, and then he was done." It shows that whips were used during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The Book of Beginning Learning - Martial Arts - Knife: In ancient times, leather was used to pounce on sinners and also to drive horses. Therefore, its text from the leather. The book said: "whip for official punishment." This is applied to the people. "Passage" said: "left whip repeal." Also said: "although the length of the whip, not as long as the horse's belly." This is also applied to the horse. Subsequent to bamboo instead of leather, then the policy, the two texts, and from bamboo, cover the meaning of the drive to strike to establish the name. Later Liang general Wang Yanyin, not only good gun, but also good iron whip. Feng Yunfeng "Jinshi Suo", illustrated Wang Yanzhang iron whip a picture, "only six feet two inches long strong, weighing fifteen pounds of clear scales, where nineteen sections, each section of the copper bar bundle, handle decorated with wood and bundled with copper, handle end such as a mallet, the four sides of the ring column 'red heart for the country' four words". ("Chinese Weapons History") can be seen that although the whip belongs to the short armament category, but its form is longer, and heavier, need to vigorously drill. Song Dingdu, Zeng Gongliang "martial arts": "Iron whip section, the system inherited from the Jin Dynasty. Lianzhu three-section whip is also the shape of the Hu people. Iron has been widely used in the Tang Dynasty." Song people like to use short striking weapons, mainly by gravity to hit the enemy, the user must be strong people, more on the horse use, hand-held use is a little heavier. The Ming dynasty appeared two sections of iron whip, its shape is slightly like the Song dynasty chain clip stick, but the Song chain is quite long and short stick subterfuge square; Ming is very short in the chain, and the upper and lower stick are fine round body, so its name is whip. Other whips, the Ming Dynasty is very much, He Liangchen "array of records" said: "palladium tail whip, zhang eight whip, even beads of iron whip, leopard tail whip, iron whip, each specializing in, but the body style, techniques, footwork, are up from the fist stick." It can be seen that the Ming army more whip, and the importance of boxing stick technology as the basis to improve the high whip combat ability. Qing Dynasty whip system has been soft and hard points, but soft and hard with a wide range, is in the Qing army after the entry of customs, because at that time the Manchu and northern people like to practice this whip. At that time for nine whip, each section is only three to four inches long, linked to the iron ring, when not in use, you can collect small hold in one hand, or around the waist. When used to open the whip, lasso in the wrist, a fierce whip, whip that is straight, can be used to hit, flogging, hooks, binding, good use of the enemy's sword can often win, a blow and can drag the enemy's neck or leg, so that it fell to the ground. There is also a wooden whip, its length to one arm plus shoulder width, also known as "short whip". Because of its short shape, with extremely convenient. Whip has a single, double, soft, hard points, the quality of copper, iron, iron wood, pure wood, and made of leather, drive cattle and horses whip, is a completely different apparatus. But the soft whip class seven whip, nine whip, thirteen whip, etc., and drive cattle and horses whip, in the source, there may be a certain relationship. Whip and mace to make the law is similar, mainly to block, fall, point, cut, sweep, disk, plate, poke, block, tease, dial, and the main strangle pressure. It requires the practitioner in the bodywork on the turn of the round, rigid and flexible degree; pace of light and swift, and closely with the maneuver. Soft whip is both hard and soft weapons, which is characterized by the body and equipment coordination, strong practitioners, both the speed of striking, but also to reflect the dexterity of the method. Especially when dancing, up and down flying, hit each other for sound, such as silver snakes flying, make people's eyes confused, so there is a very good performance effect.

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