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Martial arts knife method

Knife is "the courage of a hundred battles" and one of the most important instruments in China Wushu. Since ancient times, martial arts practitioners have used the most knives, and they have also summarized and created many knife-cutting routines, forming many knife-cutting factions.

The existing knife methods are: Eight Gold Lock Knife, Eight Diagrams Knife, Sun Moon Gankun Knife, Shaolin Double Knife Eighteen Guns, Taiji Knife, Plum Blossom Knife, etc.

Although different sects have their own characteristics, they also have the same points in summary: First, the knife is heavy and fierce. Compared with the sword, the knife method is wide open and wide closed, with little change and undiminished power. Second, "single knife to see the hand, double knife to see the hand", the wielder and footwork are extremely important in the knife method.

Eight methods of knife cutting

Sweep, split, poke, cut, sweep, resist, cut and rush.