Domestic why there are few teaching Chinese fencing, how all foreign fencing?

Chinese swordsmanship in the domestic practitioners are very few, Taiji sword, drunken sword and so on a lot of schools, but this era does not take the money out of the marketing tend to collect disciples, so that now intermittently are relying on all kinds of swords, information Gou life, rely on the text of the insights to pass on. There is no mature athlete system, the number of actual combat practitioners is not enough, practicing routines performance of sports students is quite a lot, which makes the confrontation type of special competitions can not be organized, not to mention the international recognition of the Chinese sword art.

One, Chinese fencing and Japanese kendo comparison, people's understanding of the traditional Chinese fencing, there are two extreme views: one is that the Chinese fencing fantastic fantastic, the world of all similar martial arts in front of the Chinese fencing, are not enough to lightly talk about the opponents can be cleaned up; the second is to be presumptuous, that the Chinese fencing is a flowery, unbeatable. These two views are wrong. Traditional Chinese swordsmanship has its own profound theories, unique techniques and feats, and a wealth of practical experience. Kendo is one of the outstanding legacies of Japanese traditional culture and has a long history. As a weapon on the battlefield, the Japanese sword (kendo) continued to be practiced until the end of World War II (which ended in 1945). Kendo was transformed into a competitive sport and is still enjoyed by the Japanese people today. Kendo has a strong practicality, and fighting to win is the purpose of kendo's development. Kendo can be practiced for physical exercise, self-defense and self-defense skills, and to cultivate the will to be brave and strong, and the understanding of Japanese traditional culture. Kendo is a compulsory subject in Japanese universities and high schools. Kendo has a very high status in Japan, and together with Judo, it is honored as a national skill, and the people are proud to have a high level of kendo.

Two, Chinese swordsmanship in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period (770 BC to 221 BC) has been from the two armies fighting in the chariot, infantry battles. At that time, the formation battle to the art of war to win, that is, the strategy to win, heavy fight wisdom and light fight courage. This kind of strategic enviroment wanted to penetrate into the single soldier's swordsmanship is inseparable from the traditional Chinese cultural background. Traditional Chinese philosophical thinking does not worship the strong, and the moral concept is to support the weak. This is reflected in the swordsmanship of the time. It is not about strength, it is not about intelligence, it is not about courage, it is about winning with the weak. At that time, there were many examples of the battle of the few over the many, the weak over the strong. Warrior training focuses on mobility and flexibility, so the weapons and armor are relatively light.