What are the eighteen weapons?

Eighteen weapons refer to a variety of skills, and the content of different periods is also different. Its name was first seen in Yuanqu.

Some people in modern drama circles call it eighteen weapons: knife, gun, sword, halberd, axe, cymbal, hook, fork, whip, mace, hammer, ge, spear, stick, spear and rake.

Later, it evolved, also known as eighteen martial arts, eighteen martial arts, which means that you can use eighteen kinds of weapons and also refer to various martial arts.

Eighteen weapons are symbols of China's martial arts and weapons. According to folklore, the ancient masters were Xiang Yu and Lu Bu. Since the Qing Dynasty, there have been four theories about the Eighteen Martial Arts:

(1) refers to "knives, guns, swords, boring tools, sticks, forks, rakes, whips, hammers, axes, hooks, sickles, pickaxes, crutches, bows and arrows, rattan cards".

(2) The arrangement is the same as (1), except that the last three items are changed to: generation, judgment, bow and arrow.

3 refers to "nine long and nine short". Jiuchang: guns, halberds, sticks, cymbals, forks, boring, hooks, shackles and rings; Nine shortcomings are: knife, sword, crutch, axe, whip, mace, hammer, stick and pestle.

(4) refers to 18 kinds of weapons, which are called knives, guns, swords, halberds, axes, cymbals, hooks, forks, whips, mallets, hammers, claws, cymbals, sticks, crutches and meteor hammers by some people in the modern theater. (Easy to remember: sword, spear, halberd, axe, hook, fork, stick, whip, mace, hammer to catch the kidnapper meteor)

Note: (3) The bows and arrows of long-range weapons and the cards or rattan cards of defensive weapons are not listed, which reflects that modern fighters are not good at learning bows and arrows and only teach routines.