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Straight sword
$36.95

By Master Tang Lai Wei - featuring All-China and World champion, Han Jing

Encoded for use in all regions
41 min total duration
PAL Format

The Straight Sword is the quintessential Chinese weapon. Weilded by scholars, nobility and royalty alike. it is the known as the ‘Gentleman of All Weapons’ and features swift, light and rhythmic movements with changing footwork. The emphasis in Straight Sword is on agility, deflection and sudden attacks from suprising angles, requiring flexibility, dexterity and quickness rather than mere strength and power.

Master Tang will guide you step-by-step through the essential techniques needed to master the Straight Sword. You will lear4n simple and complex movements,movement combinations, and then learn a full routine as performed by All-China and World champion, Han Jing.

Master Tang Lai Wei A foundation member of the famous Beijing Wushu Team which won 12 consecutive China National Wushu Championships, Master Tang started training at the age of seven. He won over 30 medals in China’s national wushu competitions, including Wushu’s highest award, the Wu Ying. Formerly a training partner of action star Jet Li, Master Tang now lives in Australia, holds a 7th Grade in Wushu and was recently awarded the Wushu Development Award by the Chinese Wushu Association.