What's Your Martial Arts Weaponry Knowledge?

Explanation
This legend is retold in The Classical Three-Section Staff by Rick L. Wing. Master Wing goes on to say that Emperor Sung Tai Jo "also is said to have created 'Long Fist.'"

Explanation
In The Complete Taiji Dao: The Art of the Chinese Saber by Zhang Yun, the author explains that the strongest part of the sword is the root of the blade.

Explanation
Author Zhang Yun of The Complete Taiji Dao also mentions that the Taiji dao is more dangerous than a regular dao if you swing it close to your body, and the handle of a Taiji dao is longer than that of a regular dao, as well as other facts that make the two very different from each other.

Explanation
In his book, The Classical Three-Section Staff, author Rick L. Wing demonstrates with step-by-step photographs each of the Four Methods of the Triple Stick, including Split Beard, Swinging Tail, Coiling Dragon, and Crouching Dragon postures. His book offers the same step-by-step photographic diagrams throughout each chapter for practicing with a triple stick.

Explanation
In his book, The Xingyi Quan of the Chinese Army: Huang Bo Nien's Xingyi Fist and Weapon Instruction, Dennis Rovere explains that the downfall of lunging lies in the fact that unlike sport fencing, controlled attack and recovery in real close combat becomes extremely difficult from a deep lunge position. As a result, "the People's Liberation Army [PLA] still practice bayonet sparring on uneven terrain, elevated narrow bridges, and in all sorts of weather and ground conditions."