Polearm Form

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Bagua Spear Form

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 08:49:01 +0000

This form is fascinating and beautiful.

It is unfortunate how hard spear forms are to learn and practice.
Perhaps by summer.

Hozoin Spear

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:06:44 +0000

The Hozoin-Ryu Sojutsu (Hozoin spear-arts school), a school of martial arts, was founded in the late 1500s by Hozoin Kakuzenbo Hoin In-ei, a Buddhist monk at Kofukuji Temple in Nara, Japan.?

Along with the Hozoin school In’ei arranged the meeting between Kamiizumi Ise no kami Nobutsuna and Yagy? Sekishusai Muneyoshi, that became the catalyst for the creation of Yagyu Shinkage-ryu.

It is said that one evening, on seeing the reflection of?the crescent moon shining on Sarusawa pond, he was inspired to create a spear with a cross-shaped spearhead, which as a new dimension to the spear as it can now thrust, cut, and now pull, twist, catch, in a new dimension.
Historians say the spear was inspired by aboriginal Ainu bear hunters.

This article by David Lowry has more – The Spears of Hozoin.

Unfortunately, we know comparatively little of the Hozoin spear techniques. There is a Hozoin ryu still in existence, but its movements have been changed considerably. About twenty kata with the spear used in the manner of the Hozoin ryu are still extant, most of them featuring the school’s most distinctive technique. This involves thrusting the blade and tip of the spear toward the joints of an opponent’s body, at the knee, for example, or under the arm, and then twisting the weapon forcefully in a circular motion that bends the joint, throwing the opponent as neatly as any judo throw.

Shaolin Red Eagle Spear

SWORD — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:49:49 +0000

Interesting site on Chinese spear technique.

Spearfight

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:46:04 +0000

Spear Fighting

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:06:04 +0000

Women Championship Naginata Fighting

Chinese Spear Fighting

Slow-mo

In the Movies

Spear Forms

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:05:13 +0000

Xiying 5 Element Spear

Xingyi Spear and Pole Shaking

Kung Fu Spear

Mantis Spear

Spears & Halberds

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:37:22 +0000

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