taijijian
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thumb|right|Taijijian thumb|right|Pan Ying performing taijijian in the Temple of Heaven Park in Beijing. Taijijian () is a straight two-edged sword used in the training of the Chinese martial art tai chi. The straight sword, sometimes with a tassel and sometimes not, is used for upper body conditioning and martial training in traditional tai chi schools. The different family schools have various warmups, forms and fencing drills for training with the double-edged sword known as jian.
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Vinony files it under Chinese martial arts, Chinese swords and Chinese swordsmanship.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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6 sectionsContents
- Historical use of ''jian'' in ''taijiquan''
- Modern wushu
- 32 forms
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|right|Taijijian thumb|right|Pan Ying performing taijijian in the Temple of Heaven Park in Beijing. Taijijian () is a straight two-edged sword used in the training of the Chinese martial art tai chi. The straight sword, sometimes with a tassel and sometimes not, is used for upper body conditioning and martial training in traditional tai chi schools. The different family schools have various warmups, forms and fencing drills for training with the double-edged sword known as jian.
== Historical use of jian in taijiquan ==
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