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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- Historical use of ''jian'' in ''taijiquan''
- Modern wushu
- 32 forms
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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.
== Historical use of jian in taijiquan ==
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