Many of the Chen Family style Tai Chi
Chuan positions and movements make sense when the dancer has a
weapon, notably a sword. For example, Single Whip bears a
very close resemblance to a low parry in European style
fencing. Once the opponent's sword is safely beaten outside
your right knee, your blade with fly upward crossing his left
thigh and abdomen before arriving at the throat and under the
chin. This will not be good for the opponent. The book The
Hidden metal of T'ai-chi Ch'uan by Peter Frohlick (ISBN
978-0-95636218-0-0; available from Plum Publications - the
website at peterfrohlick.com is concerned with art but I
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