Subject: swords

From: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 10:08:45 -0700

Does anyone have any good references (books with pictures or text 
     descriptions) on the type of sword used in the sword-form of the 
     martial art Tai Chi Chuan?
     
     Joe Babb
     [email-masked]

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From: Jerry Andrews <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 14:18:38 -0500 (CDT)

>      martial art Tai Chi Chuan?

"Northern Shaolin Sword" by Dr. Yang Jwing Ming and Jeffery A. Bolt, is an
excellent book for sword style (the forms in the book are a
combination of Shaolin GF and TCC.  Not surprisingly, as the author is a
master in both.)

It's 90% about forms, but it devotes most of the intro (about 20 pages) to
history, and includes pictures and some good illustrations.

Hope this helps...
Jerry

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From: Chris Kilpatrick <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 09:08:14 -0700

First, the book "Northern Shaolin Sword" by Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming and 
Jeffery A. Bolt, published by YMAA 295 Huntington Avenue, #201, Boston Ma 
02115
This book has good pictures, but more importantly, it has an acurate 
description of balance and design.

Secondly, chinese metalurgy has never been the best in the world, so non 
-chinese sources are going to be few and far between.