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The Eighteen Arms is a list of the eighteen main weapons of Chinese martial arts
Chinese martial arts

Kung fu and wushu are popular terms that have become synonymous with China martial arts. However, the Chinese language terms kung fu and wushu have very different meanings....
. The origin of the list is unclear and there have been disputes with regards to what the eighteen weapons actually are. However, all lists contain at least one or more of the following weapons:









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The Eighteen Arms is a list of the eighteen main weapons of Chinese martial arts
Chinese martial arts

Kung fu and wushu are popular terms that have become synonymous with China martial arts. However, the Chinese language terms kung fu and wushu have very different meanings....
. The origin of the list is unclear and there have been disputes with regards to what the eighteen weapons actually are. However, all lists contain at least one or more of the following weapons:

  • Dao
    Dao (sword)

    Daois a category of single-edge Chinese swords primarily used for slashing and chopping , often called a broadsword in English language translation because some varieties have wide blades....
     (sabre, ?)
  • Qiang
    Qiang (spear)

    Qiang is the Mandarin term for spear. Due to its relative ease of manufacture, the spear in many variations was ubiquitous on the pre-modern Chinese battlefield....
     (spear, ?)
  • Jian
    Jian

    The jian is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China. The first Chinese sources that mention the jian date to the 7th century BC during the Spring and Autumn Period; one of the earliest specimens being the Sword of Goujian....
     (straight sword, ?)
  • Gun
    Gun (staff)

    The Chinese language Gun refers to a long China Staff weapon used in Chinese martial arts. It is known as one of the four major weapons, along with the Qiang , Dao , and the Jian, called in this group "The Grandfather of all Weapons"....
     also known as Staff
  • Halberd
    Ji (halberd)

    The ji , the China halberd, was used as a military weapon in one form or another from at least as early as the Shang dynasty until the end of the Qing dynasty....
     (halberd, ?)
  • Axe
  • Battle axe
  • Hook sword
    Hook sword

    The Hook Sword also known as tiger-head is an exotic Chinese weapon traditionally associated with Chinese martial arts#Northern styles, but now often practiced by Chinese martial arts#Southern styles as well....
  • Fork
  • Chain whip, steel whip Bian
  • Mace
  • Hammer
    Chui

    Chui is a male leopard that appeared in the BBC series Big Cat Diary'Chui is also the name of several places:In central Asia:*Chui Province, Kyrgyzstan...
  • Talon
  • Trident-halberd
  • Long-handled spear also known as Lance
  • Short cudgel
  • Stick also known as Crutches
  • Meteor hammer
    Meteor hammer

    The meteor hammer , often referred to simply as 'meteor', is an ancient China List of martial arts weapons, consisting at its most basic level of two weights connected by a rope or Link chain....
     (?? Liu xing)

See also

  • Legendary Weapons of China
    Legendary Weapons of China

    Legendary Weapons of China is a 1982 martial arts Fantasy film film directed by Lau Kar-Leung. It takes place during the late Qing Dynasty when Empress Dowager Cixi dispatches her agents to various factions of the Boxer Rebellion in order find supernatural martial artists that are invulnerable to western bullets....


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