E12. Chen Style – Chunqiu Dadao (Spring & Autumn Big Knife)
elementary: 4 months; intermediate: 2 months
Also named Green Dragon Crescent Blade, the Chunqiu Dadao is one of the long weapons of Chen’s Taichi tools. It is also one of the weapons most specialized in by Chen Wangting, the Grand Master of Chen Style Taichi. .
As Grand Master Chen Wangting had long beard, his image waving the Chunqiu Dadao looked like Guan Yu, the famous general of the Three Kingdoms who was skilful in using the Green Dragon Crescent Blade. Thus, Grand Master Chen was regarded as ‘comparable to Guan Yu’.
The form is reasonably designed covering all directions with striking, chopping, knocking, hanging, cutting, hacking, severing, blocking, poking, stabbing, pushing, pulling, and withstanding. Its efficient movement styles like a fierce tiger.