brianlkennedy
26th May 2003, 00:54
My wife and I am working on a translation of Tang Hao's biography (he is the most famous and most accurate historian of Chinese martial arts). In the biography they talk about him going to Japan about 1927 and learning:
"Pi-Ci form"; literally split (same word as xingyi splitting fist) stab (as in stab with a knife).
Pi-Ci seems to be (or have been) a contact form of training where they used split bamboo weapons (like in Kendo). The way they talk about it in the biography it almost seems like contact training with wooden rifles, or USMC pugil stick training. Tang Hao was very impressed with the art and tried to introduce it into China.
Anybody know what it is?
thanks, take care,
Brian
"Pi-Ci form"; literally split (same word as xingyi splitting fist) stab (as in stab with a knife).
Pi-Ci seems to be (or have been) a contact form of training where they used split bamboo weapons (like in Kendo). The way they talk about it in the biography it almost seems like contact training with wooden rifles, or USMC pugil stick training. Tang Hao was very impressed with the art and tried to introduce it into China.
Anybody know what it is?
thanks, take care,
Brian