Kung Fu and skills using various martial arts equipment. "Eighteen kinds" is not just limited to the eighteen kinds of weapons, but an overview of various ancient martial arts.
The evolution of the Eighteen Martial Arts:
1. During the Wanli Period of the late Ming Dynasty, the specific content of the "Eighteen Martial Arts" had a new expression: "One bow, two crossbows" , three spears, four knives, five swords, six spears, seven shields, eight axes, nine axes, ten halberds, eleven whips, twelve maces, thirteen pickaxes, fourteen swords, fifteen forks, sixteen palladium heads, Seventeen cotton ropes and nooses, eighteen white fights.”
2. Since the Qing Dynasty, there have been four main sayings about the eighteen martial arts:
1. Refers to "knives, spears, swords, halberds, horseshoes, sticks, forks, and rakes" , whip, mace, hammer, axe, hook, sickle, pick, abduct, bow and arrow, shield."
2. The arrangement is the same, except that the last three items become: Dai, Jue, and Bow and Arrow.
3. Refers to "nine longs and nine shorts". The nine long ones are spears, halberds, sticks, axes, forks, horseshoes, hooks, spears, and rings; the nine short ones are knives, swords, crutches, axes, whips, maces, hammers, sticks, and pestles. In this way, the disappearance of the bows and arrows for long-range weapons and the cards or shields for defensive weapons is also a reflection of the fact that modern martial arts practitioners are not good at practicing bows and arrows and only teach routines.
4. Refers to what some people in the modern opera world call knives, spears, swords, halberds, axes, axes, hooks, forks, whips, maces, hammers, grabs, borings, sticks, sticks, sticks, and crutches. , meteor hammer and other 18 kinds of weapons. This is also an arrangement method accepted by most people today.
Extended information:
Part of the martial arts introduction:
1. The gun is one of the ancient Chinese weapons. It is a long-handled stabbing weapon composed of a sharp blade and a stick. , similar in appearance to a spear, with a handle longer than the blade, completely opposite to a short-armed weapon, with great overall power, it is one of the "Eighteen Weapons", the first of the "Four Famous Weapons", and is called the "King of One Hundred Weapons".
The spear is long and sharp, and can be used flexibly. The tip of the spear can stab, cut, and pierce armor; the spear can be grasped by the shaft to block weapons, and can also be used to beat or throw enemies. It is more powerful than a stick. Strong as a blunt weapon. A general can ride a horse to charge and stab the enemy, or he can dismount and fight on foot.
2. Fighting in vain, weapon, one of the eighteen weapons, fighting with bare hands, meaning fist.
Although Baida is a boxing technique, it is not "bare-handed". It involves the feet, knees, hips, shoulders, back, elbows, palms, fists, fingers, and head, so there are boxers all over the body. They are all about fists. Because he has mastered all his kung fu, he can use it as a fist everywhere. Even if he exerts the strength of his belly, he can push someone back ten feet.
3. Yue is an ancient weapon. Although it has lethality, it is more used by some ceremonial guards and is different from weapons.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Eighteen Martial Arts