@chainleigh3025. Wrong! It is not a katana and does not pretend to be one. It is a Miaodao & closest to the type of Dao used in Hsing Yi. You can YT Miaodao. Enjoy!
@@chainleigh3025 Qi Jiguang beloned to the Qing Dynasty during the time of Manchu. The hairstyle and the clothes they wear in the movie shows a much earlier time frame. This type of sword used in Xingyiquan was long enough to use as a spear and to cut off the leg of horses and not for fighting pirates on land. That is what my Xingyi Master told us. As you know that Xingyi system was based on spear fighting. May you and family be well and happy.🙏
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@@MustAfaalik Qi Jiguang was a famous general who died in 1588 and the Ming Dynasty fell in 1644. I didn't give this movie high credit because the weapons they used were all roughly made. It looked like the movie was poorly made on a small budget. Besides the fighting scenes were also not well designed compared with many Chinese legend movies. I learned Xingyi boxing too when I was a high school student, but I didn't learn any weapon-fighting techniques. My grandmaster was Zheng Manqing who taught Americans Tai Chi during the 1960s. Where are you living now? I wish you and your family all the best.
I watch the story through because it was a straight solid sword fighting movie . Nobody was flying through the air LOL ! When I see someone flying in the air I am gone . I wish the movie didnt end like that . Chinese movies like to end in gloom . NOT GOOD !