Sword Camp

For one week we gathered at the Blue Mountains Christian School to learn swordsmanship. Laoshi Scott Rodell led us carefully through basic cuts, two person drills with a daifung and the first four sections of the Yang Style Jian Form. The enthusiastic also trained in the miaodao form using improvised bokken.

Six hours a day at first strained the arm but awoke the martial spirit in the participants from NZ, USA and a few of the states of Australia. Enthusiasm for free play was apparent as the week progressed. Saturday saw a weary group complete the fourth section of the form and enjoy a well earned meal in the Blackheath Ivanhoe Hotel.

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The camp had representatives from

Great River Taoist Centre
Tai Chi Chen
The Traditional School of Martial Arts