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楊式三十二式太極刀
太極刀。一名十三勢刀。有十三字訣。砍、刴、剗、截、刮、撩、
Taiji Saber is also called Thirteen Dynamics Saber [Shisan Shi Dao], having thirteen techniques: cleaving, hacking, scratching, pushing, shaving, raising, stabbing, rolling, chopping, coiling, fanning, blocking, and sliding. It is one of the earlier weapon sets to become a famous part of the Yang family’s Taiji boxing art. There are not many postures for the saber, but they are all practical, and in neutralizing and counterattacking an opponent it is especially ingenious, causing him to be unable to figure out what you are doing.
Tradition has it that Yang Jianhou had a bout with a famous man called Magic Saber Zhang in which Yang used only a horsetail duster in place of a saber. Zhang advanced not even one step before his saber had been adhered to, and so he had no chance to carry out even a single saber technique. From this it can be seen how profound the Yang family’s Taiji Saber is.
Alas, those who nowadays have obtained the true transmission are so rare, it resembles the way the Guangling Melody is considered a masterpiece [because it is hard to find someone who can perform it well]. I am unwilling to hold anything back, and so I present this saber’s training method and methods of application through thorough explanations, with which to supply aficionados so they may learn by the experience of others.
When either practicing or applying the Taiji Saber, always use your hips as the central pivot directing movement. The saber’s advancing and retreating is coordinated with your hips. Using a saber is just like using your hand. Whether going up or down, forward or back, your whole body is to work as a single unit, and during the exercise there must not be the slightest break in the flow. You especially should use no effort to wield the saber (such as your arm using clumsy strength to make the saber move), and so you should dread using clumsy strength (also known as “stupid strength”), which will seal your internal power into your bones, unable to express outwardly, and then you will have the error of moving awkwardly. You must use the saber to draw forth your own internal power, causing the power within your whole body, as well as your essence, energy, and spirit, to move into the saber. It is like quicksilver is filling it, reaching to the tip [when advancing] and gathering in the pommel [when withdrawing].
For this reason, when the previous generations of the Yang family practiced the Taiji Saber, they had weapons that were all heavier than five pounds. When they wanted to move such heavy sabers, it drew forth the internal power in their bodies. If they wielded them using only their hands and not their hips, how could they have done so with any speed? Therefore when practicing the Taiji Saber, if you are not driven by your hips, you will not be able to move [i.e. If you do not move your hips, you cannot move the saber.]. As for sticking and the rest of the energies, they are the same here as in the bare-handed exercises, otherwise you will not be able to get your Taiji Saber to be authentic.
太極刀名稱歌
七星跨虎意氣揚 白鶴涼翅暗腿藏 風捲荷花隱葉底 推窗望月偏身長
左顧右盼兩分張 玉女穿梭應八方 獅子盤球向前滾 開山巨蟒轉身行
左右高低蝶戀花 轉身撩如風車 二起腿來打虎勢 鴛鴦腿發半身斜
順水推舟鞭作篙 翻身分手龍門跳 力劈華山抱刀勢 六和攜石鳳回巢
楊式三十二式太極刀譜
01.起勢 02.上步七星 03.左轉七星 04.白鶴亮翅
05.轉身藏刀 06.斜推刀 07.左撩 08.右撩
09.正推刀 10.玉女穿梭 11.平拉 12.斜推刀
13.轉身盤頭藏刀 14.左刮 15.右搧 16.正推刀
17.轉身藏刀 18.撩刀 19.捛刀 20.撩刀
21.二起腿 22.撤步打虎勢 23.鴛鴦腿 24.轉身盤頭藏刀
25.順水推舟 26.轉身藏刀 27.上步撩刀 28.跳步剁刀
29.力劈華山 30.抱刀刺 31.翻身換步砍 32.收刀勢
資料來源
1943 陳炎林《太極拳刀劍桿散手合編》，上海：國光書局出版；台北：
