II.
THE MEDIEVAL WEAPONS

 

6 - The Particular Arms

 

 

B - The Soft Weapons

 

 

« The WOLF SWEEPER »
( LANG-TIỂN )

狼筅

 

 

 

 

       The « Wolf Sweeper - Lang-Tiển » (狼 筅) is a Particular Arm, belonging to the Pole-Arms Category, born from the «Bamboo Spear - Giáo Tre Vầu» extremly dreadfull. It's a weapon invented in Vietnamese peasant villages under TRẦN Dynasty (1225~1413), during the military campaigns leaded against Mongol Yuan's armies, imitated later by MINH Dynasty (1368~1664).
       It's a weapon that Tây-Sơn Dynasty (1778~1802) used for mastering Mandchu Long Spear and caused the terror to Mandchu Armies of Viceroy Tôn-Sĩ-Nghị (Sun Shi Yi 孫士毅 -1720~1796), when Đại-Việt Emperor Quang-Trung ordered to add wood-oil (dầu rái) to this « Bamboo Spear » and to light it.

 

 

    

 

The Codified Sequence of
Bamboo Spear

« The Wolf Sweeper »

( Lang-Tiển )
狼筅

 

       The Codified Sequence of « The Wolf Sweeper - Lang-Tiển » (狼 筅) from BÌNH-ĐỊNH SA LONG CƯƠNG School System is the one coded by 40 Lines of Verse (Thiệu) writen in Hán-Việt (140 characters) defining techniques of transformation from attacks and defences inherent in Spear and Pike Wielging specialy designed for this Arm.

       It's a rare and precious Codified Sequence from Battlefield Martial Arts teaching using method of « Bamboo Spear - Giáo Tre Vầu », handed down to the posterity by Censor-Master Trương-Bá- Đương, youngest son of Grand-Master Trương-Thanh-Đăng.

 

 

Committee of Martial Arts Masters VÕ-TRẬN ĐẠI-VIỆT Bình-Định SA-LONG-CƯƠNG FRANCE TRỊNH Quang Thắng.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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