II.
THE MEDIEVAL WEAPONS

 

3 - The Pole-Arms

 

 

THE PERTUISANE
(MÂU)
矛

 

 

The Pertuisane Wielding

(Mâu-Pháp)
矛法

 

 

 

 

       The Pertuisane « Mâu (矛) » is a specifical weapon for thwarting Shields « Thuẫn (盾) ». That why, we have expressions like « Tư-Tưởng Mâu-Thuẫn » ("Pertuisane-Shields Thinks" = Contradictory Thinks) , « Luật Mâu-Thuẫn » ("Pertuisane-Shield Law" = Law of Contraries), etc. for designing the contraries chooses, in opposition.

         In reality, the Pertuisane Mâu (矛) from Đại-Việt, is a kind of Pole-Arm that Việt Ancestors had got to a lot of trouble to do research and to design into using on Foot Fighting with a view to thwarting the Shields « Thuẫn (盾) » and on Horseback to fighting all Cavalery Vouge (Siêu-Đao), Spear (Thương), Sword (Kiếm), Halberd (Kích) and Battle Axes (Phủ). In addition, This Pertuisane from Đại-Việt still owns a capacity to destroying Scales-Armours (Squamata Lorica) and Plates-Armours. So, we can say without any exageration that is well a kind of MedievalPole-Arm the one of the most frighteningly from Đại-Việt.

      The Pertuisane « Mâu (矛) » wielding techniques are more profound than those of Halberd and Cavalry Vouge, but few of persons who find to learn them.

     

Grand-Master Trương Thanh-Đăng
was presenting the Codified Sequence of
« Pertuisane with Snakeliked Blade »
(Bác Xà Mâu - 剝 蛇 矛).

 

The Codified Sequence of the
« Pertuisane with Snakeliked Blade »

« Bác-Xà-Mâu »
搏 蛇 矛

 

 

      The foundamental Codified Sequence wielding of Pertuisane « Mâu (矛) » from Bình-Định Sa-Long-Cương School System is those of « Bác-Xà-Mâu - 剝 蛇 矛 », including 47 Chains of Attack and Defence Techniques with holds for estocading camouflaged in those for slicing, extremely frighteningly.

       In reality, the Pertuisane Xà-Mâu from Đại-Việt is a kind of Pole-Arm that Việt Ancestors had got to a lot of trouble to do research and to design into using on Foot Fighting with a view to thwarting the Shields Boucliers and on Horseback to fighting all Cavalery Vouge, Spear, Sword, Halberd, Battle Axes. In addition, This Pertuisane from Đại-Việt still owns a capacity to destroying Armours. So, we can say without any exageration that is well a kind of MedievalPole-Arm the one of the most frighteningly from Đại-Việt.

      Martial student wanting to learn Pertuisane « Mâu (矛) wielding techniques must own a steel Pertuisane built in according to traditional model in order to develop the pragmatical efficiency of Pertuisane wielding which was tested by the Ancients on battle fields in the bygone days.

 

The Codified Sequence of
« The Work of Pertuisane with Snakeliked Blade »

« Xà-Mâu Công »
蛇 矛 功

 

 

 

       The rare and precious Codified Sequence from lands of An-Nhơn - the territoriale region where the Grand-Master Trương-Văn-Hiến had been trained the Three eminents Heros of Tây-Sơn Dynasty (Nguyễn-Nhạc, Nguyễn-Huệ và Nguyễn-Lữ) - is the one of « Pertuisane with Snakeliked Blade Work - Xà-Mâu Công » ( 蛇 矛 功 ) discribed with 9 Coded Lines of Verse (63 characters) writen under the form of Heptametrical Poem.

       That's here a rare and precious Codified Sequence teaching the wielding of Snakelike Blade Pertuisane from Đại-Việt handed down to the posterior generation by the School System of Grand Master LÂM-Đình-Thọ (Hương-Kiểm Lài) in An-Nhơn, whom successor is our Grand-Master LÂM-Ngọc-Phú.

     

       (To be continued...)

Committee of Martial Arts Masters VÕ-TRẬN-ĐẠI-VIỆT Bình-Định Sa-Long-Cương FRANCE TRỊNH Quang Thắng.

 

 

 

 

 

• Discussion about the Pertuisane

 

 

 

 

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