II.
THE MEDIEVAL WEAPONS

 

3 - The Pole-Arms

 

 

THE TRIDENT

« ĐINH BA »

釘鈀

 

 

The Trident Wielding
(Đinh-Ba Thảo-Pháp)

釘鈀草法

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

   

      Because of the structure totally different between the Trident and the War Fork, the techniques of their wielding are also totally different.

               In addition, Students of Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts wanting to train with Trident must know to make the distinction between a Codified Sequence of « Trident » et the one of « War Pitchfork ».

               in reality, the « War Pitchfork » was a weapon inspired by agrarian stools serving to take away the straw or the hay and used to fight on foot often against tigers and panthers ; it was also used in the rows of Footsoldiers under the name of « Xoa with Three Prongs - Tam-Cổ-Xoa (三 股 叉) » (for exemple, at the time of Ming and Qing Dynasties in China). Whereas the Trident was a weapon inspired by ancient weapons called « Đãng » and « Ba », serving to Cavalry for fighting on horseback under th ename of « Xoa with Three Heads - Tam-Đầu Xoa (三 頭 叉) ».

                            

 

 

The Codified Sequence of Trident

« The Transcendent Beeing's Trident »

« Vũ-Khách Đinh-Ba »
羽 客 釘 鈀

 

Martial Traineer Benoît Roux was presenting on foot fighting
the Codified Sequence of « Transcendent Beeing's Trident »
( Vũ-Khách Đinh-Ba - 羽 客 釘 鈀 )
from Bình-Định Sa-Long-Cương School System.

 

               The foundamental Codified Sequence of « Trident » in Sa-Long-Cương School System is the Codified Sequence « Vũ-Khách Đinh-Ba - 羽 客 釘 鈀 », owning a Poem with 38 Lines of verse codding techniques of unpredictable transformations. The expression « Vũ-Khách » (羽 客) désignate the Transcendent Being.           

               The impetuous and marvellous attacks and defences chain techniques of this Codified Sequence « Vũ-Khách Đinh-Ba » require a solid realization of foundamental basis of the Cavalry Vouge and of the one of the Spear.

              

 

The Codified Sequence of Trident

« The Pole-Arm with Sacred Teeth »

« Linh-Nha Tiên »
靈 牙 鞭

 

               The foundamental Codified Sequence of « Trident » in Bình-Định Traditional Martial Arts from School System Xả-Đàng HÀ-Hân, is the Codified Sequence « Linh-Nha Tiên », owning a Poem with 17 Lines of verse, whom one Hexametric and sixteen Pentametric, codding attack and defence chains techniques.          

               Like his name indicate, this Codified Sequence of « Trident » demands some mastering of foundamental basis of Battle Staff and Spear wielding.

               Students of Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts wanting to train with Trident must devront se procurer this weapon, built in exact proportions according to an historical model in order to enjoy the technical wealth passed down by the Ancients.

 

 

 

 

The Codified Sequence of Trident

« The Three Prongs »

« Đinh-Ba »
釘 鈀

 

          The foundamental Codified Sequence of « Trident » in Bình-Định Traditional Martial Arts is the Codified Sequence of « Đinh-Ba - 釘 鈀 », owning a Poem Coded with 8 Lines of Heptametrical Verse codifying techniques of Atack and Defenses through tout incommensurabie transformations. 

          This Codified Sequence of Trident comes from the Martial Arts School System of Grand-Master NGUYỄN Văn Thi, celebrious under the name of « Khiển-Thi » (Commander Thi), which was then Martial Arts Master of General Officers of NGUYỄN Dynasty.

       (To be continued...)

 

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

 

     

 

 

 

 

• Discussion about the Trident

 

 

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