II.
THE MEDIEVAL WEAPONS

 

4 - The Shock-Arms

 

 

The WAR MACES

The War Maces Wielding

(Chùy-Pháp - 鎚法) & (Trùy-Pháp - 錐法)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      The wielding of War Mace « Chùy » (鎚) and « Trùy » (錐) concerns the teaching of the Battle Mallet « Dùi Trận » use.

      In the ending TÙY (SUY 581~619) Dynasty and the begining ĐƯỜNG (TANG 618~907) Dynasty, valiant Generalissimo Lý-Nguyên-Bá (Li Yuan Pa 李元霸) was famous in the wielding of Two Matched War Maces called « Sky Destuctive War Maces - Phá Thiên Chùy 破 天 鎚 ».             

      Because of the structure completely different between War Maces Chùy (鎚) and Trùy (錐), lthe wielding techniques of these categories of medieval Weapons are totally different.

     Students of Traditional Martial Arts of Việt-Nam must know make the distinction between these two categories of War Mallets mentioned previously concerning «Chùy» (鎚) and «Trùy» (錐).

 

 

 

 

 

The Codified Sequence of
« Two Matched War Maces »

« Song-Chùy »
(双鎚)

       The foundamental Codified Sequence of "War Mallet With No Apical Point" from Sa-Long-Cương School System is the Codified Sequence of Two Matched War Maces «Song-Chùy» (双 鎚) including 30 techniques of chain and transformation.
       It's a Codified Sequence of Two Matched War Maces « Song-Chùy » (双 鎚) passed on by Martial Rector Trương-Bá-Đương.        
       Students of Traditional Martial Arts of Việt-Nam must assimilate techniques of Two Matched War Axes - Song-Phủ (双 斧) and those of Two Matched War Axes with Spear Blade Song-Việt (双 鉞) before learning Codified Sequences of these Two Matched War Maces «Song-Chùy» (双 鎚) and «Song-Trùy» (双 錐).

 

 

 

 

          

 

 

 

The Codified Sequence of
« Great War Mace with Apical Point »

« Đại-Trùy »
(大 錐)

 

Martial Practitioner Bernard NGUYỄN presenting on foot fighting
the Codified Sequence of Great War Mace holding Apical Point
« Ngũ Bá Linh-Trùy - 五 霸 靈 錐 ».

       The famous Codified Sequence of the «Great War Mace - Đại Trùy» (大 錐) from Bình-Định Battle Fields Traditional Martial Arts is the one of «Ngũ Bá Linh Trùy» (五 霸 靈 錐) Codified by 10 coded Verses describing chain techniques of attack and defence extremely dreadful.       It's a Codified Sequence of «Great War Mace with Apical Point - Đại Trùy» (大 錐) from Xả-Đàng HÀ-Hân Martial Arts School System, passed on the new generation by the late Master Trần-Quang-Diễn.           The «Great War Mace - Đại Trùy» (大 錐) belongs to the category of War Mallet Pole-Arm, owning an apical point and a long shaft, coming up from ground to chin, for being wielded with two hands. There is a characteristic weapon from Middle-Age, usable on foot fighting as on horseback fighting.

 

(To be continued...)     

 

• iscussion about the War Maces

      

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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