#chineseweaponsplay

Three interesting pages from a Qing Period Manual, the Xīn xióng quán zhé fǎ 新雄拳折法 showing applications of the Chinese Chā (叉, forks). Thought better known as an Okinawan weapon, and by the Japanese term Sai. These weapons have a Chinese origin. Brennan has suggested a date of no later than 1829 for this manual. Source: https://cataloguerouge.com/catalogue/xin-xiong-quan-zhe-fa

Qing Spearmen- Note the length of their spears. They are holding them near the end, and they are about one and a half the length of the height of these Bannermen. That would make them about 8’ (2.4 m.) long.