Online Chinese Swordsmanship Courses
[FREE] 12-Day Sword Course
Get to know the jian, dao and miaodao through 12 short video lessons you can follow at home. No sword, prior experience or payment card required.
[FREE] Yang Taiji Spear Course
Learn the complete Yang Taiji spear form with Scott M. Rodell in five short video lessons you can follow at home. Start with the foundational movements and build up to the full form at your own pace. No payment card required.
Four Roads Miaodao Course
Explore the history of China’s two-handed long sabre and learn Han Jingtan’s complete Four Roads form at your own pace. The course includes 44 on-demand lessons with lifetime access for a one-time payment.
Practical Dadao Course
Explore the history of the dadao, China’s two-handed battlefield sabre, and study Jin Enzhong’s complete 1933 form at your own pace. The course includes 30 on-demand lessons with lifetime access for a one-time payment.
Shuangshou Dao Course
Study a reconstruction of Ming general Qi Jiguang’s two-handed sabre form, based on historical Chinese and Korean manuals. Follow the complete form at your own pace in 14 lessons, with lifetime access for a one-time payment.
Yang Taiji Dao Course
Discover the earlier Yang family sabre form, preserved in a 1920s manual and taught by Scott M. Rodell. Explore all 13 lessons at your own pace, with lifetime access and no membership required.
Yangjia Michuan Taiji Jian Course
Study all eight sections of the Yang family’s lesser-known straight sword form with Scott M. Rodell, who learned it directly from Master Wang Yen-nien. Work through 60+ on-demand lessons at your own pace, with lifetime access and no membership required.
Shuangshou Jian Course
Discover the Chinese two-handed straight sword through the Chaoxian Shifa, a set of 24 postures preserved in a 1621 Ming dynasty encyclopaedia. Explore the original illustrations and Scott M. Rodell’s interpretation at your own pace, with lifetime access and no membership required.
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