Rattan Shield Manual: Leaping Step Stance 紀效八勢：躍步勢

This video looks at the fourth posture or stance in General Qi Jiguang's sword and rattan shield manual written during the Ming dynasty. The Leaping Step Stance is a method for entering on the enticing the spearman to attack and then covering one's body by squatting low to the ground.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:37 Translation of the text
3:01 Interpretation and application
4:53 Concluding thoughts

Source Material:

Primary Sources:

茅元儀《武備志》1621.
https://www.shuge.org/ebook/wu-bei-zhi/

戚繼光，《國學基本叢書：紀效新書》張海鵬訂. https://taiwanebook.ncl.edu.tw/zh-tw/...

Secondary Sources:

Jack Chen's Translated Shield and Saber Manual: https://www.chineselongsword.com/shield

Music:

Intro Music Song = 将军令, 山西绛州鼓乐艺术团, 绛州大鼓2.

Background Music = D.O. - Wuhan   / wuhan-chinese-type-beat  

Outro Music = Song: Chinese Thunder Drums Album: World Drums: African, Samba, Taiko, Chinese and Middle Eastern Music.