Ming Shield Manual: Ambush Stance 紀效八勢：埋伏勢

This video looks at the eighth and final posture or stance in General Qi Jiguang's sword and rattan shield manual written during the Ming dynasty. The Ambush Stance is a low movement method which also includes a counter to low line thrusts.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:50 Difficulties of low stances
1:20 Interpretation of the text
2:40 A typo in the manual?
4:04 Interpretation of the technique
5:30 Conclusion

Source Material:

Primary Sources:

王鳴鶴 《登墵必究》
https://www.shuge.org/ebook/deng-tan-...

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

何汝宾 《兵錄》1632.
https://new.shuge.org/view/bing_lu/

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 = Sappheiros - Awake    • ❰Future Garage❱ Sappheiros - Awake  

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