Comments on: Chinese Martial Arts in 19th century China

By: “Either for Annoyance or Defense” « Functional Fitness and Self-Defense New Orleans

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:11:40 +0000

[...] for Annoyance or Defense” Jason Couch has an amusing blog post at Martial History Magazine that gives 19th century accounts by Englishmen of their (generally patronizing) impressions of [...]

By: marrnix wells

marrnix wells — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:43:44 +0000

Guan Ping was the son, and seal bearer, of Guan Yu c. AD 200, canonised as ‘God of War’. They were revered as martyrs to justice and loyalty sworn to uphold the doomed Han dynasty. Guan Yu is usually depicted with red face, thick whiskers, and huge halberd.

By: marnix wells

marnix wells — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:18:42 +0000

Sorry, I mean the woodcut of 1843 (not 1834)!

By: marnix wells

marnix wells — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:16:31 +0000

I think Kwan Ping and his seal refers to an attendant to Kwan Yu (Guan Yu) from the Three Kingdoms History/Romance.

By: marnix wells

marnix wells — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:13:23 +0000

The boxing figures in the woodcut The Chinese as They Are (1834) has clearly been copied straight from Qi Jiguang: Jixiao nXinshu (1561) or a later edition of that.