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The butterfly sword has a small crossguard to protect the hands of the wielder, similar to that of a sai, which can also be used to block or hook an opponent's weapon. In some versions the crossguard is enlarged offering a second handhold, held in this position the swords can be manipulated in a manner akin to a pair of tonfa .
The Amazon sword plants are one of the most popular aquarium plants for their attractive form and general hardiness. A submerged culture system was developed for rapid micropropagation of this commercially important aquarium plant, ‘Amazon sword’ ( Echinodorus ‘Indian Red’).
Butterfly and Sword (also known as Butterfly Sword on home media releases) is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film loosely based on the novel Liuxing Hudie Jian by Gu Long. Directed by Michael Mak , with action directed by Ching Siu-tung , the film starred Tony Leung , Michelle Yeoh , Jimmy Lin , Joey Wong and Donnie Yen .
Nandao swords have a blade the shape of a butterfly sword but longer, an s-guard with allows a reverse grip, and handle length to accommodate single and double wielding grip. [2] In the most recent IWUF rules revision for international competition, the top of the nandao blade should be no shorter than a competitor's jaw if being held with the ...
Guandao. The Eighteen Arms is a list of the eighteen main weapons of Chinese martial arts.The origin of the list is unclear and there have been disputes as to what the eighteen weapons actually are.
'Meteor', 'Butterfly', 'Sword') is a wuxia novel by Gu Long. It was first published in Taiwan in August 1973 by Laureate ( 桂冠 ) and subsequently reproduced by other publishing companies. It has been adapted into the 1976 film Killer Clans , [ 1 ] a 1978 television series produced by Hong Kong's CTS , the 1993 film Butterfly and Sword , a ...
Hook swords, typically used as a pair. The hook sword, twin hooks, fu tao, hu tou gou (tiger head hook) or shuang gou (Chinese: 鈎 or 鉤; pinyin: Gōu) is a Chinese weapon traditionally associated with northern styles of Chinese martial arts and Wushu weapons routines, but now often practiced by southern styles as well.
Graphium aristeus, the chain swordtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. subcontinental subspecies G. a. anticrates is protected by law in India. It is normally found in Sikkim, Bhutan, Meghalaya, West Bengal and Assam. In Pakistan, it is normally found in the ...