Wudang sword. Wudang Eight Immortal Sword Form or Wudang Baxian Jian (Eight Immortal Sword) includes 81 postures. This sword form originated from the stances of The Eight Immortals:

1) He Xian-gu (with lotus flowers)
2) Li Tie-guai (with pilgrim's gourd and iron crutch)
3) Cao Gou-Jiu (with castanets)
4) L¨¹ Dong-bin (with fly-wisk and sword)
5) Han Xiang-zi (with a flute)
6) Zhuang-li Quan (with fan and peach of immortality)
7) Lan Cai-he (with basket of flowers)
8) Zhang Guo-lao (with drum)

When done quickly, this form hides the movement of the body with the sword. Baxian Jian is known for its simplicity, its combined force of both hardness & softness and for the imitative stances of Eight Immortals.

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