The eight basic sword techniques of swordsmanship: sweeping, splitting, poking, cutting, plundering, nabbing, chopping, and thrusting.

"Knife skills" refers to the methods and techniques of using a knife. In the Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang's "Xinyou Sword Technique", He Liangchen's "Array Records", Cheng Zongyou's "Single Sword Techniques" and Qi Jiguang's "Wubei Zhi" all recorded the usage and techniques of sword use. The knife is mainly used for chopping. "The power of the knife lies in cutting." In addition, there are also knife skills such as teasing, stabbing, intercepting, blocking, breaking, chopping, wiping, belting, and wrapping. The characteristics of swordsmanship are: brave and fast, impressive momentum, strong and powerful, like a tiger. The sword, "its usage is mainly based on body skills, long jumps and long distances, quick eyes and quick hands." It also requires that the sword should be changed with the sword when advancing, retreating, dodging, jumping and flipping, and the body and weapons should be coordinated.

"Knife skills" refers to the methods and techniques of using a knife. In the Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang's "Xinyou Sword Technique", He Liangchen's "Array Records", Cheng Zongyou's "Single Sword Techniques" and Qi Jiguang's "Wubei Zhi" all recorded the usage and techniques of sword use. The knife is mainly used for chopping. "The power of the knife lies in cutting." In addition, there are also knife skills such as teasing, stabbing, intercepting, blocking, breaking, chopping, wiping, belting, and wrapping. The characteristics of swordsmanship are: brave and fast, impressive momentum, strong and powerful, like a tiger. The sword, "its usage is mainly based on body skills, long jumps and long distances, quick eyes and quick hands." It also requires that the sword should be changed with the sword when advancing, retreating, dodging, jumping and flipping, and the body and weapons should be coordinated.