A guard is any posture that may be used to protect oneself while preparing an attack.
This chapter will present the nine guards that can be identified in the Yángjiā Mìchuán Tàijíjiàn Kūnlún sword form. These guards are not part of the traditional transmission. They are postures frequently encountered in the form that may correspond to the above definition of a guard.
Frédéric Plewniak 2014.
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