​More exotic weapons still used by some traditional styles include:the large dadao and podao sabres:

​the whip, chain whip and steel whip.

​the lasso;

the feng huo lun, or wind and fire wheels;

the sanjiegun, or three sectional staff;

The sheng biao, or rope dart;

the cane;

the ji, or halberd;



the qiang, a 2m long spear or a 4m long lance.

Weapons of T'AI CHI CH'UAN


Variations of t'ai chi ch'uan involving weapons also exist such as taijijian. The weapons training and fencing applications employ:
the jian, a straight double-edged sword, practiced as taijijian;






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the dao, sometimes called a broadsword;


the tieshan, a folding fan, also called shan and practiced as taijishan;


the gun, a 2m long wooden staff and practiced as taijigun;

The diagram to the right displays the varying sizes of chinese staves.