Polypropylene Wing Chun Black Sword Set of 2 (18")

These wing Chun blades are absolutely 100% awesome! Everything about them is perfect! I mean, they look heck of a lot more cartoony than they need to be -- but the form, weight, length, and balance of these are absolutely what you would want for the real things to work as intended. These practice blades are quite responsive in the hand. These are worthy of the moniker "8 slash knives". You can literally do every sort of technique imaginable from all angles with these blades. You can do linked circles, opposing circles, the dangerous flipping circles, chop in straight lines, slash in round lines, they feel good doing shoulder cuts, elbow cuts, wrist cuts, it all works good! These practice blades even work well in reverse grip with the points down! You can slash reverse grip style by throwing elbows, which doesn't work well with different length blades. This is just the ideal size for that. You get to use all your strongest muscles of your arms in that position so the blades rocket out pretty good. The hilt of these is also the kind with the wide hook that is convenient for flipping the blades from point up, to point down and back again one a fluid motion. I'm told by traditionalists that the wide hook that allows that motion is actually inferior for real sword fighting -- if you catch a blade in the hook, this style of hilt won't stop a blade from slicing you. The old fashioned narrow hook had a round shoulder that would catch the blade in it's rounded wedge, and turning your knife could cam out the opponent's blade forcefully to even further to protect you against cuts without having a huge guard or even use that camming action to disarm them. If you can see it in person, the wedging and caming action of the old narrow hook makes more sense. This wide hook style where you can flip it easily was apparently used more by the gangsters who would stuff the blade discretely in their big shirt pocket. Then if they were ordered to slash up a guy, well, they would whip out the blades and carry out the hit! Anyway, the plastic material feels incredibly study. It's solid, heavy, and quite impactful. You could easily club someone silly with these so be careful. They are not harmless. They are more safe than real blades, but not so safe you can go full force with these. The grip itself feels very nice. it has nice ribs and gentle contour that makes it relatively easy to grasp. It's too slippery to be ideal, but the shape is good, and the slipperiness can be fixed with some grip tape if you really want to.

Pair of sturdy polypropylene wing Chun swords. Very nice practice swords. They come in a pair. Really light weight but proportionally sized. Very pleased with this purchase. These are very sturdy. Not meant for contact on people.

My 14 year old needed a weapon for her Tae Kwon Do class. I didn't want to buy real, metal swords (obviously) for her so these worked out great. They are very sturdy and light and were perfect for her class.

They have a perfect weight to work your muscles without getting injured. Great looks and feel for the price, it’s the best option for adding weight to your wing chun training

Very well made and very strong. with the broadness of the handle it keeps the knuckles safe so it's a great thing to start practicing on. Part of my hilt broke but to be completely honest it was my fault I actually thought it would not break and I would be able to bend it to a size I liked better. I fixed it up and still use them daily will probably order a second set as a backup

Most of the weight is more centered on the blade giving the swings a good flow and the design is gorgeous with the clouds being on the blade and durability, I tried striking them together they do hold well and so does the guard

These butterfly swords are great for training. I wish the hook was longer and the handle was flat on one side so I can keep those close together. Other than my wishes, good to train with in a safe manner.

I'm a university professor who also teaches Wing Chun for a school club. The University Police are not willing to let us bring metal blades for training, so these are a wonderful substitute. They are well balanced, and handle very much like the metal blades. The material is quite tough, so we can have the blades clash, or use them to deal with a staff, etc., without worrying about breaking them. I'm quite happy with them, and having been an instructor for the past eight years, I'm glad to have finally found a way around the university's ban on metal blades other than having the club meet off campus.