The Purpleheart Type III Jian was designed to give martial artists an alternative training tool. The guard design lets you train closer to speed and intensity as in real battle.
The blade flexes quickly and retains enough stiffness to permit dynamic and vigorous fencing actions with a minimum of unrealistic blade whipping.
The durable synthetic material allows a blade thickness half that of most wooden wasters. This allows for a closer approximation of winding with steel weapons. Atthe same time, the blade thickness helps distribute impact force compared to steel blade edges, making for a slightly safer training alternative.
These training tools can stand up to years of daily, high impact training. They do not develop splinters like wood, or sawtooth notches like steel.
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I tried them out while visiting my friend.... They are the best sparring Jian I’ve found. Better than wood, padded boffers, the polymer Jian out of Taiwan or the ‘realistic sparring swords’ out of Hong Kong.
Overall Length: 38.5" (9785mm) Weight: 1lb 10oz (0.73kg) Blade Length: 32" (812mm) from grip Point of Balance: 4.75" (120mm) from grip
Overall quality of the trainer is really good, bends and flexes well but is still solid and holds up against harder hits. It's not too heavy and feels really nice to swing and hold. I went with the green wrapping and I think the colour is really nice and it looks pretty cool.The only real criticism I have of the trainer is that the guard was a little sharp in some spots so I had to file it
This is my third purchase from here and I am very impressed with the quality of each item. I will be buying more in the future.
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Rehan Malick from Lahore, Pakistan
September 24, 2021
Awesome!!
The support is top notch! Despite the time difference, responses were super-fast, & most importantly, Christian was super helpful. I would give service 6 outta 5 stars. I believe service support is equally important as the product.The trainer itself, is sturdy & sparring-ready. I liked the weight, & compared to traditional Jians, then the weight is within the range, though on the lower side. Tha
Got this for Tai Chi sword practice, works wonderfully and feels great in the hand.
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Jamie Rafeal from Northwood, NH United States
July 24, 2019
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You can't get a better training sword
Balance a few inches past the guard, good grip, solidly put together, new grey blade looks much better...If you plan to spar with a single handed blade you can't go wrong with this.
