八卦 子午鴛鴦鉞 Gong Bao Tien Bagua system’s unique weapon, the Mandarin Duck Knives (some mistakenly call it the Antler Knives). The official name is “Zi Wu Yuen Yang Yue”, in which 子午Zi Wu means twelve & six o’clock, they are in opposite but corresponding with each other at all times. 鴛鴦 the Mandarin Ducks is a bird species that the male and female always inseparable in pairs, as the pair of knives should always follow each other. Lastly, the 鉞 Yue, is shaped as two counter directioned “moon arcs” what makes each knives has four sharp tips and nine blades. It is an extremely sophisticated and practical weapon that was designed to be able to go against long weapons while being compact and stealth (difficult to learn as well 😩)
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