The butterfly swords were my newest weapon and I needed the most practice with them.

My father passed the butterfly sword to me.

My father moved to pull one of the butterfly swords from its leather scabbard.

Guards are substantial, in the style of butterfly swords.

Duncan has replaced his broken katana with a pair of butterfly swords.

They wield a butterfly sword and a katana each.

Butterfly swords are usually called 'butterfly knives' in English.

Butterfly swords are usually wielded in pairs.

Chinese War Era butterfly swords had a long narrow blade that emphasized stabbing.

The weapon and techniques appears to be based on the butterfly swords of Yongchunquan, a well known Southern style.

He raised the butterfly sword.

This is because the use of butterfly swords is simply an extension of empty-handed combat.

Therefore, it can never have been a major form as widely used as niuweidao, yanmaodao, liuyedao and the Butterfly swords.

In Wing Chun, one notable aspect of butterfly sword combat is that its principles are the basis for all other weaponry.

He is taller than most of the others and has four arms, wielding four butterfly swords and wearing a samurai helm.

Okinawan Sai vs Chinese Butterfly sword (short swords)

In theory, any object that can be held in the hands of a Wing Chun practitioner will follow the same basic principles of movement as the butterfly swords.

The weapons used in Hasayfu Hung Gar contain not only the common Southern styles weapons such as butterfly swords, chain whips, and trident.

Kano, a veteran fighter and mercenary from the Mortal Kombat series relies heavily on his dual butterfly swords in combat, although they are referred to as butterfly knives.

There is also various weapon training The nine original weapons are: the staff, spear, straight sword, broadsword, butterfly swords, kwan do, tiger fork, three-sectional staff, and the monk's spade.

My father peered inside the case, then reached in and pulled out the pair of butterfly swords: short- bladed weapons with hooks on the guards specifically designed for close combat against long blades.

The butterfly sword has a small crossguard to protect the hands of the wielder, similar to that of a sai, which can also be used to block or hook an opponent's weapon.

Butterfly swords are used in several Chinese martial arts, notably Wing Chun, Shaolin, Lau Gar and Hung Gar.

For example, some martial arts lineages flip the butterfly swords between the forward and reverse grip like a Sai, and consequently need a quillon that will fit the hand during a reverse grip.

The blade of a butterfly sword is roughly as long as a human forearm, which allows for easy concealment inside loose sleeves or boots, and allows greater maneuverability when spinning and rotating during close-quarters fighting.