峨嵋武术是中国武术的主要流派之一，它与少林、武当一并驰名中外。峨嵋剑是峨嵋武术的精髓之一，其历史久远，风格独特，姿势优美，具有较好的健身功能和艺术观赏价值。北京大学李士信教授秉承师传，会同刘慧宁整理出版此书，系统介绍了峨嵋武术及峨嵋剑的起源与发展、基本剑法和短剑十三势、青龙十三到、凤尾十三剑等著名套路。每个技术动作均附有要领提示和图解，帮助读者理解所学内容。本书内容丰富，图文并茂，科学实用，通俗易懂，适合广大武术爱好者阅读，亦可供各类武术学校、培训班教师教学参考。
Emei martial arts is one of the main schools of Chinese martial arts. It is famous both at home and abroad along with Shaolin and Wudang. Emei sword is one of the essence of Emei martial arts. It has a long history, unique style, beautiful posture, and good fitness function and artistic appreciation value. Professor Li Shixin of Peking University, adhering to his teacher’s biography, and working with Liu Huining to collate and publish this book, systematically introduces the origin and development of Emei martial arts and Emei sword, the basic sword technique and the thirteen movements of short sword, the thirteen movements of green dragon, the thirteen swords of phoenix tail and other famous routines. Each technical action is accompanied by tips and diagrams to help readers understand what they have learned. This book is rich in content, illustrated, scientific and practical, easy to understand, suitable for the majority of martial arts lovers to read, and can also be used as a reference for teachers in various martial arts schools and training classes.

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