- "The sword is a simple tool, but in the hands of a master it becomes the most versatile of weapons, and just as the imagination is limitless, so too are the possibilities of the sword."
- ― Piandao (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
The power to be a master of wielding and using jian swords. Variation of Enhanced Swordsmanship.
Also Called[]
- Jian Aptitude/Combat/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery
- Jianke (Chinese: 剑客)
Capabilities[]
The user, either innately or through training, is a master of wielding jian, double-edged straight swords used during the last 2,500 years in China.
In the hands of a master, they are capable cutting through whole groups of opponents as they wield their blade like an extension of themselves, pierce through the hardest of defenses, defend against the strongest of strikes and attacks, and meditate with their weapon to attain a level of enlightement as a warrior.
A perfect example of these skills would be the real-life practice of Tai Chi, an internal Chinese martial art based around defense training, health benefits, and meditation.
Applications[]
- Counter an enemy's attacks and use their own strength against them.
- Cutting with a jian
- Deflection; capable of deflecting attacks, normally projectiles or blunt force, away from themselves.
- Defense Break
- Dual Wielding and/or Multi-Sword Proficiency
- Enhanced Precision
- Enhanced Quick-Draw
- Impale
- Launching Strike
- Heavy Strike
- Pressure/Precise Strike
- Razor Wind
- Strength Combat
- Severing
- Slash Effect/Projection
- Cutting Wave project matter/energy in a way that allows them to cut through matter from a distance.
- Sword Beam Emission
Variations[]
Levels[]
- Jian Proficiency
- Supernatural Jian Proficiency
- Absolute Jian Proficiency
Associations[]
- Dual Sword Proficiency
- Ergokinetic Sword Proficiency
- Martial Arts Mastery
- Supernatural Swordsmanship
- Wooden Sword Proficiency
Limitations[]
- May require a degree of training or exposure.
- May take time to achieve mastery.
Known Users[]
See Also: Implausible Fencing Powers and Master Swordsman.
Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa/Manhua
- Soh Woonhwi (Absolute Sword Sense)
- Dao Ma (Blades of the Guardians)
- Shu (Blades of the Guardians)
- Syaoran Li (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Various Characters (Gosu/Yongbi the Invincible)
- Yongbi
- Kang-lim Choi (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
- Ryu (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
- Sesshōmaru (InuYasha)
- Various Sword Masters (Kingdom)
- Various Characters (Legend of the Northern Blade)
- Jin Mu-Won
- Various Characters (Nano Machine)
- Orochimaru (Naruto)
- Saga (One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword)
- Lee Jaha (Return of the Mad Demon)
- Cheongmyeong (Return of the Blossoming Blade)
- Sun Jian (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie/Record of Ragnarok)
- Various Characters (Yona of the Dawn)
- Hyuk Musang (World’s Greatest Senior Disciple)
- Murong Geomhwa (World’s Greatest Senior Disciple)
Cartoons/Comics
- Piandao (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
- Kai Yee (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee)
Video Games
- Lin Yühsia (Arknights)
- Lone Wanderer (Fallout 3)
- Sole Survivor (Fallout 4)
- Zhin (Paladins)
- Hermit (Shadow Fight)
- Shadow (Shadow Fight)
- Chai Xianghua (Soulcalibur)
- Koharu Tsukikage (Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni)
Gallery[]
Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa/Manhua[]
Kang-lim Choi (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
One of the greatest swordsmen of his era, The Sword Demon (Nano Machine) was the ultimate jian master of the Heavenly Demonic Cult over 500 years ago, having created ultimate jian-based martial arts with the True Demon Sword, his own personal style, the Destructive Sword Technique, a complex counter technique comprised of over 324 movements which lead to the creation of his master piece, the Twenty Four Demon Sword Art.
The successor of the Sword Demon's martial arts, Yeon Mu Hwa (Nano Machine) is one of the greatest sword masters of the Heavenly Demonic Cult and one of the best swordswomen in the murim with her mastery of both the True Demon Sword and Twenty Four Demon Sword Art,...
...easily overwhelming Bu Chu-Ryong, despite him being a grandmaster level blade master...
...and defeated the Wise One, a member of the Strong Nine and elder of the Wudang Sect, as she cut off all his limbs.
Titled the Fire King, Lee Hwa Myung (Nano Machine) is one of the best sword masters of the Heavenly Demonic Cult with his mastery of his family's Crimson Fire Sword Technique...
...capable of beheading powerful martial artists in a single strike...
Forged from the fangs of Goshinki by the infamous demonic weapon smith, Kaijinbō, Sesshōmaru (InuYasha) wielded his incredibly powerful demonic sword, Tōkijin with a great balance of both strength and skill....
... as he and the sword possessed strength and abilities that rivaled those of his half-brother's, Inuyasha, Tessaiga.
Lee Jaha (Return of the Mad Demon)
One of the greatest masters in the Qin Military and central plains, Ri Shin (Kingdom) is an extraordinarily skilled master swordsman despite being completely self-taught from the result of over thousand sparring matches and vast fighting experience from numerous battlefronts...
...as he fought trained Qin soldiers while wielding his King's Sword...
...defeated Sa Ji, a deadly swordsman assassin with far more experience...
...after surviving his fights, he would hone his skills after starting his military career. Fighting against multiple Wei infantry soldiers...
...instantly killed their commander in a single exchange...
...deflected arrows fired by a member of the Ten Bows of China, the greatest archers throughout the central plains,...
...dueled and defeated a Wei general with his Hi Jump Slash technique all during his first time on a true battlefield and war campaign...
...his abilities allowing him to wound Hou Ken, a Bushin (Martial God) and the first member of the Three Great Heavens...
...eventually breaking through his limitations as he fought Rin Ko the Flying Spear of Ren Pa, the deadliest member of the Four Heavenly Kings and experienced more and more fierce situations while facing deadlier opponents...
...the culmination of which along with his martial prowess as a commander and warrior enabling him to kill the likes of Man Goku, a far more experienced swordsman...
...single-handedly take on elite soldiers like the Ri Boku Army in a whirlwind of strikes and slashes...
...duel Hou Ken, the most physically strongest Great General in Zhao, in a contest of strength...
...knocking the huge man back with his strike...
...while wounding him not just once...
...but twice...
...and while having become his secondary weapon, he still maintains his sword skill...
...having defeated Kei Sha, the Silent Hunter and Ri Boku's protégé, in a one-on-one duel...
...and used his Freedom form, the foundation of his swordsmanship during his duel with Gaku Haku Kou.
Capable of decimating entire armies with the strange sound of Faru Faru, Tou (Kingdom) is one of the greatest sword masters in the series...
...the second-generation master of Rasen, a very unique and powerful form of swordsmanship, he overcame the weakness of the sword in terms of reach as he easily slays polearm wielding opponents with little effort...
...deflected a strike from Hou Ken...
...destroy entire battalions of enemy soldiers...
...and demonstrates an incredible amount of speed and finesse as he overwhelms an experienced warriors like general Rin Bu Kun with a flurry of strikes.
A genius swordsman in comparison to Shin, Mou Ten (Kingdom) emphasizes a masterful form of precision with versatile ability in his swordsmanship...
...targeting his opponent's vital areas before they can even reaction with high-speed thrusts...
...and deflect death blows, like a sword strike from Kou Yoku with extraordinary versatility as he shows off uncanny reflexes.
While only showing it through his various torture methods, Kan Ki (Kingdom) was an unpredictable master swordsman with his self-taught erratic sword style, having honed it from his years as a former bandit leader...
...capable of easily defeating highly trained military officers with sheer ease...
...and bisect a man in half with impressive strength.
Living up to his moniker as a Swordplay fanatic, Suu Gen (Kingdom) is an incredibly skilled expert swordsman as he is one of the strongest sword masters in the Hi Shin Army...
...easily cutting down multiple opponents with finesse...
...and still remains an incredible master despite the loss of his right eye years ago...
..., his ability and skill having grown stronger due to sparring matches with Kyou Kai.
Kyou Rei (Kingdom) is an immensely skilled master swordswoman with powerful potential, having attained a near superhuman level of mastery of Clan Shiyuu's sword style as her generation’s current Shiyuu.
While not as potent as Shin, Ei Sei (Kingdom) is well trained and versed in the Qin Military's standard swordsmanship…
..., having beheaded the assassin Jo Kan with a single strike...
...instantly kill a Qin soldier while signaling the start of the battle for the throne...
...show off his draw speed while wounding his little brother's forearm...
...and sliced off the dominant arm of a Zhao captain with during the Battle of Sai.
One of the greatest swordswomen of her generation and the previous era of the Warring States, Kyou (Kingdom) was a supremely powerful master swordswoman as she killed enemy generals and commanders with incredibly ease in her youth...
...and nearly killed Hou Ken during their duel as she overwhelmed him.
Desipte his old age and retirement from active service, Shou Bun Kun (Kingdom) is a master of the Qin Military's standard swordsmanship, having been the one to teach Ei Sei during his youth.
While quite weak in terms of power and strength, Heki (Kingdom) is a proficient swordsman trained in the Qin Military's standard swordsmanship of the Soldier Caste, having managed to wound an opponent like Sa Ji and fight off enemy soldiers.
While preferring to fight his battles with more tactical approaches, Ri Boku (Kingdom) is a master swordsman with a decade's worth of experience from countless battlefields...
..., demonstrating his skill during a brief bout with Shin as he countered and overpowered him...
...and his assassination of Ma Kou, the Left Hand of Ou Sen...
...as he furiously beheaded him during the first day of the Battle at Shu Kai Plains.
Taught and trained in swordsmanship by Ri Boku in his youth, Kei Sha (Kingdom) is master swordsman with a great amount of power and strength in his swordsmanship...
..., just by swinging his sword he could deliver powerful strikes capable of breaking and bending an iron spear...
...and nearly killed Shin, a master swordsman himself, as he pushed the young commander to the limit during their duel.
Rin Gyoku (Kingdom)
While the weakest in terms of experienced and power in the Ri Boku Army, Kaine (Kingdom) is a capable swordswoman as she possesses the ability to wield dual swords in combat...
...defeating enemy infantry soldiers with ease.
The resident swordsman amongst the lords of Juuko, Gen'U (Kingdom) is an incredible powerful master as a former Great General of a fallen state, showing his impressive swordsmanship as he easily kills a Wei General in a single strike.
While he hasn't shown the full scope of his skills, Ordo (Kingdom) is a proficient swordsman as he beheaded an elite commander from Ou Sen Army in a single strike.
Yuu Ren (Kingdom)
As chief of assassination and execution for Ketsu Shi's Faction, Sa Ji (Kingdom) was a master swordsman...
...bisecting a grown man not just once...
...but twice in a split second.
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Jin Mu-Won (Legend of the Northern Blade)
With over a century's worth of knowledge and experiences from his previous life, Cheongmyeong (Return of the Blossoming Blade) is the greatest sword master of the Mount Hua Sect with expertise on a supernatural level, easily destroying the current era's sword wielders.
Orochimaru (Naruto) is a master of fighting with the Sword of Kusanagi able to evenly battle his former teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage with his Adamantine Nyoi staff...
...and follow Sanin Tsunade, remotely control it, and even wield the sword within a snake's mouth inside his own throat for close-quarter combat…
…as being able to face on par with his trained son.
Saga (One Piece: The Cursed Holy Sword) wielding the cursed Jian, the Shichiseiken...
...with enough skill to overpower his old friend Zoro.
A master swordsman, Jeok Seong (Yongbi the Invincible) can easily reduce a giant boulder into finely cut pieces...
....and blow away an entire field of mist just by hurling his sword.
Cartoons[]
Piandao (Avatar: The Last Airbender) has legendary skills with a Jian, decisively defeating an entire army.
Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender) became highly skilled in wielding his personal made Jian under Piandao's tutelage.
Kai Yee (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee) primarily wielded a Jian Sword during his time as protector before he became corrupted with power.
Video Games[]
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Lin Yühsia (Arknights)
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Hermit (Shadow Fight)
Chai Xianghua (Soulcalibur)
Zhin (Paladins)
Videos[]
The Enticing Entrapment of Ethra - The Haunted House Ep.05 (3)-2
Invasion of the Iron Beast - The Haunted House Ep.15 (3)-2
The Horrifying Game of Hide-and-Seek - The Haunted House Ep.16 (3)-2
Storm of the Straw Ghost - The Haunted House Ep.20 (1)-2
Storm of the Straw Ghost - The Haunted House Ep.20 (3)-2
The Rise of the Underground Nation - The Haunted House Ep.21 (1)-2
The Wrath of the White-Winged Wraith - The Haunted House Ep.22 (2)-2
Shinbi Apartment - Doomsday (Part Two) - The Haunted House Ep.24 (2)-2
혈안귀 편 (2) - 신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 1화 본편-2
백의귀 편 (2) - 신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 4화 본편-2
인큐버스 편 (2) - 신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 5화 본편-2
만티코어&케르베로스 편 (feat.강림각성) (3) - 신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 6화 본편-2
시두스 편 (3) - 신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 7화 본편-2
바알제붑 편 (3) - 신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 9화 본편-2
네비로스 편 (3) - 신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 11화 본편-2
도한 편 (1) - 신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 12화 본편-2
도한 편 (2) - 신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 12화 본편-2
마지막 화 (2) - 신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 13화 본편-2
양괭이 편 (3)｜1화 본편｜신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 두 번째 이야기-2
-Shinbi House- 각귀 편 (3)｜신비아파트3화 본편｜고스트볼X의 탄생 두 번째 이야기-2
입질쟁이 편 (3)｜4화 본편｜신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 두 번째 이야기-2
우사첩 편 (1)｜5화 본편｜신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 두 번째 이야기-2
우사첩 편 (2)｜5화 본편｜신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 두 번째 이야기-2
우사첩 편 (3)｜5화 본편｜신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 두 번째 이야기-2
취생 편 (3)｜6화 본편｜신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 두 번째 이야기-2
청목형형 편 (2)｜9화 본편｜신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 두 번째 이야기-2
청목형형 편 (3)｜9화 본편｜신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 두 번째 이야기-2
두억시니 편 (2)｜10화 본편｜마지막화｜신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 두 번째 이야기-2
샌드맨 편 (3)｜1화 본편｜신비아파트 고스트볼 더블X - 6개의 예언 - 신비아파트 공식 채널-2
'화산귀환' - 역대급 먼치킨 무협 웹툰 1화 애니로 맛보기🔥
Why are Chinese Swords not as Famous - Video Essay