Liuhe Double Sabers (六合雙刀) — the Six-Harmony Double Sabers

The Six-Harmony Double Sabers (六合雙刀, Liùhé Shuāngdāo) is the paired-saber (雙刀) form of Seven Star Praying Mantis. Recorded by Wong Hon Fan (Hong Kong, September 1956, as Volume 13 of his Northern Mantis Boxing series), the set runs to 38 postures. It applies the "six harmonies" (六合) coordination principle to two short blades at once — the same liuhe logic as the staff form, now demanding that the two hands work independently yet in concert.

Character

Double sabers are an intermediate-to-advanced weapon: each hand carries its own blade, and the form trains the two to spread, cross, chop, and cover on separate lines without fouling one another. The mantis qualities — sticking, hooking, the continuous change of angle — appear here as the blades weave around the centerline, one defending while the other cuts. Solid empty-hand footwork and the single-saber method are assumed before this set is taught.

Representative postures

A selection from the 38 (the full sequence is in Wong Hon Fan's manual, translated in full by Brennan — linked below):

See also

Yan Qing Single Saber (燕青單刀) — the single-saber form behind this paired set

Mantis Liuhe Staff (螳螂六合棍) — the staff that shares the 'six harmonies' principle

Seven Star Mantis (七星螳螂拳) — the parent branch

Mantis Canon — the full index of Wong Hon Fan forms in open English

Praying Mantis (螳螂拳) — the parent system

Sources

[1] 黃漢勛 (Wong Hon Fan), 六合雙刀 (Hong Kong, 1956, Northern Mantis Boxing series vol. 13), Seven-Star Mantis line of Luo Guangyu — full open English translation by Paul Brennan: Liuhe Double Sabers. Brennan's translation is in copyright; linked, not reproduced.

[2] Praying Mantis Master Wong Hon Fan Collection, Chinese University of Hong Kong Library (repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/collection/whf).