It not just flipping the swords
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Jansingsang
Not what we witness here in Ip chuns mangled version with poor foorwork no angleing, trieffling flipping knifes nonsence that can get you killed . Yip man was the first to beat the fencer [B]
The flipping of the knives is actually simultaneously parrying, blocking and slashing with the swords. In some words a “Gong Da”.
The lower sword blocks like an “Ngoy Gong Sao”, and the higher sword blocks like a “Garm Sao”, or you could slash with it as well (higher sword).