In my brief stint in Choy Lee Fut, I asked one my instructors about the small rings attached to top side of chinese sword...he stated that they were used to entangle an opponents weapon. But how? The rings are pretty small and it would be hard to imagine what might get caught in there...can someone shed some light on that for me?

My second question is in regards to chinese archery and TCM...are there any styles that incorporate bow and arrow training? If not why? Is it a cost issue or where there restrictions imposed on the the people that only allowed for archery to be praticed by the military? It seems that some of the Korean and Japanese arts include archery as part of their curriculum.