The epic 'Water Margin (`)' is an incredible story, and includes depictions of a wide variety of weaponry. A variety of swords, sabres, staffs, spears, halberds, axes, flexible weapons, shields, forks etc are included, but I would like to ask: (1) what are the 18 skills recorded as in different historical periods? and (2) if you practice a traditional, comprehensive art today, what does your art consider the 18 skills?

Some of the skills/weapons featured in the Water Margin aren't seen today, and some skills/weapons in today's martial art aren't shown conversely in the classic epic.

SF