Wind and fire wheels
Wind-and-fire wheels (simplified Chinese: 风火轮; traditional Chinese: 風火輪; pinyin: feng huo lun) are mêlée weapons, wielded as a pair, associated with Chinese martial arts such as baguazhang and taijiquan.
Each wheel is a flat metal ring approximately 38 cm (about 15 inches) in diameter. One quarter-segment has a padded grip with a cross-guard; the other three segments have protruding flame-styled blades. With one wheel in each hand, the practitioner can slash, stab, parry, or disarm an opponent.
In the mythological story Fengshen Yanyi, the Immortal Taiyi gave Nezha a wind-wheel and a fire-wheel. These were tread on whilst chanting incantations, to serve as a magic vehicle.[1]
In the Dynasty Warriors videogame series, the weapons wielded by character Sun Shang Xiang, named "chakrams" in-game, are wind-and-fire wheels.[2] In the 6th game she uses a more historical bow and arrow to fight, and in the 7th she gains the weapon back, but they are much larger and called "wheels"
Similarly, in the Kingdom Hearts videogame series, Organization XIII member Axel also wields weapons styled after wind-and-fire wheels, and are also mislabeled as "chakrams" in-game.
[edit] References
- ^ Liu Ts'un-Yan. Buddhist Sources of the Novel Feng-Shen Yen-I. p. p. 92.
- ^ Stacy L. Smith. "Perps, Pimps, and Provocative Clothing". In Peter Vorderer, Jennings Bryant. Playing video games: motives, responses, and consequences. pp. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-8058-5322-3.
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