The jian is generally taken to be the most difficult of all the traditional weapons to learn. According to master swordsmith Juan Tzu-hsing, who began his martial-arts studies at the age of six, most traditional weapons require both hands. The jian is a more complicated weapon that students come to only after first studying bare-handed combat and the dao, staff and spear.
即使真槍實刀較量起來，「劍是冷兵器中最難練好的，」六歲開始紮基本功、蹲馬步的鑄劍師阮子星現身說法，兵器是雙手的延伸，學武之人，必須從拳練起，然後刀棍槍，最後才練劍。