Tai Chi Sword Brush

Abstract

This invention is intended to address the American obesity crisis by combining three of China's treasured art forms, calligraphy, brush painting and tai chi, into an easy to use exercise implement. The sword brush utilizes the whole body moving as one to stimulate healing energy, or Qi. This energy in turn spurs creativity so that beautiful works of art can be generated. The Tai Chi Sword Brush is novel because it serves simultaneous purposes of practicing the ancient martial art of Tai Chi, cultivating Qi, exercising the body, mind, and spirit, as well as creative expression through calligraphy and painting. This utility model, claiming foreign priority, discloses an artist's brush in the size and shape of a Tai Chi sword, including a grip gear hand blade; front end of said model can be used as non-lethal weapon in martial arts practice or as a brush to apply ink or paint to paper in an artistic medium. There are 5 claims submitted with 3 drawings.

What is claimed as being new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows: 
     
         1 . An artistic implement comprising a lower body made of a grip gear hand blade with a decorative feather-tail string, and an elongated sword-shaped body with the upper body consisting of wool or wolf hair (or other similar material) pointed cylindrical artist's brush. 
     
     
         2 . The artistic implement of  claim 1 , wherein the elongated body approximates the size of a Tai Chi (or similar) sword. 
     
     
         3 . The artistic implement of  claims 1  and  2 , but wherein the upper body contains an artist's brush comprised of course hair, such as wolf hair or wool, which is approximately two to five inches long. 
     
     
         4 . The artistic implement of  claims 1 ,  2 , and  3  but wherein the brush hairs are cylindrically arranged, and taper down to a point to approximate the shape of a cone. 
     
     
         5 . The artistic implement of  claims 1  and  2 , but wherein the lower body comprises a grip gear blade to accommodate the hand or hands approximately five to six inches from the end with a decorative feather-tail string hanging from the end.