Guan Yu's Martial Arts

From his official biography we know that Guan Yu came from a scholars family. But it doesn't say if they were wealthy or not. If they had money then they would have educated their son also in the arts of Horse Ridding and Archery.

Martial Arts of the past are pretty much opposite to what exists today. Where as today we train and rely mostly on empty hand to hand combat that was not true with the Military of the past. Beyond mere physical fitness and the like Weapons training was the true emphasis.

What we do know of the time period of Guan Yu is that part of a Military persons physical training included drilling in the areas of Marching/Running, Weight lifting and Wrestling (aka: Jiaodi/Xianpu).

His weapons training (especially since he became a General) included Archery, Lances, Pole Arms and Swords.