八卦散手刀属八卦门器械，八卦门是一种把攻防招术和导引方法，融合于沿圆走转之中的拳术。其技法讲究纵横交错、随走随变，其击法讲究临机应变、以变应变。八卦散手刀深合此法。

Eight-trigram Sanshou Broadsword belongs to eight-trigram weapons. Eight-trigram school is such a kind of boxing that avails itself of the techniques of attacking, defensing and directing in its movements of circling around the configuration of the eight diagrams. Technically, it’s marked by its movements of walking vertically and horizontally in random and flexibility. Eight-trigram Sanshou Broadsword is the best expression of the techniques.