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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SS15DQ4 competition jian's are sized to your hand and torso . When you hold if in beginning your form position it goes to tip of your ear. If you do not have your size you go shorter or straight to kunfudirect because amazon may not have all competition sizes. If you are a beginner (sounds like you are) - neither of your choices are suitable. Get yourself one of these competition kunfu flex jian's, the linked one has correct balance point and ability to tighten the handle, they are lighter, under 500gr size 1. And that type is competition standard. Get used to that, have yourself conditioned, after some time you can get non flex blade, try something at your school first. It is better to get the form correct with a lighter jian. You will need to know what are you doing with han jian, and not every school does teach that style, especially what you have picked - scholar weapon. If you are not trained you do not jump to what you have picked: sword only weight: 759 g (1 lb. 10.5 oz) 76 cm blade having 163 cm, you do lighter version and 70 cm blade, If you want not flex blade Lk Chen lightest is https://lkchensword.com/tornado-cutting-jian . You can get that in blunt version I think if you ask. No one will let you on the floor with sharpened jian in a group setting. Not every school does cutting practice and jianfa. It would be private school building not rec center. Han jian needs different form/form modification. I have scarlet sunrise full size and I'm quite accustomed to handling blades above 750gr, dual handed. Mine is not a blunt blade, and with not blunt blades I'm alone on the floor and that's private guan. I can not have that out of the scabbard in rec center setting. In group class I use flex competition blunt jian, and that's what most teachers and students use, doe snot mean the school does not have tempered or sharpened jian's or teachers/students do not own them. They do. And once in a while the exchange of experience does happen to see this or that style and try it. Hope it helps.