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The Dadao is the same sword used by the Chinese Nationalist soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Bro has skillz

The falchion also probably came from the byzantine paramerion

please make a video about making this shield... i really want to learn and make one for myself

Maybe it is small because you are big?

Nice work deserves more recognition

nnd相见恨晚啊，这么宝藏的频道今天才推给我😢

Against an unarmed opponent, all good. Against a knife welding who can severed the string (actually quite easily) you'll end up with a short stick as weapon.

Quick question on this manual: Is it written in early modern Mandarin or does the text use a classical literary form of Chinese? I'm trying to study classical Chinese right now and I need to know if I also need to know some Mandarin to read fighting manuals from the Ming Dynasty.

Why haven't I found your channel until now?

You just got a new subscriber. I've been debating whether or not to get in to HEMA or study Kung Fu from fighting manuals from the Ming Dynasty. I used to study Wing Chun about ten years ago and I want to get back into practice.

ok why is the handle so long? what for?

wow, I'm studying weaponry for a story I'm planning to write and illustrate, this video and others like it are so helpful, and just dam right interesting, really sparked a passion i didn't know i had

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Im excited to see the data set continue to expend. Thanks guys for your work.

Thanks so much for having me on Keith! With luck we will have more follow up analyses to discuss, and even more swords captured in the database in the future.

Light and tough. Rattan is good material.

Japanese katana should be handled by both hands, it's not efficiently.

牛尾刀has sexy curve, when I see it, I get the impression of spit-fire fighter plane in my mind.

That is true, in some country, what new soldier recruit first train is physical and mental strength, weapon handling, survival, and strategy

Nice pronounciation

Katana inspired from Cinese Dao.

It writes as Dao but pronounced like thou in word thousand.

Jian for elite.Dao for private.

Oh that s a scary blade...have you tried cutting ice ?

Chinese offen criticize somebody: You use Ming dynasty sword to cut Qing dynasty officer. 明朝劍砍清朝官

This sabre was commonly equiped in ancient Chinese troops.

That's the most beautiful sword I have seen

interviewer "👁👄👁 "mmhm" every 3 seconds"

i think wrestling moves are pretty important for swordsmanship, but its certainly not something you can just force. its important to be able to use your offhand to engender the opportunity for a safe finishing move. The difficult thing is that these opportunities are quite transient, and if you attempt to initiate one too optimistically you risk tossing your initiative while opening yourself up in a single moment. It works well if your opponent expects you to retreat and play keep-away.

I am really curious as to whether records exist for how the weapon was used during it's period of issue and distribution. Are there any ? We're such swords effective against the enemies for whom they were designed ? Are any books currently available on them. These are fascinating weapons. It would really be a loss if no one during the period had reason to comment on them ! 😮😮

I don't understand people getting upset with others for "stepping out of their wheel house". whatever happened to just having a conversation? Solid video, good to see you again. I personally don't agree with the going through a blend of styles. Yes training can become stagnate and not properly build fundamentals or properly pressure test. I personally view martial arts with or without weapons as best when you focus on building core skills: movement timing distancing responsiveness getting really good at what you do and learning to apply it, is where its at in my opinion. This applies to unarmed just as much as sword work. Personally I view you as a swordsmen. There will always be someone better but there are many things that make someone a swordsmen and we have all seen you skill. I have no idea how you would do in full gear sparring in competition, I also don't know how you would react if you where in a real sword fight (hypothetical), but I do see how you move with a blade, your comfortable level, how fluid you are and smooth your cutting is. Those are all skills of a swordsmen in my personal opinion. I wouldn't sell yourself short. I kinda think that with sword play, the ability to dual another with a sword is vastly different then wielding one on the battle field. Its also different if someone broke into your house and the sword was the closest thing to you. So what are you trying to build (general question for anyone studying the sword)? Are you building those skills? Great, then who cares how you compare to others. I think someone wishing to be a swordsmen or just have comfort with a sword should do the following: spar in full gear (safety first) free flow movements in the air cut (bottles, bamboo, mats, anything really) use a real sword (blunted unless in a safe place and comfortable to swing a real sword) then they can build body mechanics, power generation, movement, foot work and the sword starts feeling like an extension of the body. Anyway, long winded but just my two cents.

Hello, don't have weapons weapons training experience yet but some different mix of unarmed and some compound bow. A) It's pretty cool to get to peak into your translation. B) Great River Taoist channel just referenced the source for the pictures you found. (Video: Principles Of Single Chinese Saber - Chinese Swords & Swordsmanship Series) Illustrated Guide from the Mastery of Military Techniques (兵技指掌图说) published in 1843 by Naer Jing-e (纳尔经额). C) Think the later half of the [24 Postures of the Scepter Golden Saber] translation (pg.31-32) after the scan reference page 290 got out of order. Besides that kind of a nifty way of formatting that was used for the paired drills in the document. With the slips writing aligned so one could both read the whole sequence in order along with reading each side's set of moves in order. 0) Recently reading through Master Sun's The Art of War. Pretty striking how much the descritions in the preface match certain pieces. Really feels like it is what the framework is described to try to be working from. - Chapter 4 Tactical Dispositions comments on "good fighters of old" and "clever fighters." "Mapping" some of the ideas together: Warfare as the art of deceptions. The appearance of being opposite. "advance and retreat systematically." "Attack and defend methodically,": Chapter 3 Attack by Stratagem - Thus the highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy's plans; the next best is to prevent the junction of the enemy's forces; the next in order is to attack the enemy's army in the field; and the worst policy of all is to besiege walled cities. "(One must) appear and vanish magically," "concealing hardness within softness." "The methods all arise naturally and correctly.": Chapter 4 Tactical Dispositions - The clever fighter excells in winning with ease. - Effort and hardship are not skill and courage. - Conceal your strength and plans. - Keep your disposition unkown. - If the enemy cannot find you you may hide in plain sight. - Seem unable when able to attack. - Seem inactive when using your forces. - Make believe are far when are near. - Make believe are near when are far. - Control the perception. "Without defense do not attack": Chapter 4 Tactical Dispositions Secure yourself against defeat. - Attack is the secret of defense - Defense is the planning of an attack - Holding positions that cannot be attacked ensures the safety of your defense. This thinking seems to match the prescription to train till have "received" the system. Effectively not thinking about which moves to use and instead just fighting in the way. Chapter 5 Energy The usage of Indirect vs Direct Maneuvers to counter each other seems to echo into the choices of response moves. - Direct - is yang, cheng, hard, straight, obvious, expected. - Indirect - is yin, chi, soft, turning, subtle, surprising. - Together they can lead to confusion and mistakes. "changing so no one can predict (you)," "(Strike) both directly and with feints, so no one can predict (you).": Chapter 6 Weak Points and Strong Line 28 - Sun Tzu: Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances. - Commentary: Military success often comes from the surprise created. Repeating a method which had success can be tempting. So repeating rarely has the same success. "Let no retreat be without advance." Not sure if this would connect on over to: Chapter 7 Maneuvering - Do not pursue an enemy who simulates flight nor leaves bait. Or Chapter 5 Energy - Talking about leveraging combined energy to build up momentum. Guessing the answer to how true or not this is may show itself in the prescribed responses of the trained style. 1) Wondering about what their standard loadout was for their dress and gear. Especially the shoes they would be wearing since that can really change preferences for how someone wants to step. Seems like finding decent simulators for the boots would be rather useful in reconstruction. From what have gathered: spear, bow, sword, and brigandine - might be expected. Based on the Leopard Tail Imperial Bodyguards and a few portraits - if the choices weren't for aesthetic meaning over what they actually carried. Not familiar with what the standard gear/clothing found in their portraits is. Though however it behaves might decrease or change telegraphing traits for the different movements. Any thoughts on tracking down which Dao versions they might be working with or if any within the standards was the aim? Considering the potential "trend setter" status of the group I wonder if preferred Dao design trends came from preferences they started to have after training in this. First exposure to the Dao in general so wondering what sort of simulators might match the gear behaviors. 2) Piecing together the setup and timeline from the Preface. Getting the impression that 2 guys + the prince developed it first. Then the other military group were brought in. Taking 13 years to develop from initial exposure. Then it passed inspection. 3) Any idea how "Entry to Saber methods" is related to this? Wonder if a shortened version was on display that they may be teaching out vs the full version. Seems like it would be a bit odd to count this whole form as "entry level" considering the extended training time talked about in the preface. 4) Do you know if there are manuals for the standard military forms detailing out spear and saber? I'm wondering if the unlisted movements might be ones expected from standard soldiers. If that's true then maybe they were worked in so didn't have to run through whole separate forms practice. 5) Good luck in reconstructing this. It's pretty interesting trying to piece together what's going on in the movements. Pulling together gear and finding the right interested people to work through reconstructing is quite the thing.

yes grappling is important, since you should train from long range to short range weapons, to be always prepared 1. ranged 2. spear 3. sword 4. knife 5. unarmed.

"if you're gonna have this, it's because you're gonna go fight someone"

Are there any good reproductions of double dao or double jian? The short ones look really fun.

Miao Dao was invented during the Ming Dynasty in China to counter the Japanese samurai sword.

The Bat Spear!

Where can one rder one of this round straw body and arm shield ?what is it called in pin yin?

There are similar characteristics among nomadic peoples, whether they be Mongols, Beduoin, Tuaregs, or Plains Indians. They have a leaning towards being more war like, and seem to engage in brigandage. Raiding parties are something many of these nomads have in common. The Tuaregs were notorious for this. While you can have a nomadic culture, you need to be sedentary to have a civilization. The Mongols, just like the Plains Indians could only obtain fine goods through trade or raiding settlements.

I wonder if the reason for some of these shield positions would have anything to do with moving in group formation?

Wonder if they could do a cross section scan like can get done with cables & DEXA scans for the Met example

What happened to the "making your own rattan shield" video idea?

these long headed spears were probably designed inspired by the massive Jian swords used by the tribes/ populations in the south considering that the Han dynasty was originally founded by the descendants of the Chu kingdom in modern day Si Chuan province

鎩 best translate as partizan

Like the variations you added

the Sai is a small metal rod as well

As someone who is taught in the German Longsword technique I find it fascinating how many of the stances and techniques are similar to how we use a sword with a smaller handle. Interesting how just some principles of swordsmanship are somewhat universal.

When it comes to Nun chucks and some other flails I tend to see them as defensive weapons used to catch an enemy weapon or limb as much as to strike an opponent.

nice techniques