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jingang (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yep. It's Miao dao not Katana. Unlike Japanese styles, Chinese tend to switch grip and hold the weapon with a "live" grip. "Live" means that the hands can change positions on the grip.
9thExtreme (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
First time I noticed... Is he switching grips? Thats interesting.
entmage (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I think, what long swords do you teach.
and different names for the same sword.
Tianshanwarrior (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yup the Ming General was Qi Jiquan who at the time was in charge of ridding the eastern coasts of chinese and japanese pirates. He copied and develp his own ways of swordmanship and defeated the pirates.
SocalRaver2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
his chinese accent sounds funny, haha, maybe cause i was born here and used to taiwan pronunciation
Sanshou6812 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
yea, the miao dao did come from the han. later on, the japanese katanas were inspired by heavy contact with tang dynasty china and if youve ever seen tang dynasty dao they look very similar to katanas. the ones ive seen have less curve or are more or less straight though.
Darkhands (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
ohh ok makes sence ty
jingang (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
As I said alreay above, The Miao-dao we practice come from Guo changsheng's Piguazhang school.
Darkhands (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
what style of miao dose your school teach i have herd the word"grain leaf sword" used over and over when we call our miaos "water sprouts" witch look different that the miao being shown in the video
jingang (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Sorry, I can't understand what you are tring to say here. |
