liyawei85 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

based on my shallow understanding, miao dao is very effective, it was used to combat the japanese katana in ming dynasty,

liyawei85 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

amasing!!! i love 苗刀miao dao, i am so sad that our young people are so ignorant of our rich culture,

JochenWolf (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

XieXie!

oslowutan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Great job Jochen!

Tianshanwarrior (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

sorry but despite some Chinese influence during the Tang Dynasty, this weapons was copied by general Qi Jiquan during his campaign against the Japanese pirates, Qi copied the design and studied the swordmanship of the pirates and adapted it to his needs.

urielamuka (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It's chinese, with history much longer than the samurai sword, on the contrary, the japanese sword was influenced by it. The korean sword was actually also influenced by it.

Baihu108 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Check out - Rediscovering the Chinese Long Sword on Google Video, if you enjoyed this miaodao clip, I think you'll like it...

ImperialWushu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Japanese-type? Miao Dao is a chinese weapon and the origin of the katana. Been around a lot longer than the samurai sword arts of Iaido and Kendo.

markqiao (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

yes man i know exactly what you are saying " Whether a sword has a keen hard-tempered edge or a duller, softer one, parrying edge-to-edge will quickly trash it (something witnessed in many films and swordplay videos). Doing so will also likely break a blade far sooner than not. " from thearma(dot)org(slash)essays(slash)parry(dot)htm

baikoubu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Best two-man Japanese-type sword set I've seen. The Koreans also had not dissimilar two-man Japanese-type sword sets which they published in the 18th century. Marnix Marnix