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While the dao have varied greatly over the centuries, most single-handed dao of the Ming period and later and the modern swords based on them share several characteristics. Dao blades are moderately curved and single-edged, though often with a few inches of the back edge sharpened; the moderate curve allows them to be reasonably effective in ...
The Divided Dao, also called a Long Dao (long saber), was a cross between a polearm and a saber. It consisted of a 91 cm (36 in) blade fixed to a long 120 cm (47 in) handle ending in an iron butt point, although exceptionally large weapons reaching 3 m (9.8 ft) in length and weighing 10.2 kg (22 lb) have been mentioned. [ 39 ]
Dao with ring pommel, length: 71cm, Tang dynasty. The dao, a single edged blade (saber), was separated into four categories during the Tang dynasty. These were the Ceremonial Dao, Defense Dao, Cross Dao, and Divided Dao. The Ceremonial Dao was a court item usually decorated with gold and silver. It was also known as the "Imperial Sword".
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Hung I-Hsiang (L) teaching Tang Shou Tao system in Taipei, Taiwan (c. 1970s) Yizong Tang Shou Tao [1] (易宗唐手道, Hanyu Pinyin: Yi Zong Tang Shou Dao, lit."Essence of Change Chinese Hand Way") is a system of Chinese internal martial arts training founded in the 1950s and 1960s by Hung I-Hsiang (洪懿祥, Hanyu Pinyin: Hong Yixiang), a well-known Taiwanese internal martial artist.
Tang dynasty sources describe the changdao as being identical to the modao (Chinese: 陌刀), but the modao may have been a double-edged weapon like earlier zhanmajian. The changdao seems to have first appeared during the Tang dynasty as the preferred weapon choice for elite vanguard infantry units in the Tang army. It was described as having ...
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