Someone saw my sparring videos with longsword in HEMA and noticed similarities between our philosophies in sword play. Glad to be a subscriber and am excited to learn and refine my style. Amituofo!

nice video

Was asking if there was playback speed control so inappropriate? :/ I find it easier to concentrate on talking if it's slightly sped up is all

Great! Will be recommending this to our group!

Very helpful, detailed explanations, thanks!

Thanks Gavin, this looks great!

Another great video, thanks 🙏

Great to see you stay active, Rodell老师. Best Wishes

Excellent instructions here. Very basic but very precise. Thank you, Sifu Rodell.

Love your channel. Will enjoy it even more when we get you set up with a better wireless mic :)

Are there any accounts of these Chinese sabers facing European Bayonets and swords of the era ?

Could the "button" on the utility knife both be the pearl the dragon seeks along with for ease of pulling it out?

Ok,what is about if someone sad... "Choping-Pi,flicking-Beng,hacking-Zhan,smearing-Muo"

A superb offering. Much much appreciated.

A great lesson on practicing principle daofa.

I like how you cover swordplay, swords, and historical documents about the swords. It lends more depth of understanding about Jianfa and Daofa.

Great video, very informative

Great video! Always good to keep the core principles in mind.

Another great video! I found this channel searching for jian coverage but like to see the dao getting love too.

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Good stuff!

Great video! Perfect me getting ready to get a miaodao. I now have very clear guidelines so I’ll get more out of my practice.

It's like a Katana with no beauty or elegance...

This is a brilliant video… thank you

Nice short sword. Most dont realize that short swords are oft the same weight as a full size sword. Which is really one of the best ways to answer that age old question of "when does a long dagger become short sword?". If its heavy enough to oppose a medium to full size weapon then its usually a short sword.

LK Chen makes good historically accurate swords as well

Thanks so much for uploading this video, I have a decent miao dao but it is hard to find material to start studying by myself and to check that the training that I am doing is sensible. This video goes a long way to give me some things to practice! That's a great tip about the difference between 30 degrees and 45 degrees because I would just naturally snap to the 45 due to my prior Karate training.

Nice tips, for sure! Definitely been in a miao dao kinda mood myself as of late and this video gets uploaded right at the time... nice coincidence! I really like the idea of recording facing the camera and looking at it as someone who wants to take advantage of any mistakes. That's really great advice for solo practice. 👍

Nice sword.

Good video.

The Miao Dao is so awesome to practice with. It’s different from Dao and Jian - while I find more similarities between Dao and Jian.

One thing I like to add is that a new comer can also just start up by themselves with a Japanese bokuto if that's all they have, before moving up to more authentic Chinese practice weapons. In my opinion, they can also be considered historically correct, since the Ming dynasty did imported a lot of Japanese blades and mounted them with Chinese dao's fittings.

An excellent way to defeat an opponent with a single handed sword. Use a two handed weapon with extra reach which is much stronger in the bind. Yeah, that basically should be it.

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Thanks for the update Gav.

I think you were pretty spot on tbh. It seems like a hunting/casual wear type thing. You see similar things being done in Eastern & Western Europe as well as Persia etc.

There were Japanese pirate enclaves along the Chinese coast and all the way to the Philippines not to mention the intermediate kingdom, Korea.

Congratulations to the winner and to everyone who fought and fought hard!

Congrats to the winner, the participants, and the organizers. Sounds like it was a great tourney!

Congratulations Roland!

Great Job Boys! See you again next year...

A beautiful piece! ^^ thanks for sharing 💖🙏🏻 x

Really interesting and nice to hear both the context and traits related to each of the weapons.

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Excellent video. Thanks. I myself have fallen hook line and sinker to the dojo lore. I have a number of Taiji and Wudang swords. Very light very flexible, POB right in front of the hilt with a front facing hand guard. I have another sword heavy maybe 1.5kg POB 75/100mm from the hilt with a hand guard facing back. I find it jerks when I swing it and the guard digs into my hand. I guess I just need to learn how to use it.

Fascinating stuff. As a note, European (Italian) swordsmanship includes an occasional stamp called an appel. It's used for s few things, including testing weight distribution. But it's also used to startle opponents and make feints more convincing. Not too argue with you, but I'm willing to believe the stamp in the form might actually be useful to scare opponents.

honestly i think its better just to say opponent rather than dui fang

Jians in the Ming/Qing style just does not look as elegant and pretty as the they were in Han dynasty. Don’t know why taste changed in like a bad way in later periods. The fittings developed lately were all bulky and weird in my opinion. But some say they handle well which I’m not sure if that has anything to do with the aesthetics.

How sweet is that. Agree about the tip. It looks rounded like a recent repair following a loss of material. My fav jian has a much finer tip. Loads of character when it has a good shape there. Overall nice piece, Master Rodell.