Miao dao

Miao dao
Miao dao in its sheath.
Miao dao blade.

The Miao Dao (苗刀) is a Chinese two-handed dao or saber of the Republican era, with a narrow blade of up to 1.2 meters or more and a long hilt. The name means "sprout saber", presumably referring to a likeness between the weapon and a newly sprouted plant. While the miao dao is a recent weapon, the name has come to be applied to a variety of earlier Chinese long sabers, such as the zhanmadao and changdao. Along with the dadao, miao dao were used by some Chinese troops during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

While the miao dao is rarely practiced in modern Chinese martial arts, some schools of piguaquan and tongbeiquan (in the Guo Changsheng lineage) and xingyiquan train with the weapon. The miao dao is also often mistakenly claimed to have been one of the weapons taught at the Central Military Academy in Nanjing; the weapon in question was actually a European style officer's saber, though some later schools may have based miao dao techniques on this form.

The "miao" of miao dao should not be confused with the Miao ethnic group, who are not associated with this weapon.

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  • Duan Ping (段平), Zheng Shouzhi (郑守志) et al., Wushu Cidian (武术词典) Wushu Dictionary, Renmin Tiyu Chubanshe, 2007, ISBN 978-7-5009-3001-3
  • Ma Mingda (马明达), Shuo jian cong gao (说剑丛稿), ISBN 7-311-01632-9
  • Rovere, Dennis with Chow Hon Huen (2008). The Xingyi Quan of the Chinese Army: Huang Bo Nien's Xingyi Fist and Weapon Instruction. Blue Snake Books ISBN 978-1-58394-257-4
  • Tom, Philip (February 2005). "An Introduction to Chinese Single-Edged Hilt Weapons (Dao) and Their Use in the Ming and Qing Dynasties". Kung Fu Tai Chi, p. 85

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