The zhanmadao (Chinese: 斬馬刀; pinyin: zhǎnmǎdāo; Jyutping: zaam2 maa5 dou1; lit. 'horse chopping saber') was a single-bladed anti-cavalry Chinese sword...
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of sword in terms of weight and length is the miaodao or the earlier zhanmadao, and the Western battlefield equivalent (though less similar) is the Zweihänder...
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used to slice the legs out from under a horse during battle (like the zhanmadao). It is somewhat analogous to the Japanese nagamaki, although the nagamaki...
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to be applied to a variety of earlier Chinese long sabers, such as the zhanmadao and changdao. Along with the dadao, miaodao were used by some Chinese...
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dating from the Song are the falchion-like dadao, the long, two-handed zhanmadao, and the long-handled, similarly two-handed buzhandao (步戰刀). With the...
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(柳葉刀) Miao dao (苗刀) Nandao (南刀) Piandao (片刀) Wodao (倭刀) Yanmaodao (雁翎刀) Zhanmadao (斬馬刀) Jian (劍 pinyin jiàn) Shuangshou jian (雙手劍) Hook sword (鉤) Nihonto...
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back and sharp blade. It bears a strong resemblance to the Tang sword, zhanmadao, tachi or ōdachi in form. Extant examples show a handle approximately...
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Albrecht Dürer. Johannes Lecküchner Falchion Machete Nodachi Swiss degen Zhanmadao Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Langes Messer or long...
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Beheading Dao" (zhanmadao) was a two handed long saber with a 93.6 cm (36.9 in) blade, 31.2 cm (12.3 in) hilt, and ring pommel. The zhanmadao was the main...
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sword Changdao Liuyedao Miaodao Nandao Niuweidao Piandao Wodao Yanmaodao Zhanmadao Dao (Naga sword) Dha (sword) Falcata Falchion Falx Flyssa Gari (sword)...
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bear close resemblances and similarities to it. Miaodao Ōdachi Wodao Zhanmadao Lorge 2012, p. 103 Lorge, Peter A. (2012), Chinese Martial Arts: From...
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Ancient Jian Dao Medieval Hook sword Zhanmadao Ming – Qing Liuyedao Wodao Changdao Yanmaodao Modern Dadao Miaodao...
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preserved in modern Greek, with the meaning of "big broad sword". Falx Dadao Zhanmadao Nagamaki Christopher Webber, Angus McBride (2001). The Thracians, 700...
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Parade sword, paratschwerter (European) Wodao (Chinese) Zanbatō (Japanese) Zhanmadao (Chinese) Zweihänder, great sword, espadon, spadone, tuck, montante, lowland...
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