This thing is INSANE! Chinese Nine Ring Dao sword?! (It's not a sword!!)
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I honestly dont think these would be a common weapon. the chinese would have used halberds, poleaxes, flails, spears maces etc. the 2 handed sword they would have carried would be a changdao similar to a nodachi with more distal taper and a longer handle for counterweight. would be a sidearm like a Longsword and can probably be very effective in combat against lightly armored troops and was probably used as an anti-cavalry sword. awesome underated sword IMO. I think i read somewhere that they would have been used to defend pikemen in pike and shot style formations too. the same blade you have there would have been mounted on a much longer pole and used as a glaive.
you need to be looking at LK chen for historically accurate Chinese weapons
Maybe an execution weapon...hence the weight and blade thickness. Chopping through necks.
I can just imagine you coming up to the cashier in Australian Walmart with dozens of pool noodles.
"Busy shooting schedule this week?"
😂pp@@efafe4972
“Do you want a Sword, a Spear or a Halberd?”
“Yes”.
The Chinese nagamaki is weird
Please make me Knife... but not a knife. 😂😂😂
You forgot axe
@@InfernosReaper ive thought same its literally chinese nagamaki
No it’s defo a Glaive. A Halberd is a long axe with a spear tip
Technically, Shad, “dao” means knife, though in Chinese anything single edged is a “dao” while anything double edged is a “jian”.
That's only true if you talk about weapon. Dao in Chinese can apply anything that perform some sort of cut, particularly in tools. Eg. Water jet cutter, in Chinese can be called "water knife". Or laser cutter is called "laser knife".
Even for edged tools, there are multi edged tools named knife too (eg. three edged carving knife).
And the single (dao) vs double (Jian) edge naming for weapon only applies to Chinese sword/weapon. In specific usage, you use "jian" to refer to all swords. Eg. I collect western jian. Here the word "jian" just means swords which includes all type of Western swords, single or double edged.
@@GuitarsRockForever You're right about "dao" being a descriptor of any tool that "cuts, cleaves, slices, chops, and stabs" (stab is included in the definition I found), but "jian" in most definitions includes being "double-edged", as such, "dao" would still be the appropriate character to use for single bladed weapons. In fact, the most common name for calling the weapon showcased, would be "da dao", translated literally as "big knife", as the singular "dao" typically just translates to "knife".
As for multi-edged "dao"s, it's due to "dao" being a more general term than "jian", as "jian" refers specifically to weaponry. Thus, for a tool that's not a weapon, the word would typically use "dao" along with descriptors such as "three-edged", or "three-angled". (I couldn't find what the "three-bladed knife" you mentioned was (in chinese), however the results for "three-angled knife" came to be more similar.)
"Blade" is probably a better term, or "edge"
@@stalcher1699
You speak Chinese? Sorry I don't know exact English translation, but I was referring to "三棱刮刀" which was an "common weapon" used by certain groups of people in the past (before my time). It is a tool, but makes a nasty weapon. It has three edges.
The name of my son will be Dao Jian
Yeah... I'm _reasonably_ certain that this Nine Ring Dao was intended for demonstrations and for training. The idea would be that if you can handle the heaviest iterations of this weapon while maintaining effective technique, the _properly_ weighted battlefield versions would be like featherweights in comparison.
yes that is the method of weapon training in asia
@@HiragamaIkunai Romans did the same, not sure if optimal as you train for an much heavier weapon than you use.
Even in unarmed martial arts we sometimes train holding small dumbells in our hands. You feel like the Flash when you drop them
@@magnemoe1 I'd say it was extremely effective
@@magnemoe1 considering it was done for thousands of years across many different cultures, as is literally still used today in military training, I would say it's pretty optimal.
It’s supposed to be an anti Calvary weapon and yes the historical ones were lighter than the one shown here
The anti-cavalry weapon is a ZhanMaDao. More similar in shape to a nagamaki.
So you too are dyslexic when it comes to cavalry and Calvary. Or was that autocorrect?
I think you're throwing too much shade on a cavalry typo. If yuo can still raed tihs setnence then shuold it mettar?
@@bungeetoons😂🤣😆 Classic
@@OurAwesomeUniverse I do that too! 😊😂
Chinese term is pudao. Rings were added to them in the 19th and early 20th century for wushu demo purposes (noise mostly) The original pieces you can see in various museums, most notably the royal Armouries in Leeds UK that has a number of them, they are not heavy, probably in the 3.5 to 4 lb range but balanced near the guard.
朴刀不应该更细一点吗？
@@user-vj1jp8wt4w yep
@@user-vj1jp8wt4w correct
Apparently, the rings are also so if you stab/slash into something, it won't get stuck because it won't get too deep.
The more... sword version (shorter), is also to basically say "Hey, i'm not going to stab you in the back, so the rings are so you can hear me" according to a wushu site.
@@blackthrone6976 that is 20th century creation and not historical though.
I heard a story about a man who went insane.
He bought a new boomerang and kept trying to throw the old one away.
Ha!
I threw a boomerang once as a kid and it never came back.
I've been living in fear ever since.
Friend made an boomerang then we was teen, it flew almost straight and very far into an forest, he newer found it.
Must have been insane to throw one away.
"Es war einmal ein Bumerang/
War ein kleines Stück zu lang./
Bumerang flog ein Stück,/
kam nicht mehr zurück./
Publikum noch stunden lang/
wartete auf Bumerang./"
~Joachim Ringelnatz
loose translatification (please keep in mind I can't really rhyme)
"Once there was a boomerang/
was a tiny bit t'lang./
Boomerang flew a tack,/
never to come back./
Audience for hours lang/
waited for that boomerang."
The weapon weight is fine, Tyranth just hasn’t put enough skill points into strength.
And yet he did the best
wasn't Guan Yu's Polearm supposed to be over one hundred pounds?
That’s a risk in being a dex build.
Just become a Oni so you can one hand this.
Easy.
@@davidcantrell2568 Unless you're a young strong genius like Bruce Lee was I guess haha
You’re absolutely right - it’s not technically a sword. We’ve updated our listing to reflect that it’s actually an interpretation of the Podao/Pudao. Thanks for keeping us on our toes and for this entertaining content as we had a good laugh.
Thanks heaps guys, it was a very fun weapon to review!
Really cool beast of a weapon you made here!
The Kwan Dao, or horse-cutter, is a heavy polearm. Usually, they are so heavy that one has to move with the momentum of the weapon, do not fight the weapon and its mass.
Sifu Hill - Hung Gar
A proper Kwan Dao would have a much longer shaft, though.
embrace the power of the battlefield blender
But yeah, this model was mostly likely meant to train ALL dem muscles while doing all the training exercises but actual combat with it, so when you get something that weights 1/3rd of it you'll be fighting like you're holding a bamboo stick.
Also, almost every xianxia has the main character wielding some metric tons heavy slab of meal that's vaguely sword shaped so the idea of a "heavy sword" is deeply rooted in the east :D
It's the Guan Dao. Person it was named after, Guan Yu, was supposedly superhumanly strong. In legend, Guan Yu used a 49 kg version of this with ease and agility. His accomplishment was so amazing that he was eventually revered to diety status and worshipped as the God of War.
We need more chinese weapons on the channel.
Agreed some are just absolutely especially beautiful.
Hopefully a bunch of blade production companies out there can go historically accurate in a lot of places. I hope we get to see more than just a traditional Europe and Japan that gets most of the focus from makers, sellers, purchasers and reviewers these days.
Agreed
And we should receive another one soon, given the other Dāo shown.
I think it is an anti-cavalry polearm. The rings are to keep it from going through the target, and you can put ribbon streamers on them.
Poor horsey.
So the rings stop you from getting your weapon stuck too deep in the horse body. Morbid to think of, but it makes sense at first thought.
I think my favorite part of Ant's appearances is he's just so happy to be involved
This is a good change from katanas. Katanas are fun, but this is a nice change. Also this sword reminds me of the Elvish swords used in the fellowship of the ring and the two towers.
One fact about the weight - Apparently in medieval China, super heavy Guan Dao (like 40kg at heavy at least) were used during army officer exams, to test potential candidates' martial prowess - and considering the myth of weapons' origin, it being heavier than normal sword seems fitting.
That sounds like over romanticized nonsense, more than historical fact. There's a lot of that with Chinese history of those periods.
Nobody is going to be able to show any form with a 40kg+ weapon. That's a fairly big guy trying to swing half their body weight about. Even with steroids trying to aggressively move and control a mass that size is going to start detaching body parts from the skeleton.
@@RanOutOfChannelNames The weapons with increase weights part then were mainly used as training/exercise or to "show off" the user's strength. When used on the battlefield, everything goes back to normal weights, similar to everywhere else on the planet.
@@RanOutOfChannelNames There are apparently plenty of those things hanging around in museums, so whatever the truth may be, they were being made for some reason.
And considering how weird the confucian inspired competence system worked in China, I would not put it past them to require an officer to wave a giant cleaver around with grace to get a promotion...
Still, there is also plenty of more user-friendly weighted examples of chinese two-handed swords/glaives, and those things are super scary as well.
Personally though? I am more partial to a two handed jian style than Guandao/Dadao/etc, but that's just my aesthetic preference.
I actually just thought it was for executions really.
The historical ones were much lighter and easier to wield. The rings were weighted to help with the center of gravity, create intimidating noise, to ward off bad spirits, and they also kept other bladed weapons from sliding down the back side towards the wielder if you ever locked up with them. Plus it also had a decorative and ascetic purpose.
I don’t know about the keeping other bladed weapons from sliding down bit. The rings barely project far enough to act as a catch against other weapons, but also, they move around, so anything with enough force will just pass through the rings with ease. Maybe the noise thing could be viable, but I really only see that as a flashy demonstration than actually being a feature that was serviceable in combat. Also, weighted? To help with balance????? How? If the rings are weighted, but they’re applied on the weapon, specifically the blade, then if anything it would just make it more top heavy and clumsy than actually working to balance it out. If that were the case, then the "weighted" rings should be on the hilt to offset the weight of a heavier blade.
@@SerAvaros my guess with the rings is that, if the weapon was used in a certain way, they would / could add extra force to a cut as the rings add their momentum from moving from the handle side towards the point side of the blade, literally pushing the blade a bit more after it is stopped. I don't know how much extra force, if any that would add.
As for stopping a sliding weapon on the back... doubtful the rings will stop a slide BUT they may cause a deflection. As in rather than the opponents blade sliding all the way down to the hilt and hand it would hit a ring and bounce / deflect away from the hilt or hand entirely.
These are the explanations ChatGPT will bounce back, but if you look for sources, none of them really have documentation. The idea of warding off evil spirits has some cultural grounding, but nobody actually ever wrote anything (that I know of) that says "this is what we use this for."
@@Lurkily_Esh "as far as we have found" should be added to that tho. China has had a lot of pretty bad civil wars and writings tend to get burned during those times.
Ceremonial, cultural, morale reasons however are usually a safe bet.
Especially in China which also enjoyed long stretches of relative peace in between all the civil wars where ceremony and fashion could and did become the main design principle behind things that would rarely if ever be used outside parades and ceremony. It's also the reason why more of those particular "weapons" would survive when the more practical war weapon would not.
Don't change the title! That is a very Insanwe sword!
agreed
He already did told him to put it back
Hey Shad and Co. this Dao (刀) appears to be a combination of several historical Chinese blades.
1. Podao(朴刀), the general medium sized glaives from the mid-late Qing dynasty came in a variety of shapes and sizes but generally were around 50:50 blade to hilt ratio and not much larger than man height. These often were a little more ‘plain’ in appearance, but frequently had the ring on the pommel. Similar size historical examples (maybe 180cm) might be 3kg in weight total.
2. Guandao (關刀) or sabre of General Guan Yu seen as far back as the Song dynasty, and also called the yǎnyuèdāo (偃月刀). While your example does not have the characteristic back-hook of the guandao, it does have a nice blade collar (tūnkǒu (吞口)) along with the heavier weight which was typically associated with the guandao. While there were relatively nimble fighting examples according to Cheng Zi Yi (程子頤) the weapon was the general's weapon, primarily suitable for use on horseback and unsuited for the foot soldier. It required great strength and a fast horse to use effectively. There is a sub-type which has lead to the over-built polearms that you see today…
3. Wǔkēdāo (武科刀) or "Military Exam Blade", created during the Qing. These were overly large versions of Guan Dao used for strength training and testing. In order to pass certain military entrance exams, candidates had to perform forms with a wukedao, which could way up to 72kg. As a result of some of these surviving examples, modern blade makers are under the misconceptions that ALL polearm dao are overly heavy.
4. Jiu huan dao (九环刀) or 9 ring dao. These usually are seen on late Qing (19th century) single handed swords. They are basically never on military swords, and instead on martial arts weapons, designed to be very gaudy and help attract and audience or followers when putting on demonstrations in city centers. Polearms that have pierced blades with either one or two rings are known as far back as at least the 10th century, but not to the degree shown in this modern reproduction.
Someone else said up to 40kg and you're saying 72kg??? Have you ever lifted something that heavy? It would be utterly impossible for any human being in history to swing a blade that weighed 72kg. That's literally an entire person. I don't doubt that these blades existed but no one was doing forms with them... That's like claiming 3 meter ceremonial bearing swords were used in combat just because surviving examples exist. And guess what, THOSE swords only weigh around 5-7kg which is still far too heavy for actual use just like the blade shown in the video.
I hope that 72kg is a typo. I think 7.2kg would be more appropriate, as it's still very heavy but manageable. Wielding something as heavy as a human for some military entrance exam seems rather unlikely...
@@thunderryu0494 It is not a typo. As OP stated, those heavy dao were not intended to be weapons but was a form of weight lifting or strength feat. In the link below you can see a guy swinging around a 50kg guandao to get an idea of what this entails.
ruclips.net/video/e2IL4jmjE90/видео.htmlsi=gMQQh0bU1FmhGRvi
Yeah, that 72kg weight comment has to be misinformation. There’s no way someone is swinging a weapon around that weighed 150+ lbs….even for a test of strength in a military sense. That’s not happening, chief.
@@Lucef Their are humans who can throw a 170kg bar into the air when the perform a snatch in Olympic style lifting. Lifting up a 75kg bar and moving it around is entirely possible as a feat of strength. No, it does not behave like a weapon but that was not the point. It was mean to be a test of strength and was tested along with pulling a heavy bow or performing a deadlift with a heavy stone.
It's like a short hafted, long bladed glaive
Watching you swing that thing is like watching a video game character use a heavy sword.
Put the typo back it’s encouraged comments. Remember everything happens for a reason . A new video with a ton of comments is helpful for the algorithm
so the first weapon our new guy uses on camera is a dao? we are off to a good start
no, he was introduced and used another weapon on the other vid.
but I'd call Ant -- Ron
@@YandreYak well that was an introduction video so i dont think it could be counted as a "weapon tryout" video
There's actually a tradition of training with overweight pole arms in a lot of Chinese martial Arts. It's a lot like those oversized Temple swords in Japan except people actually trained with them as a show of strength.
IIRC, the Dao (It may have been specifically the Guandao) was deliberately forged to be heavy to be a means of training a soldier's strength.
This is a glaive/glave with shortened shaft. Think of it as a Guandao with shorter shaft, or a Chinese messer with shorter heavier blade and longer shaft.
One of the most famous variant of Chinese glaive weapon would be Guandao (used by Guan Yu according to the novel). Huang Zhong also used a glaive but with tip curled like an elephant's nose.
Hu my brother long time no see
@@SeanHiruki Fellow fan of the Mask Painter! I hope you like the latest development of the Ravages of time Graphic novel.
Loved the video, as always! 😊🎉 As a new practitioner of Traditional Chinese-Swordsmanship (not the kind that’s slow kata, but designed to be fast and involve sparring), this sword reminds me heavily of the ZhanMaDao (horse-chopper)-they were long-handled cleavers, oftentimes, which were used during a time when mounted warfare was common in China. ZhanMaDao were oriented around stopping cavalry and/or dismounting horsemen, but were not as optimized to face infantry, due to their weight and heft, if I recall correctly (not a dueling weapon, but optimized for stopping a dedicated-charge). I’m a new guy to the art, so definitely double-check me. Thanks for this awesome video, and Long Live The Shadlands! 🥳
A single devastating use, that actually is a good possibility
I used to practice with a large Kukri sword, which is probably similar in width to that blade, and I found that 'stopping' the momentum was the wrong move, rather use your momentum to carry you into your next blow; it requires that you keep the blade in constant motion but it is a lot easier than starting and stopping.
A weapon like this isn't meant to be used in such a manner, it's similar to heavy Chinese weapons used in the past, it's actually a weapon that's meant to be used after building up momentum and that momentum is meant to be redirected rather than stopped the martial movement and technique is often as much a part of how to properly utilize a weapon as the blade or handle.
This reminds me of the character Wan Fun from Samurai Shodown that was wielding a similar sword, except with a smaller handle. And when he was hitting with it, he was basically throwing it towards the opponent then grabbing the hilt to not lose it. I can imagine this is how you should use a sword that heavy.
Thank you for keeping it calm, down, factual and bearable to watch. For it, this one had better audio quality and was way nicer to watch than most of your other videos.
Impressive for Shad to do that chopping with his chronic fatigue, well done mate
Great video Shad and company! I don't know what's more entertaining, the actual video, or reading all the wildly contradictory "actually..." comments from the people who claim to be experts in this oddly specific weapon.
fun fact ring Dao mostly use for execution so it being heavy is correct it being functional because people like to interrupt puplic execution so this blade can be use for the executioners to defend themself with it not meant as a battlefeild weapon
Let's go Shad, Tyranth, and Antbro!
The movement of this chunky dao makes it look like the weapon of a norse berzerker
Can't wait to see the review on the LuiyeDao.
Also this dao was unwieldy as it was primarily a cavalry blade. Using the horses to speed to add more force behind the swing.
You guys should get your hands on a guandao. Pretty much this on a pole arm shaft and a slightly shorter blade end
You're right, this sword is isanewe lol
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I'm glad i got a screenshot of my notification before the title got changed.
The key was to keep the heavy swords in fluid motion using your entire body even leading with your body into an attack. The idea is to weild it on foot as if you where riding a horse, no jirky swings no stops and starts, the weapon never stops moving. Slowing the sword down is where you get the most fatigued. Let the sword go where it wants to go, follow it don't bully it. While standing neutral with the weapon rest it against your body, also use you shoulders and mid section to put the weopon in motion and not just your arms.
Think of this thing as a shotgun, once in motion it's too heavy to block or perry, doing ample damage to anything it hits.
Nice to see a Chinese polearm. Great stuff.
Edit: Would love a comparison with a Nagamaki or Naginata.
The word you're looking for, Shad, is "glaive."
I’d say it’s more of a polesword than a glaive
@@quakxy_dukx The "polesword" is called swordtaff. Shad even has a video about that :) *goes rewatch*
@@walkir2662 polesword is also a legitimate term
The guandao is my favorite weapon!
What do you think about Guan Yu's guandao "Green Dragon Crescent Blade" which weighed 82 Chinese jin (estimated either at 18.26 kg (40.3 lb) or 48.38 kg (106.7 lb)
YES!! Guan Yu's Guandao and Zhang Liao's Yanyuedao !! two awesome crescent blades !!! I honestly don't know the differences of the 2. but it's what my older cousin taught me 20 yrs ago lol
Personally I think that it was just a legend told about him and the time period, not an actual weapon that he actually used - if it even actually existed. A 40 lb weapon is absurd, even people who are in peak physical condition and regularly lift weights and do body training would struggle immensely to swing that around as an actual weapon.
......i'm training with a 36lb 6' yoga bar. I'll be training with a Guan Yu guandao in about 1 year or so....................... 🙏❤
@@Hirome_Satou .......i'm 5'10" 175lbs and 40 yrs old. I twirl a 36lb 6' yoga bar and train shao lin staff with it. You are just out of shape, and i'm not even close to Arnold or Sly... get on the floor and do some push ups 🙏❤
@@theadmiral4625 Good for you? Also, putting up a praying symbol and a heart doesn't mitigate the fact that you're trying to insult me.
From weight and stamina usage - looks like a cool eccentric replacement for a dumbbells. You have here cardio+stretches and a light/medium physical exercise (depending on a speed and intensity)
Now we're talking! I haven't been this excited since you pulled out a nodachi similar to my own
THE EPISODE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!!!! I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THIS WEAPON AND HAVE FUN WITH IT 💪🤣💪THANK YOU ❤🙏
........not exactly the "kuan dao" which is closer to a polearm, but THANK YOU NONETHELESS
ManAnt (Don't worry, I won't call him AntMan, since he doesn't like that) seems like he'll be a pretty good addition to the group. Glad he joined.
Love your channel shad hope everything picks up for you
Couple years ago, I split a cord of wood with wedges & a 10lb Sledge. The chinese elm was very tough to split & I broke 1 wedge & a maul. The maul kept getting stuck in the chunks of wood, that might weigh up to 60 lbs. I ended up breaking the handle, when I was picking up & swinging the maul & the chunck of wood back into the ground. I had one of those 4 way wedges, I broke it & returned it to the store, I'd had it like less than a month. The guy I used to work with there asked me, "King Kong, what'd you use on that a pneumatic hammer?" The head was smashed over 1/4" down & I broke it off 1/3rd the way up.
...........it's actually very practical: i've been training with a 36lb yoga bar for 1 year now. After another year i will be able to start training on the kuan / guan dao......... which is what you're holding but on a 6' pole with a spear tip on the bottom end............. 🙏❤
Congrats on the training and good luck with the future progress. My question is this: In terms of functionality, how is this “practical”?
That's the thing. It works for training because the purpose is to push yourself.
In combat or even using it as a tool, you don't want to get tired in the first 5 minutes. Even if you can keep going, the power loss will be too high to make it practical in any real situation.
@@bbotelhoHI Well these weapons are designed for anti-cav purposes, but it seems like this one was made for flair or executions, since it's heavier than the norm for them.
@@bbotelhoHI ...like The Black Death says below: the functionality is against cavalry. It's also "practical" against the majority of infantry. Remember irregardless of Asians or Europeans, the majority of any infantry consists of peasant conscripts. The only 300-esque fighters were the Spartans and "Tartars" = Mongolian horde under Genghis Khan... After cleaving off a few arms and legs, formations break and people run....
@@theadmiral4625 appreciate the replies. Thanks for the clarification
@shadversity , a few months ago you talked about doing a video to explain terms of weapons and differences between similar weapons. ie: what is a sword? what is a sabre? how are they different? Any progress on that video idea?
was hoping yall would do this one when i first saw it. awesome!
16:48 For some reason I love this "O'right, let's swing this big dog of thing, ay" from Ant. Something I would hear from a mighty dwarf or battle-hardened landsknecht in a DnD game, especially considering these pants
A classic hard-hitting blade used by many legendary swordsmen, including Arc himself. The rings are pretty noisy and mainly designed to distract and annoy the hell out of your opponent. Beak Things hate it, but it tends to just make them more vicious.
When the Ringed sabre and Heavy Poelarm habe a baby
I think we need an asterisk on this weapon, saying "It's too heavy for a normal person, but a body builder could probably use it with ease." Like, if it were built like this, it could only be a weapon for specialized warriors.
I don’t know if it’s the case with this dao, but normally the rings are made of iron and used to increase the weight. As for why that’s the case…I dunno, I’m not super familiar with Chinese weapons.
Plus the more you train with it, the more you will be used to the weight of it.
From a pure strength perspective I can see how that could work. However from a practicality standpoint training with the weapon that behaves differently than it would in battle does not seem like a good idea to me.
It lead to overswinging the lighter weapon, leading to loss of balance hyperextension of an arm and so on.
Seems to me the turtle hermit method would be more reliable for just gaining pure strength. (Only partial sarcasm there)
Can’t wait for the other reviews from this site. Still would love a top blade site review compilation so us looking to collect can start
Nice, I wanted you guys to test some of the Daos
It looks like a Bowie knife on a stick.
Less a stick and more a pole considering the size.
Those who know can see the dent in the castle wall
Thank you for your videos.
I love this channel so much!
The heavy weight of the weapon is for the purpose of physical conditioning whereas the actual ones used for combat weighed less, also this weapon was used from horse back and was also used to target and slice another horses legs hence it's nickname of the Horse Chopper/Horse Cutter. (Source: I am a Kung fu instructor and I have trained with this weapon)
Greetings!
I think Shad was right about the executioners blade. Pretty sure this is a Chuanwei Dao which was an executioners blade primarily used in the 19th century. I'm not an expert so I could be wrong, but this is what it appears to be to me.
Tyranth is a massive dude, the fact that it had him struggling is telling
I love glaives, cleaving weapons, and overbuilt weapons like Zombie Tools, but this one seems way too heavy
Tyranth attacking that pool noodle reminded me of an Elden Ring character spamming light attacks with a colossal type weapon XD 15:38
I've always loved the 9 rings dao, thanks for this video
I think I have seen a similar looking sword like this used in either a kdrama or cdrama. An executioner was dancing around making the rings jingle before the beheading.
You're using it wrong. 14+ years experience in Chinese martial arts. There's a technique/s to offset the weight and cutting problems
A weapon like this isn't meant to be used in such a manner, it's similar to heavy Chinese weapons used in the past, it's actually a weapon that's meant to be used after building up momentum and that momentum is meant to be redirected rather than stopped the martial movement and technique is often as much a part of how to properly utilize a weapon as the blade or handle. The rings serve as a counterweight to increase inertia as well as to trap thinner faster swords like the Jian and sometimes we're used to snap it with a sudden turn.
Cool video, always nice to see Ant.
Looking foward to see that liuye dao review
Actually... it is called a Guan Dao. In Chinese Dao 刀 means knife, or single edge blade. A dao can be anything from a knife (xiao dao 小刀 small blade), to a single edge sword (miao dao 苗刀 cutlass/dusack/falchion), to this type of polearm. Guan 关 means to shut or close. The story goes this weapon was used for soldiers who blocked cavalry and was used to chop down horses.
Historically this was called a crescent moon sword "yanyuedao" 偃月刀.
As far as the rings, they were added to various weapons during the resurgence of martial arts competitions during the late 70's and 80's.
Typically the pole was longer, about 4 or 5 feet or up to nipple. And the blade was shorter, about 45 to 50 centimeters. It still was a heavy weapon, no more than about 5kg.
That looks like good work out!
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I remember hearing that the rings are to make sure the blade doesn’t get stuck. Not sure if that’s actually true, but personally I just think it makes it look insanely cool.
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Changing hand placement and twerling it to build up speed. might have been part of the idea to make it more dangerus to fight against. also if you trained with it for a few months then a lighter spear or sword, it would help to build the right types of muscle mass.
Oh I also like the shape of the second sword. Reminds me of my favorite sword in the game Kenshi.
I GOTTA give props to Ant! I really like his form. It's very graceful to me. Like watching a gentle Kenjutsu practitioner.
I think it's the way he moves his legs and how flowy yet controlled his arms are.
thats such beautiful ringed dao,i love it
Hey guys these traditionally were somewhat weighted. Where the rings were both aesthetic and added weight.
"I would like a knife. This long and this wide, with a hilt this long"
"That's not a-"
"Did I stutter?!"
I do hope that you can for the future talk of the historic use cases if you find any information on that.
For an example, I am not a sword affectionado, but I do like the historic coverage that you throw in here, so a little bit of historic information regarding the weapon and their use cases would be nice.
This Weapon is indeed Curious. Chinese Greatsword follow the principle of having a higher impact force, displacing enemies weapons and intimidate opponents like every other greatsword in the world.
But theirs are very short and has very wide blades. They look like meatcleavers for two hands.
This one right here looks like the hybrid of two chinese weapons where one has a longer blade than the handle and another whichs handle is longer than the blade. (I will not even try to write the names correctly)
Reminds me on a japanese Nagamaki whose Hilt is as long as the blade.
Technique-wise, I really recommend you Sifukuttel on youtube, he is a martial artist who shows some techniques and movement patterns using Miao daos and Zhanmataos.
But even these swords are lighter than this beast.
Chinese Greatswords like the Miaodao are said to be used as "Horsecutters" like the japanes Nodachi, but even using armor I ask myself why?
The Nodachi is long enough for injuring horses without being ride over, but these little Choppy bois? I find it debatable but since I have none and do not asian martial arts, It is only an assumption from me.
Hell, the Dimensions of your Dao are really hardcore. With this weight and Rings, it has to be ceremonial for Parades, shows and executions. I hope so.
I train with Montante and Schlachtschwert so I can confirm that using Momentum to redirect the blade is the best way to fight with a Greatsword to conserve energy and you use your whole coremuscles in the process.
But even with a manhigh Schlachtschwert you have to stop the blade midswing if the need arises to react to your opponents actions.
This works good, but your Dao looks like it really wants to pull you with it.
Like a sharp Sledgehammer perhaps?
When handling this dao you two naturally place your dominant hand near the handguard since this seems to be your whole turning point because the balance sounds very wrong. Strinkes from left look really cumbersome with this weapon.
If you can, would you please review another chinese Greatsword and compare these two?
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My main thought on the rings is that when performing the forms, they could have created a specific sound. So when the blade creates a clear ring on every strike and it remains silent otherwise, you're doing it correctly. An easier way to prep and grade soldier performances, or give decorative performances.
A different dao that is similar to this one but way more maneuverable and usable is the LK Chen Twin Peak Liao Dao. It is like a laser through tatami.
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This is such a cool channel!
Thank you so much, that you use the metric system!!!!
I love that way you're getting to see more than just katana's and the occasional European sword gets sent to Shad to take a look at.
Here's hoping we get even more.
I love these videos.
(Ant is doing pretty good to fit in as well. I love his garb. )
I really need to do better proofreading with the voice typing
this is the one time i was really hoping shad was going to do the quote "now thats a knife" from croc dondee movie lol
I've always heard this weapon called a "Nine Ringed Broadsword".
The rings in the blade were supposed to increase the striking power due to the rings swinging with the blade to increase the weapon's momentum.
I think I'd like to see a series of you giving ant basic training. Sounds fun.
Oh that is a thing of beauty!
Wow! This thing is insane!
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I remember a similar weapon on the show Into the Badlands. The show definitely made sure it was a sword so it might be worth checking out