page_title: Miaodao
hierarchical_section_title: Miaodao
caption_attribution_description: a Chinese weapon.A two hands using sword.It's in Ming dynasty affected by Japanese katana.
context_page_description: The miaodao is a Chinese two-handed dao or saber of the Ming Dynasty era, with a narrow blade with a length of 1.2 metres or more and a long hilt. The name means "sprout saber", presumably referring to a likeness between the weapon and a newly sprouted plant. Its origin is katana, presumably ōdachi, brought to China by the Japanese pirates. While the miaodao 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, miaodao were used by some Chinese troops during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  While the miaodao is rarely practiced in modern Chinese martial arts, some schools of piguaquan and tongbeiquan and xingyiquan train with the weapon. The miaodao 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 miaodao techniques on this form.
  The "miao" of miaodao should not be confused with the Miao ethnic group, who are not associated with this weapon.
context_section_description: The miaodao (苗刀) is a Chinese two-handed dao or saber of the Ming Dynasty era, with a narrow blade with a length of 1.2 metres (47 in) or more and a long hilt. The name means "sprout saber", presumably referring to a likeness between the weapon and a newly sprouted plant. Its origin is katana, presumably ōdachi, brought to China by the Japanese pirates. While the miaodao 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, miaodao were used by some Chinese troops during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
  While the miaodao 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 miaodao 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 miaodao techniques on this form.
  The "miao" of miaodao should not be confused with the Miao ethnic group, who are not associated with this weapon.
caption: Miaodao blade
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