Sword Lab: Legend of the Zhanmadao (response to Metatron)
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Response to Metatron:
Recently, one of the great martial history channels, Metatron, did a video on the Chinese weapon the Zhanmadao (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU18gJsVJic).
Here we explore in more depth the history and legend of the famous Zhanmadao or "horse cutting saber".
Watch Metatron's original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU18gJsVJic&t=678s
Thanks to Peter Dekker, Ben Judkins, and Ting for all their help in researching.
The Great Ming Military Blog: http://greatmingmilitary.blogspot.com/
Mandarin Mansion: http://www.mandarinmansion.com/welcome
Kung fu Tea: https://chinesemartialstudies.com/
Thomas Chen’s Excellent sword site.
http://thomaschen.freewebspace.com/index.html
http://chineseswordsmanship.freewebspace.com/photo.html, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3224696
Other sources
Columbia University:
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