Guandao
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A guandao is a type of Chinese polearm that is used in some forms of Chinese martial arts. In Chinese, it is properly called a yanyuedao, the name under which it appears in texts such as the Wujing Zo
Guandao, housed in the Inner Mongolia Museum
Guandao (Inner Mongolia Museum)
Ming dynasty cavalrymen holding short guandao
Man kicking a guandao, Ming dynasty
Podao
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Podao or pudao is a Chinese single-edged infantry weapon that is still used primarily for training in various Chinese martial arts. The blade of the weapon is shaped like a Chinese broadsword, but the
Guandao
…would also indicate that he did not use a guandao or even anything resembling a guandao, since the pole-mounted or long-handled dao weapons such as the pudao or dadao were all wielded with two hands and so would not have been made or used in a pair. While some historians still contend that the guandao was…
A photograph of a Chinese podao, with the handle wrapped in hemp rope.
A drawing of a pudao