中国苗刀刀法-辛酉刀法/Chinese Kungfu:The art of twohanded blade “miao dao“

苗刀刀法表演，出自明代《辛酉刀法》,为戚继光在抗倭战斗中获得的日本刀谱基础上，进行改变再创使之更适合军队实战之用的刀法。 The Miao Dao sword is a two-handed blade which are popular equipped for the heavy armored soldiers（especially in the praetorian guards troop of the Chinese emperor） from the Tang Dynasty to Ming Dynasty(7th century to 17th century) in Tang dynasty it export to Japan and influenced the development of Japanese sword. In the video ,the man is performing the art of Miao Dao from “Xin You Dao Fa“ （Blade arts of the year 1560) ,which is a book teach the combat arts to the military forces in the Ming writer of the book is General Qi JiGuang,when he has got a book of Japanese sword arts after a battle , modify and developed it made that fit for army.