{"id":10974,"date":"2019-11-22T06:20:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T06:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/?p=10974"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:57:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:57:00","slug":"the-liuyedao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/the-liuyedao\/","title":{"rendered":"The Liuyedao"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"padding:4px;\"><span>  <\/p>\n<p>Among the many types of Chinese broadsword, the Liu  Ye Dao, or willow leaf sabre, stands out as my favourite. It handles  well, moving quickly and with the ability to thrust, even though it is  primarily a cutting sword.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"459\" height=\"155\" src=\"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/20191122_5dd77d352cc67.jpg\" alt=\"The Liuyedao\" \/><\/p>\n<p>  The main characteristic that distinguishes the Liu Ye Dao from other  Chinese sabers, is the shape of the blade. It curves moderately all the  way along. Sometimes the curve is more pro<em><\/em>nounced towards the tip. <\/p>\n<p>  Most willow leaf sabres have a sharpened back edge for a<em><\/em>bout a third of  the blade length from the tip. Most of them have a canted hilt, although  some were straight. There are variations in blade width and also in the  taper of the blade.<\/p>\n<p>Some have the same thickness almost to the tip and others gradually taper towards the point. <\/p>\n<p>  Philip Tom is the foremost expert on classification and culture of  Chinese sabres. His name comes up everywher in the research I did to  put this sword into simple terms for the Chinese Swords Guide. Scott  Rodell&#8217;s name comes up as well. <\/p>\n<p>  Some Liu Ye Dao had angular, squared hilts and pommel fittings. The  round o<em><\/em>nes became more popular in the later Qing. During the Ming and  Qing dynasties of China, the willow leaf sabre was used for the cavalry,  and then also for the infantry. They became the martial arts sabre of  choice in the Qing, as well. This has changed, although I don&#8217;t know  why. They are easier to handle than the oxtail sabres now used in many  Chinese broadsword forms.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"chine-tie-zi-nei-rong-zhi-hou\" id=\"chine-1371094269\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1889418300638825\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1889418300638825\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"7273022922\" \ndata-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the many types of Chinese broadsword, the Liu  Ye Dao, or willow leaf sabre, stands out as my favourite. It handles  well, moving quickly and with the ability to thrust, even though it is  primarily a cutting sword.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2858],"tags":[118],"class_list":["post-10974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-culture","category-chinese-kung-fu","tag-culture"],"views":619,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}