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 Wushu - Weapons -
Nan Dao
Nan Dao means Southern
Broadsword. It's one of the wushu competition events that was added to the wushu
competition routines just a few years ago. In the Nan Dao routine one uses short and fast,
and agressive techniques.
Nandao is a kind of sword
that is nowadays used mostly in contemporary Chinese wushu
exercises and forms. It is the southern variation of the "northern
broadsword", or Beidao.
Its blade bears some resemblance to the butterfly
sword, also a southern Chinese single-bladed weapon; the main difference is
the size, and the fact that the butterfly swords are always used in pairs. The
main difference with the beidao is that the nandao is mostly used two-handed due
to its larger amount of weight, and it has a large metal crossguard useful in
deflecting blows and hooking the opponent's weapon; also, although it is
single-edged, the nandao is not curved like the northern broadsword.
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