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Currently Playing: Why did Japan abandon its biggest swords but China didn't? #martialarts #katana #swords #history

Why did Japan abandon the mighty ōdachi (nodachi) while China developed even longer swords? In this short, I explore the surprising history behind Japan's giant battlefield swords, the Chinese miaodao, and how warfare changed the course of sword history.

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