Response to Matt Easton - What are disc guards for?

This is a video response to Matt Easton from the channel Scholagladiatoria. In a recent video on his channel, Matt hypothesized that disc guards may be connected to the use of flat parries on swords. In this video, I go deeper into this claim and analyze evidence which supports this argument.

Scholagladiatoria's video can be found here:    • What do SWORD GUARDS tell us about SW...  

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction

1:19 What this video is not about

1:34 No edge parries?

1:57 Three forms of evidence for disc guard use

2:56 Evidence from antiques

5:40 Evidence on Nihonto

6:21 Contrast with western swords

7:07 Evidence from textual sources

8:52 Evidence from Chinese martial arts

9:24 Demonstration of dao technniques

12:04 Conclusion

Sources:

Primary Sources:

程宗猷，單刀法選，1614.

程子頤，武備要略

Books:

龔劍. 中國刀劍史. 中華書局, 2021.

皇甫江. 刀剑鉴定. 福建美术出版社, 2011.

Images:

Thumbnail = https://www.mandarinmansion.com/item/...

Nagel = https://www.lukasmaestlegoer.com/swor...

Dadao = https://www.mandarinmansion.com/item/...

Dao with hardened edge = https://www.mandarinmansion.com/item/...

Sanmei = https://k.sina.com.cn/article_1656599...

Qiangang = http://www.shanggudaojiang.com/Web/12...

Dao edge = https://www.mandarinmansion.com/item/...

Damage on Dao = https://www.mandarinmansion.com/item/...

Damage on Jian = https://www.mandarinmansion.com/item/...

Damage on Nihonto = https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic...

Tunkou = https://www.mandarinmansion.com/item/...

Music:

Intro Music Song: 春江花月夜 Artist: 顶斯华 Album: 中国古筝金曲, Vol. 3 (古筝独奏).

Outro Music: Song: Chinese Thunder Drums Album: World Drums: African, Samba, Taiko, Chinese and Middle Eastern Music.