«The Corsake-Pike  « Giáo-Mác » () is a Polearm which was specially used for the Cutting and the Thrusting in the same time, but much more for Cutting than for Thrusting. It appeared also since the « Springs and Autumns Period » (Xuân-Thu Thời-Đại - 春 秋 時 代 722-481 BC), i.e. afterwards the Antique Halberd Qua and the Spear Thương.
          That was precisely because of that in the word Corsake-Pike Mác there was the term Qua (Antique Halbrd).

         On the Warring States Period (Chiến-Quốc Thời-Đại - 戰國時代 481-250 BC), the Corsake-Pike Giáo-Mác was called by Hooked-Spear Câu Liêm Thương ( 鉤 鐮 槍 ).

         Martial-Student of Traditional Martial Arts from Việt-Nam need to know to distinguish between the Corsake-Pike Giáo-Mác Câu Liêm Thương from Đại-Việt and the Corsake-Pike Giáo-Mác Câu Liêm Thương from China.

         - The Corsake-Pike Giáo-Mác Câu Liêm Thương from China was structurally designed on the basis of the Narrow Bladed Spear holding an edged Hook bended back towards the Skirt of the Spear.

Hooked-Spear « Câu-Thương » 鉤 槍 from China

(Credit Photo : Wing Lam Enterprises »

The Corsake-Pike « Giáo-Mác » from Đại-Việt.

(Credit Photo : Bình-Định Sa-Long-Cương France »

Assistant Master Alban TRỊNH Quang Việt
presenting the Codified Sequence of the Corsake-Pike « Câu-Liêm Thương »
with a Corsake-Pike « Giáo-Mác » specific to Đại-Việt.