Naginatajutsu (長刀術 or 薙刀術) is the Japanese martial art of wielding the naginata (長刀). The naginata is a weapon resembling the European glaive and the Chinese guan...

The naginata (なぎなた, 薙刀) is a polearm and one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades (nihontō). Naginata were originally used by the...

modernized form (gendai budō) called the "way of naginata" (naginata-dō) or "new naginata" (atarashii naginata), in which competitions are also held. However...

Sadaharu Fujimoto (Karate-do) Shōgō Kuniba (Karate-do) Satoru Suzuki (Karate-do) Isao Okano (Judo) Fumiko Noda (Naginata-do) Iekata Kaneko (Yabusame)...

in Japanese society. Receiving a noble education, she was skilled in Naginata-do, a martial art disseminated by Japanese women from the samurai family...

in a fixed position in the same way a katana is held. Unlike the naginata, the hands do not change when handling the weapon and the right hand was always...

other monks, Benkei was likely[citation needed] trained in the use of the naginata, the half-moon spear. At the age of seventeen, Benkei was said to have...

lacquer on the samurai do, but like the naginata, it failed to generate enough blunt force trauma to break a bone behind the do. Despite this, the weapons...

Japanese martial art of kendo, with variants used for jūkendō, tankendo, and naginata. During the Edo period (1603-1868) the use of real swords for training...

she has impacted much of the warrior class, including many traditional Naginata schools. Her actions in battle received much attention in the arts, such...