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...
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Naginatajutsu (redirect from Naginata-do)
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...
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she has impacted much of the warrior class, including many traditional Naginata schools. Her actions in battle received much attention in the arts, such...
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archery. In the late Heian period, battles on foot began to increase and naginata, a bladed polearm, became a main weapon along with a yumi (longbow). The...
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Historical creations have often depicted scenes of Nōhime wielding a naginata sword alongside Nobunaga against enemy soldiers, but there is no evidence...
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naginata), and the Japanese sickle-and-chain (kusarigama). The modern version of naginata practice, called "new Naginata" (新しいなぎなた atarashii naginata)...
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large scale in dense formations with tanegashima (gun) and yari (spear), naginata (pole weapon), which were difficult to use in dense formations, were replaced...
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There are many similar polearms such as the war scythe, the Japanese naginata, the Chinese guandao (yanyuedao), the Korean woldo, and the Russian sovnya...
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river. Tajima is said to have stood upon the bridge and, spinning his naginata, deflected many if not most of the arrows that came his way. According...
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