Naginatajutsu

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Naginatajutsu
(長刀術、 薙刀術)

In later Japanese history, the naginata was associated with female samurai.
Focus	Weaponry (Naginata)
Country of origin	Japan
Olympic sport	No

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 dao. Most naginatajutsu practiced today is in a modernized form, a gendai budō, in which competitions also are held.