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The Naginata family covers fighting techniques using the naginata — a Japanese polearm consisting of a curved, single-edged blade mounted on a long wooden shaft, typically measuring five to seven feet...
The Naginata Thrust subfamily covers straight thrusting techniques with the naginata, where the practitioner drives the point of the curved blade directly into the opponent's body. [1] While cutting i...
The Naginata Cut subfamily covers all cutting (slashing) techniques with the naginata, exploiting the weapon's curved blade to deliver sweeping cuts to the opponent's body, legs, and head. [1] Naginat...
The Standard Naginata Cut executes the fundamental cutting action by sliding the lead hand down the shaft toward the ishizuki (butt end) while the rear hand drives the blade through the target in a sw...
The Standard Naginata Thrust executes the straight thrusting attack by driving the naginata forward along its longitudinal axis, directing the kissaki (blade point) at the opponent's tsuki (throat) ta...
The Polearm group encompasses all fighting techniques using long-shafted weapons — typically ranging from five to twelve feet in length — that combine reach advantage with the leverage provided by a l...
The Spear Thrust subfamily covers the primary offensive technique in sojutsu — the straight thrust of the yari blade into the opponent's body, which is the defining attack of spear combat worldwide. [...
The Sojutsu (Spear) family covers Japanese spear fighting techniques using the yari, a straight-bladed spear that became the dominant battlefield weapon of the Sengoku period (1467-1615), surpassing t...
The Weapon class encompasses all fighting techniques that employ an external implement — whether bladed, blunt, flexible, or projectile — as the primary means of offence and defence. [1] Weapon-based ...