Naginata-Do

Naginata-Do, also called Naginatajutsu, is the art of fighting with a Japanese naginata, a weapon resembling the medieval European glaive. Most naginata practice today is in a modernised form, a gendai budo called naginata-do or atarashii naginata (new naginata), in which competitions also are held.

Many koryu ryuha (martial arts schools such as the famous Katori Shinto-ryu) include naginata-jutsu in their curriculum.