Onna-Bugeisha: the story of female samurai | Special weapons and special fighting techniques

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Ай бұрын

Bushido is the way of the samurai, that is, of a real man. It would seem that everything is true, but this is far from the case. Yes, men have always predominated among samurai, but there were also women among them, the so-called Onna-Bugeisha.
Women samurai not only had their traditions but also special-edged weapons and special fighting techniques, tailored specifically to female physiology. Thanks to this, women could fight on equal terms with men. Sometimes it happened that female samurai even became full-fledged commanders, leading armies of thousands.
The Japanese term Onna-Bugeisha, which is used to refer to female samurai, literally means a combination of the words “woman” and “person of martial arts.” This was the name given to women whose fighting skills went beyond ordinary ceremonial traditions. Onna-Bugaisha, unlike other women, could easily be found on the battlefield, dressed in armor covered in the blood of enemies. They took full part in the combat life of the samurai class.
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@InnaPolonskaia Ай бұрын

Thus female warriors began to appear for the first time in women's communities.

@Ulyanka47 26 күн бұрын

It's amazing that women samurai not only had their traditions but also special-edged weapons and special fighting techniques, tailored specifically to female physiology.

@luckycruiser 28 күн бұрын

If male samurai averaged between 5'-3" and 5'-5", female samurai would have been around 4'-11".

@PolinaGurova-yb5bs Ай бұрын

They understood perfectly well that men were much stronger, and in a simple sword fight, even very skilled ones, would not have much of a chance.

@pietrosigismondodelvalenti6371 28 күн бұрын

"it was a hidden weapon..." Ok "That could easily be hidden..." Oh "In the sleeves of..." Yes! "A kimono..." Noooo...

@RelaxwithMarika-nu8hf Ай бұрын

This was the name given to women whose fighting skills went beyond ordinary ceremonial traditions

@herbderbler1585 23 күн бұрын

Ah yes, my favorite weapon, the nyeah-jinata.

@user-kv1ce3dq8t Ай бұрын

But the history of the emergence of female warriors in Japan goes back to a time when even the samurai themselves did not exist.

@user-hv8st1nx1y Ай бұрын

These times touch on the very beginning of a new era, when many diverse communities operated in Japan, united by common ideas or crafts. Some of these communities, for some reason, consisted only of women.

@ray-thebestdogever Ай бұрын

Women samurai not only had their traditions but also special-edged weapons and special fighting techniques

@Stoicism-wisdomforcentur-qx1lc Ай бұрын

Yes, men have always predominated among samurai, but there were also women among them, the so-called Onna-Bugeisha.

@sergeimasljuk2955 Ай бұрын

The Japanese term Onna-Bugeisha, which is used to refer to female samurai, literally means a combination of the words “woman” and “person of martial arts.”

@jachyra9 29 күн бұрын

Technically speaking, Women were not samurai. They were ‘buke no onna’ - literally, “women of warrior households.” They did not receive fiefs or stipends from a lord or obtain posts in the shogunate or domain governments. Although some of these women studied martial arts, mostly the naginata, only very few ever participated in war.

@Alltimestories1 Ай бұрын

Bushido is the way of the samurai, that is, of a real man