Full contact karate vs Naginatajutsu
Full contact karate and Naginatajutsu side by side, from the facts recorded for each art.
| Full contact karate | Naginatajutsu | |
|---|---|---|
| Country of origin | Japan | Japan |
| Type | karate | jutsu and martial arts |
| Notable practitioners here | 28 | 1 |
| Top countries of practitioners | Japan, France and Korea under Japanese rule | France |
| Equipment and weapons | — | naginata |
Full contact karate
Full contact karate is any format of karate where competitors spar (also called "Kumite") full-contact and allow a knockout as winning criterion.
From the Wikipedia article Full contact karate (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Naginatajutsu
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.
From the Wikipedia article Naginatajutsu (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Facts from Wikidata (CC0): Q3754231, Q1757215. Practitioner counts are the people with a profile on this site. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.