Bugei translates as Martial art, Military arts, or Arts of war. Bu 武 means warrior or military. Gei 芸 means art, craft or technique. It is pretty obvious when we put them together that we get the meaning for martial arts. Most people are familiar with the word geisha 芸者. Geisha are people skilled in arts such as poetry, music, and dance. The second word sha 者 means a person or someone.
If we put sha 者 at the end of bugei 武芸 we get a martial artist, bugeisha 武芸者.
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館長Saneteru Radzikowski is the head sword instructor of Shinkan-ryū Kenpō. He lives and teaches Iaijutsu and Kenjutsu from Nara, Japan.
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Had been wondering about the word bugeisha. Thank you sensei :)
Thanks for the lesson sensei
Understood!
Thank you sensei.
Somewhat on the line of ologist Sensei
Thank you Sensei.
Thank you sensei.
Thank you, Saneteru-sensei.
Thank you, Saneteru-sensei.
That’s really cool! Thank you Sensei!
Thank you for the definition, Sensei.
Thank you much for explaining the terms, Saneteru-sensei.
Thank you for this breakdown of “bugei,” Saneteru-sensei.
Wow! Thanks for the definition! Saneteru-Sensei.
Thank you for breaking this down for us sensei! I often get confused with the endings that describe what a person is.
Thank you sensei
This is very much a “Eureka!” moment for me. Somehow I’d never noticed the correlation. Thank you for the clarification!