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**cjOTw7ov** · 07-22-2006, 10:29 AM

i'm no expert on naginata but i'm pretty certain that this is being done for tradition's sake, as in VERY traditional. back in the day women learned to use naginata to protect their families from thieves/ronin. these people were often farming families and the women strap the babies to their back while they would work the fields. so combining these two ideas, you couldn't effectively fend off an attacker with a baby strapped to your back unless you practiced fending off attacks with a baby on your back. so they would train with babies on their backs.

just an educated guess.

07-22-2006, 10:29 AM	#12
cjOTw7ov Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 450 Senior Member	i'm no expert on naginata but i'm pretty certain that this is being done for tradition's sake, as in VERY traditional. back in the day women learned to use naginata to protect their families from thieves/ronin. these people were often farming families and the women strap the babies to their back while they would work the fields. so combining these two ideas, you couldn't effectively fend off an attacker with a baby strapped to your back unless you practiced fending off attacks with a baby on your back. so they would train with babies on their backs. just an educated guess.
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