Bugei Juhappan is the term that was originally introduced into Japan from China during the early Edo period, and has become the generic name which referred to the eighteen kinds of bugi all of which samurai were required to master in the Japanese bushi class of the Edo period.
武芸十八般とは、元は江戸時代初期に中国から伝わった言葉であるが、江戸時代の日本の武家階級において武士が修得すべきとされた18種類の武技の総称である。