Bugei is a military art practiced by soldiers, military officers, and samurai in order to fight in a battlefield during the period from the ancient times to the medieval period, the early modern period in Japan.
日本の古代から中世、近世初期までにおいて、軍の兵や武官、武士が当時の戦場で戦うために訓練した技芸を武芸という。