Sōjutsu

Sōjutsu

infobox martial art



imagecaption = Sengoku period samurai with a spear ("yari").
name = Sōjutsu
(槍術)
focus = Weaponry (yari/Spear)
hardness = Non-competitive
country = flagicon|Japan Japan
creator = No single creator
parenthood = Historical
olympic = No

nihongo|Sōjutsu|槍術|, meaning "art of the spear" is the Japanese martial art of fighting with the Japanese nihongo|spear|槍|yari.

Origins

Although the spear had a profound role in early Japanese mythology, where the islands of Japan themselves were said to be created by salt water dripping from the tip of a spear, as a weapon the first spear prototypes were brought from mainland Asia. These early versions were not seen as suitable by the Japanese, who later redesigned them once technology permitted.cite book
last = Draeger
first = Donn F.
authorlink = Donn F. Draeger
title = Classical Bujutsu: Martial Arts and Ways of Japan
publisher = Weatherhill
date = 1973, 2007
location = Boston, Massachusetts
pages = 71-72
isbn = 978-0-8348-0233-9
]

Use and popularity

The Yari was a popular weapon throughout the feudal period of Japan [Antony Karasulas (2004)Zaimokuza Reconsidered: The Forensic Evidence, and Classical Japanese Swordsmanship, World Archaeology, 36, 4, Debates in World Archaeology pp. 507-518] , being cheaper to produce and requiring less training then other contemporary battlefield weapons, and lending itself to close formations of ashigaru troops, in conjunction with firearms upon their adoption in Japan. The height of sōjutsu's popularity was immediately after the Mongol invasions of the 13th century, who themselves used spearmen in great numbers.

The Japanese ultimately modified the heads of their spears into a number of different variations, leading to the use of the spear both on foot and from horseback, and for slashing as well as the primary use of attacking with thrusts.

Modern practice

Sōjutsu is typically only a single component of curriculum in comprehensive traditional ("koryū") schools. The still extant Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū claims to be the first school to include sōjutsu in its formal curriculum, and another very well known school of sōjutsu is the Hōzōin-ryū. While today there are very few schools still teaching sōjutsu, at one time there were as many as 450.

References


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