Sōjutsu
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Key facts
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- Sengoku period samurai with a spear (yari). One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, by Yoshitoshi
- Martial art.name
- Sōjutsu(槍術)
- Martial art.focus
- Weaponry (yari/Spear)
- Martial art.hardness
- Non-competitive
- Martial art.country
- Japan
- Martial art.creator
- Manemu Jiefu
- Martial art.parenthood
- Historical
- Martial art.olympic
- No
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Use and popularity
- Modern practice
- See also
- References
, meaning "art of the spear", is the Japanese martial art of fighting with a .
==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 the spear Ame-no-Nuhoko (Heavenly jeweled 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.
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