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⚫ The '''kamayari''' (鎌槍, sickle spear) is similar to the jumonji ]. While it also had two protrusions shooting off the base of a main spear tip, in ] the offshoots were hooked back downward. The kamayari essentially is a yari with ] at the base of the blade to assist in hooking things. Generally the hooks are large enough to hold the head, neck or jaw (when in a tree) or to hook limbs of a swordsman on the ground, thus it is different in function in this respect from other types of yari. Also the kamayari was used to hook horsemen and dismount them.<ref name="WBAR">{{Cite book | last = Ratti| first = Oscar | authorlink = | coauthors =Adele Westbrook| title = Secrets of the Samurai: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan| publisher = Tuttle Publishing| date = 1991| location = | pages = 484| isbn = 978-0804816847 }}</ref>


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⚫ Historicallyr it also had a non military use, where it was employed by Japanese firemen to pull down the roofs of burning buildings to slow a fire much the same way firemen of today would topple buildings to create a firebreak.


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There is also a single hooked variety of the kamayari called the '''katakamayari'''.
⚫ The {{Nihongo3|'sickle spear'|鎌槍|'''kama-yari'''}} is essentially a ] with horizontal ] (blade) at the base of the vertical blade to assist in grappling an opponent. Generally, the transverse blade, or hook, is large enough to hold the head, neck, or jaw or to grapple with the limbs of an opponent. It is different in function from other types of yari. The kama-yari was often used to hook horsemen and dismount them.<ref name="WBAR">{{Cite book | last = Ratti| first = Oscar |author2=Adele Westbrook| title = Secrets of the Samurai: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan| publisher = Tuttle Publishing| year = 1991| pages = 484| isbn = 978-0-8048-1684-7 }}</ref>

⚫ Historically, it also had a non-military use, in which it was employed by ]s to pull down the roofs of burning buildings to slow a fire, much the same way modern firefighters use a ].

The kama-yari is believed to have been developed by Kakuzenbo Hoin In’ei, who wanted to improve upon the '']'' used by ]s at the time.

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Kama-yari

The kama-yari (鎌槍, 'sickle spear') is essentially a yari with horizontal kama (blade) at the base of the vertical blade to assist in grappling an opponent. Generally, the transverse blade, or hook, is large enough to hold the head, neck, or jaw or to grapple with the limbs of an opponent. It is different in function from other types of yari. The kama-yari was often used to hook horsemen and dismount them.

Historically, it also had a non-military use, in which it was employed by firefighters to pull down the roofs of burning buildings to slow a fire, much the same way modern firefighters use a pike pole.

The kama-yari is believed to have been developed by Kakuzenbo Hoin In’ei, who wanted to improve upon the naginata used by Buddhist priests at the time.

See also

Ji (polearm)

References

  1. Ratti, Oscar; Adele Westbrook (1991). Secrets of the Samurai: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan. Tuttle Publishing. p. 484. ISBN 978-0-8048-1684-7.
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