New Entries/Amendments for 2003-May-2.html

======= Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 06:14:50 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	柔術
(kana1)	じゅうじゅつ
(comment)	Juujutsu is a general term for classical Japanese martial arts, usually used to refer to fighting without a weapon.
======= Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 06:19:22 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	槍術
(kana1)	そうじゅつ
(kana2)	やりじゅつ
(reference)	A Google search with 'yarijutsu'.
(comment)	Added another reading.
======= Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 06:29:18 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	杖術
(kana1)	じょうじゅつ
(pos)	noun
(english1)	The use of a jou (four-foot staff) as a weapon
(reference)	A Google search either in English or Japanese will give tons of references, mostly from the Shindou musou ryuu school, which is famous.
(comment)	A 'yonshakubou' staff is called jou (or more rarely tsue) in short, and joujutsu is the use of one (as boujutsu with a rokushakubou)
======= Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 06:35:31 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	半棒術
(kana1)	はんぼうじゅつ
(pos)	noun
(english1)	The use of a hanbou (three-foot staff or cane) as a weapon
(reference)	Google search in Japanese
(comment)	Plain 'bou' usually means a rokushakubou, so 'hanbou' -> sanjakubou, a short walking-stick length (well, for a japanese :) staff.
======= Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 06:43:30 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	鎌槍
(kana1)	かまやり
(pos)	noun
(english1)	hooked spear
(reference)	http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/polearms.htm
and Google.
(comment)	By 'hooked spear' I mean a spear with one or more "crossblades", often curved forward or backward hence 'hook').
======= Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 06:57:40 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	amend
(headw1)	手裏剣
(kana1)	しゅりけん
(comment)	The word could also be interpreted as any blade that fits inside the hand, and shuriken were actually used not only as throwing weapons but as easily concealable weapons held in the hand and used for striking and even parrying. There was an endless variety of shapes, sometimes they were quickly improvised from whatever 
material at hand and 'shuriken' does not yet discriminate between different types. A more exact definition could be "small throwing blade" or "small edged weapon often used for throwing" or somesuch.
Sorry for the lengthy explanation.
======= Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 07:05:10 +1000 (EST)
(subtype)	new
(headw1)	六尺棒
(kana1)	ろくしゃくぼう
(english1)	six-foot staff