Mounted Spearmanship

[rbroberg]

Are there any extant ryu that teach the use of the spear from horseback?

Thank you for time.

[kokumo]

East is East and West is West.....and Virginia is lovely in the spring:

http://www.nationaljousting.com/

[rbroberg]

East is East and West is West.....

Wrong stirrups. ;)

[M. Marchionni]

Hello to every one, I´m new here. I introduce my self, my name is Maximo and I live in Argentine. I guess you will not find a ryu because the polearms has been developed to use them at foot, not at horse back.
We make it, but for sure, is not a ryu.
Máximo

I send you something who I find.

....""The original warfare of the Bushi was not a thing for
'commoners'; it was a ritualized combat usually
between two warriors who would challenge each other
via horseback archery and sword duels. However the
invasions of Mongols in 1274 and 1281 changed Japanese
warfare and weaponry."

This is a pretty simplistic view of things, and the
statement about warfare not being a thing for
"commoners" is a fallacy. "Commoners" simply aren't
mentioned in the chronicles and histories, because who
wants to read about Kichibei the grunt? Certainly no
one who wrote or read said chronicles. Footsoldiers
certainly did exist, and carried a variety of
polearms--notably before the mid-1400's they carried
the naginata. It's true that warfare changed after the
Mongol invasions, but it's not like in 1281 they
challenged each other to archery duels, and January
1st 1282 all of a sudden they started using yari.

I highly recommend finding a copy of "Arms and Armour
of the Samurai" by Ian Bottomley and Anthony P.
Hopson, who I mentioned above. It's a bit of a coffee
table book, but it does give a great outline of the
development and timeline of Japanese weapons, and
would tell you likely all you want to know about yari. "...