“Under Emperor Kanmu’s supreme authority to promote martial chivalry, the Butokuden (Hall of Martial Virtues) was established 794 A.D. to encourage the Bushi warriors to develop their military prowess. They say that May 5th of 818 A.D. by the imperial order of Emperor Saga, the Yabusame ceremony (Archery on Horseback) was conducted in honor of the warriors’ tradition to promote aristocratic authority of the imperial majesty in the Butokuden (Hall of Martial Virtues) located near Heian Shrine(circa 781A.D.) in Kyoto, Japan. Since then, Butokuden became the center of all martial arts training throughout the history of Japan. From the late 9th century, the rise of fighting men with military and martial skills began to dominate the fate of Japanese history. “
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How many silly historical mistakes does an article need to include before it loses all credibility? This one certainly tests the limits.
There were no bushi, or anything remotely like them in 794, the bushi order began emerging in the mid-800s. In 794 the old imperial military apparatus was still mostly intact. Yabusame wasn’t being performed by 818, either; it was a much later development. There was no “May 5th” in Japan until the late 19th century–prior to that the Japanese used a solar calendar, so the 5th day of the fifth month fell in mid-summer, not in what is now May. The Heian Shrine (actually the Heian Grand Shrine) was built in 1895–the same year the Dai Nippon Butokukai was established; it didn’t exist in 781. Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated Ishida Mitsunari, not “the Toyotomi” at Sekigahara–BOTH sides in that battle claimed to have been fighting in the name of (the late) Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his heir, Hideyori. And that’s just the first three paragraphs. . .
Go to Butokukai on below link…
http://seinenkai.com/
Still more here….
http://www.fighttimes.com/magazine/magazine.asp?article=293