Dojoyaburi
Dojoyaburi
Concept in Japanese martial arts
In the history of Japanese martial arts, dojoyaburi (道場破り, dojoyaburi, "dojo storming"), also known as dojoarashi (道場嵐, dojoarashi, "dojo storm"),[1] is the action of visiting a rival martial arts school in order to challenge its members.[2] This usually led to taryūjiai (他流試合, taryujiai, "other style match"), a fight between the visitor and a member of the school, usually its head or a fighter chosen for the challenge, where the superiority of their respective fighting styles would be tested. The losing side would also lose its martial prestige and in many cases, its apprentices would abandon it for the winner's school. The one who ends victorious in the stand off receives its rivals battle awards. [2][3]