Yari (III)

Yari was named after his father, as his father to his father, an ashigaru who mastered the yari. His eldest son was named after himself.

Crane
His father was a doshin who protected his village from bandits. During an attack of a ronin gang the local doshin managed to defeat them without any casualty using a dance of yari as an unpassable wall for the assailants. A group of Daidoji had seen the unmatchable practice of this ashigaru, and Yori was elevated to samurai status as Daidoji Yari. Within the year Daidoji Yari became a sensei at the Daidoji Training Grounds, teaching young Daidoji Bushi in the art of Yarijutsu.