The history has definitely changed. In both China and Japan, there has been a massive purge of history (China's was a bigger attempted change, Japan's was more carefully attempted)
A martial art should always be growing to adjust to the needs of the practitioners. Kyudo nearly died because it had not grown. Someone grasped onto the last few practitioners and solidified what they had into an art that had meaning beyond its application in war.
The same thing has happened with other arts in Japan.
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