i believe it's important that martial arts is learned in the context of a whole life philosophy. Only people who will dedicate their whole lives to higher standards would you want to be skilled fighters - at least in peace time. Why should we want a blockhead learning to fight?
@Tcoldsteel71 cool to hear that. this is the first time I've seen the actual documentary, but I've had the book for this series for decades now, and it always had a motivational effect on me. It's nice to actually see the video to match all the great photos and articles
The Yin and The Yang Ballance of Nature is perfection so we have difficulty practicing it yet in practicing the Yin and Yang we achieve perfection and ballance.
I was born in the wrong age sadly, i would love to devote my life to the way of the blade but sadly Since firearms have become the primary force for this age i lack knowledge of the art in swordsmenship, its quite sad i believe i'd love to understand the code of Bishudo to a greater extent then i do now and also study Battojutsu aswell as learn to forge a blade but sadly these arts will forever be unknown to my seeking mind, oh well.
@legendaryrurouni the Samurai are supposed to be prepared to take human life. Are you really sure such would be productive to your own life? I am personally all for a bit of Bushido in ones day-to-day, but to kill another?
Powerfull words spoken but the Samurai also only killed the trash of sociaty now understandably you can see it from the opposite angle and look at it saying they took Innocent lives but is that not what war is today how can you judge what makes a man Obligated to draw a sword or shoot a gun is it right to save his life, is it right to save his family, is it somehow right to kill ten to save a hundered or is it wrong to kill a hundered and save ten whats the value of a humans life can you reply?
They would serve under their Daimyo, they devoted their life to them. They trained to fight should their lord ask them to. They train in the art of death to better serve their lord. They weren't so primal as to kill without being attacked. When it comes down to my life or my attackers. Gladly theirs over mine.
Apply the same focus, creativity, dedication and principles the samurai did to swords to guns. stop whining and making excuses less has changed then has stayed the same.
Samurais still exists inside anyone willing to go above and beyond the call of duty to serve the ones they have sworn to protect. Weapons don't make the samurai.. it's the spirit that makes the samurai.
Something very important is said at 9:36 which I think a lot of people do overlook. However, I am not saying to give credit where it is due. I would just like that to not be forgotten to some.
i wish ancient warriors were still around but that will never hapan unless they learn how to deflet bullets and modern proof armor and things to protect againts bombs but it wont happen
There is a touching story that occurred in 1869 samurai Aizu in Japan, where a battalion of white tigre (composed of youngsters), after fighting bravely on behalf of his master, committed suicide in a nearby hill to the castle that defended so bravely, the burst which saw one of these young survived and told the story.
The theory of the five mythical beast (dragon, fenix, tortoise and white tiger-snake), has its origins in the theory of five elements china (wuxing), where each element has a central point and a beast. Samu is in the squad orgnaizaban (Thais), depending on the age of samu:
i don't think we can call them modern "samurai", but i think the medieval ones would win of course! they were prepared to everything and they had a great experience of killing in the outside world, not only in the dojo
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you people do realize that religion and goofy hand signs dnt make you a better swordsman right. asains are just hella superstitious. if it really protected people no samurai ever wouldve died in battle
This is used to prepare the right state of mind - and this conditioning of the mind is essential for winning any fight. Even in sport competitions - determination rules, not to say in a fight to death. Plus it has some deeper meaning - but for explaining the meaning to you this is unimportant really.
This is the complete opposite to the samurai philosophy. It was not about protecting yourself at all, it was to die selflessly to serve a useful purpose that would benefit others, such as protecting your master or defeating your clan's enemies.
he dosent disaagree with this... he says you must live on in shame to acheive your aim
say if you diamho is killed and 47 of you decide to avenge his death but must live on ....
then again bushido was pretty much established during a peaceful period in japan since the shogan really controlled the diamho from edo, so the samurai sat around thinking rather then fighting
It's sad that people nowadays relate samurai to anime/manga. The way of the samurai, it's art and discipline is much more than what a comic book can say. It's a lifestyle and a philosophy.
I was once looking for bokken, and I stumbled across this toy store (which supposedly sold real bokken), and they wanted to sell me their fake anime katanas, which are obviously useless and over-the-top. But once I got my hands on a real bokken, I just can't stop practicing. They're perfect and beautiful.
well the way i think of it is that religion is a voluntary thing, is it not? no one is exactly forcing you to believe in god/buddha/allah etc. but you take on it also makes sense
well the way i see it, is that they believe it in, so its not like a hassle. kinda like if you are superstitious and you have to walk in a building with your right foot every time.
I agree,as much as I respect the ways and rules of the samurai,I really can't see my self going around and bowing at every little statue and living in the countryside in a temple.I mean cmon now how far do you have to go?
It is like saying you wish to fly without your feet ever leaving the ground. They are intrinsic. With fighting, dancing, sex, cooking, drawing, or anything called an art, it is impossible to gain true skill without first understanding its essence. Understand where it comes from, how, why and when it is or is not used. Only then will your mind be at the place where your body can attain the desired level of skill. Would you want a 'chauffer' who knew nothing about how to drive a car?
Studying the book 'Hagakure' is a fine place to start. It is a general account of the mentalities and beliefs of many different samurai during the time the author considered their prime. For a more martial/fighting aspect of bushido, you should study Musashi's 'Book of 5Rings'. It deals directly with the skills of fighting and the mentality of a fighter, but it certainly applies to every aspect of life, fighter or not.
Hagakure dates back to 17th century, while TSKSR dates back to 15th century so it is not a good start for learning the way of the warrior, but a good start for learning the way of the samurai or otherwise servant.
There is a great difference between this two archetypes and mentalities. TSKSR is all about being a warrior not a servant.
To be specific, they stated an interest in "the ways of the samurai". For that, Hagakure is a fine source since it concerns just that instead of the way of how to be a warrior. Also, though the book was compiled and the ideas, etc of Tsunetomo and his scribe added much later than the 15th century, much of the contents do date back much farther and were shared by many of TSKSR's originators. Afterall, there was a time when both ways were considered inseperable.
Some ideas are surely older than 17th century, but still the composition of Hagakure is more of a servant-master kind of things. But with proper interpretation it is still a good book.
I didn't mean it as an argument, and I agree on the differences you mentioned. But everyone is a servant in some way, even if it is not to a person. I, like many people, could never refer to anyone as 'master', but we all serve a cause/ideal, even if it is only one's personal 'code' that they try to follow. There are things we do and don't allow ourselves to do, and we subject ourselves to the rewards and punishments of our own choosing. Thus, we serve because it serves us to do so.
I don't mean to sound preachy. It's really just a reiteration of what you said. If one applies logic befitting this modern world instead of that of the 17th century, the ideas and ideals of Hagakure can definitely flow with and assist rather than contrast any lifestyle one may choose, budo or otherwise.
I wouldn't put it as a servitude, because to serve means not to follow your own will, but someone's else. It is rather an understanding of what is the most important in life and the devotion to this because it is your own will, and not because someone said to do so. But it is just a matter of terms we are using, overall we are talking about the same thing here XD
I think the only thing we differ on is the definition of 'servitude'. It's easy to link it with slavery, which if I'm not mistaken, is what you described. As a father I make choices to benefit my family, and in that aspect I serve them well, though of course I don't bow down to them or take orders from anyone, as would a slave. I think true service is nothing more than being a true benefit to oneself and the things which one cares about, not slavery. But, we are on the same page. Respect :]
Bowing / Taking orders is merely a sign of respect . It doesn't imply that the person you are bowing to is more important to you all the time. Or your master, at least in this context. I agree with what you are saying but I only disagree on that one element, if i'm misinterpereting what you're saying my apologies.
Please excuse me if this was not directed at my statement. I would not consider any human being above another, unless one was just truly low in every way (having a complete lack of honour, etc), as we have long passed the era of masters and slaves. This Way still applies, however, if directed at an ideal rather than an individual, and if achieving the goals you've set means taking orders (or bowing) at a certain time, that is your duty to yourself, not another (your boss, for example)
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it was like this.....if u losed from someone that u fighted. then u needed to commit seppuke,..... (for the ppl that dont know what seppuke is it´s suicide if u commit it u regain honer).... on the other side i think it is a little bit stupid if u commit seppuke to regain honer... but yeah i it´s their kind of relegion ....
Actually no. A defeat did not automatically mean they had to commit suicide though alot of samurai did. Many other did not. The number of Ronin, masterless samurai, is prime example of this. The ones that did commit suicide were usually high samurai-lords and their family when they were faced with total defeat. Like the Takeda and Hojo families. Masterless samurai in the Age of War was usually recruited in another Daimyo's army since they needed every able bodied men they could find.
Why don't you listen to the man. 6:00 into this video.
Besides, if the battle you were called to fight was kill or be killed, your failure had better not result in your dishonorable defeat. Death at the hands of a superior foe was not dishonorable.
I wouldn't say the Japanese are spiritualy better of than those who have been brought up in the West, but they do live in a richer culture than we do. Where i live in England people seem to reject all things interlectual and treat simple things such as football like a religion. I am sure that there people like this in Japan aswell but I think the fundamental structures of Japanese life leave you more open to spiritual ideas than those of the west.
@UniversalTruths This is the same all over the world. Not all Japanese are spiritual and intellectual like this. There are rare individuals all over the world that worry about these things.
@UniversalTruths The funny thing is when I lived in Japan people said the same thing about the west. I've lived in various places across the globe and people always thing the grass in greener. Everyone has a rich culture but people who live in that culture are used to it so they don't see it as special where as something foreign seems more interesting.
awesome great wisdom,western people have a lot to learn,from this kind of people,life would be much better because death would be easily accepted as part of life
It is true that most Westerners need better spiritual training, but can you honestly say that the average Japanese person is spiritually 'better off' than the average Westerner?
yeah lets drop the science and medicine go to him so he can make a poorly drawn piece of shit paper and shove it in ur ass to cure you.. sounds smart doesnt it? hes a hero i tell you
Metti, please try to keep your comments respectful. You don't have to agree with the practice, but thats no reason to be so disrespectful. It clearly states that this is more of a religious practice, than having any true medicinal purposes in the western sense.
@Akab6 I think this is VERY useful. You go and see a master, he asks you questions, and you tell him what is hurting you, he looks at you with compassion, then he gives you a piece of paper, you take it to the river and throw it away without looking back....And all this invented before freud!!!!. I would go to see this guy instead of a shrink...
Why was i not born earlier?
Damn it!!
TheIcelandicPatriot 1 week ago
i believe it's important that martial arts is learned in the context of a whole life philosophy. Only people who will dedicate their whole lives to higher standards would you want to be skilled fighters - at least in peace time. Why should we want a blockhead learning to fight?
andwhatfire 6 months ago
do the dojos still exist?
LilRedRasta 7 months ago
i want to be a samurai.
LilRedRasta 7 months ago
at the end of this video he was talking about the nine spells "Rin" they are also more used in ninjitsu movies lol
sheffguy29 9 months ago
@Tcoldsteel71 cool to hear that. this is the first time I've seen the actual documentary, but I've had the book for this series for decades now, and it always had a motivational effect on me. It's nice to actually see the video to match all the great photos and articles
pacificimporters 9 months ago
The Yin and The Yang Ballance of Nature is perfection so we have difficulty practicing it yet in practicing the Yin and Yang we achieve perfection and ballance.
bornkool 1 year ago
i'm fell like a samurai when i saw this kind of presentation..very brave not only in action but in mind.
Jheimzkie 1 year ago
The real tradition is that you should do 切腹 seppuku when you're ashamed.
SilverGunZoO 1 year ago
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It's cool how some Japanese people still know how to write traditional chinese (or kanji) :]
zwtwilight 2 years ago
Well what would you expect. They were once Chinese.
wontonga 2 years ago
I was born in the wrong age sadly, i would love to devote my life to the way of the blade but sadly Since firearms have become the primary force for this age i lack knowledge of the art in swordsmenship, its quite sad i believe i'd love to understand the code of Bishudo to a greater extent then i do now and also study Battojutsu aswell as learn to forge a blade but sadly these arts will forever be unknown to my seeking mind, oh well.
legendaryrurouni 2 years ago
Move to Japan and learn. Simple
misterbearbe 2 years ago 7
@legendaryrurouni the Samurai are supposed to be prepared to take human life. Are you really sure such would be productive to your own life? I am personally all for a bit of Bushido in ones day-to-day, but to kill another?
AtticusStount 2 years ago
Powerfull words spoken but the Samurai also only killed the trash of sociaty now understandably you can see it from the opposite angle and look at it saying they took Innocent lives but is that not what war is today how can you judge what makes a man Obligated to draw a sword or shoot a gun is it right to save his life, is it right to save his family, is it somehow right to kill ten to save a hundered or is it wrong to kill a hundered and save ten whats the value of a humans life can you reply?
legendaryrurouni 2 years ago
They would serve under their Daimyo, they devoted their life to them. They trained to fight should their lord ask them to. They train in the art of death to better serve their lord. They weren't so primal as to kill without being attacked. When it comes down to my life or my attackers. Gladly theirs over mine.
majehdemon 2 years ago
Apply the same focus, creativity, dedication and principles the samurai did to swords to guns. stop whining and making excuses less has changed then has stayed the same.
Samurairob 2 years ago
@legendaryrurouni you should try learning the art of "thug life" or "unloading a nine" ....actually lill wayne would be a great master.
shubroto81 7 months ago
@shubroto81 lil wayne is a black smurf not a thug tupac a thug big pun a thug even plies a thug but not wayne lol
chimpofwar07 7 months ago
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sken8907199 2 years ago
I really like the way their writing looks :)
jimbo222000 2 years ago 2
I really dont care what people say i really did enjoy this game it reminded me alot about the original two and i found the fighting quite fun.
Godzilla52 2 years ago 2
Samurais still exists inside anyone willing to go above and beyond the call of duty to serve the ones they have sworn to protect. Weapons don't make the samurai.. it's the spirit that makes the samurai.
Mo312Mo 2 years ago 58
@Mo312Mo Now, that is one of the most intrisincally correct statements that i've read on Youtube. Modern. Hai!
FMAStudent 1 year ago
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8matthewlee8 1 month ago
@Mo312Mo cant argue with you there although i would use the term warrior instead of samurai
8matthewlee8 1 month ago
i would of loved to of lived in that era in japan when things in life were honourable, not compared to nowadays uch!
Guerillaradio13 2 years ago 15
Something very important is said at 9:36 which I think a lot of people do overlook. However, I am not saying to give credit where it is due. I would just like that to not be forgotten to some.
iMeta4 2 years ago
They truly had no fear. Which is what made there fighting style unmatchable
LuDimezofKush 2 years ago 3
I forgot but they were many styles. But what ive always wondered if there was a hiten mitsurugi type style that was over all.
LuDimezofKush 2 years ago
i wish ancient warriors were still around but that will never hapan unless they learn how to deflet bullets and modern proof armor and things to protect againts bombs but it wont happen
tomfunfun0530 2 years ago 6
you mean if there were shit all laws round and if it were legal for us to carry round swords.
maccatheguitarist 2 years ago
Or get mobile suits. ^^
CalicoVall 2 years ago
the way of the samurai is honorable
RanaRajputana 2 years ago 9
I hope this dojo still existing in my country.
mildseven73 2 years ago
If your from Japan then -> of course it does. Its in Narita city, Chiba Prefecture.
Firronox 2 years ago
There is a touching story that occurred in 1869 samurai Aizu in Japan, where a battalion of white tigre (composed of youngsters), after fighting bravely on behalf of his master, committed suicide in a nearby hill to the castle that defended so bravely, the burst which saw one of these young survived and told the story.
ischixoch 2 years ago
The theory of the five mythical beast (dragon, fenix, tortoise and white tiger-snake), has its origins in the theory of five elements china (wuxing), where each element has a central point and a beast. Samu is in the squad orgnaizaban (Thais), depending on the age of samu:
-White Tiger: Beginner 15-17 years
-Fenix: Young professionals 18-35 years.
-Dragon: Veteran 35-59 years
Turtle-snake old masters +59 years.
ischixoch 2 years ago
imagine how modern samurai vs the medieval samurai?
who will win
Kulfur 3 years ago
i don't think we can call them modern "samurai", but i think the medieval ones would win of course! they were prepared to everything and they had a great experience of killing in the outside world, not only in the dojo
Sarva07 3 years ago
This is such good stuff, I love the Way of the Samurai, I wanna learn
SonicTricking 3 years ago 7
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you people do realize that religion and goofy hand signs dnt make you a better swordsman right. asains are just hella superstitious. if it really protected people no samurai ever wouldve died in battle
nasgaf 3 years ago
This is used to prepare the right state of mind - and this conditioning of the mind is essential for winning any fight. Even in sport competitions - determination rules, not to say in a fight to death. Plus it has some deeper meaning - but for explaining the meaning to you this is unimportant really.
Firronox 3 years ago
wtf is yr malfinction?
macrick 3 years ago
This is the complete opposite to the samurai philosophy. It was not about protecting yourself at all, it was to die selflessly to serve a useful purpose that would benefit others, such as protecting your master or defeating your clan's enemies.
ri169b 2 years ago
he dosent disaagree with this... he says you must live on in shame to acheive your aim
say if you diamho is killed and 47 of you decide to avenge his death but must live on ....
then again bushido was pretty much established during a peaceful period in japan since the shogan really controlled the diamho from edo, so the samurai sat around thinking rather then fighting
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i thought naruto was chinese....
CriTicOfsOrts 3 years ago
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so that's where the naruto hand signs came from
Simplemindedbogey 3 years ago
get out
edwardcoyte 3 years ago
LOL.
Naruto has taken over how the youth of America views samurai, ninja or any other oriental warrior.
It's freaking hilarious.
VenomProject 3 years ago 8
how disgusting
edwardcoyte 3 years ago
indeed. disgusting.
Born2Fight4Life 2 years ago
It's sad that people nowadays relate samurai to anime/manga. The way of the samurai, it's art and discipline is much more than what a comic book can say. It's a lifestyle and a philosophy.
I was once looking for bokken, and I stumbled across this toy store (which supposedly sold real bokken), and they wanted to sell me their fake anime katanas, which are obviously useless and over-the-top. But once I got my hands on a real bokken, I just can't stop practicing. They're perfect and beautiful.
batocicero 2 years ago 8
well the way i think of it is that religion is a voluntary thing, is it not? no one is exactly forcing you to believe in god/buddha/allah etc. but you take on it also makes sense
choeater 3 years ago
well the way i see it, is that they believe it in, so its not like a hassle. kinda like if you are superstitious and you have to walk in a building with your right foot every time.
choeater 3 years ago
badass
maceioninjutsu 3 years ago
I agree,as much as I respect the ways and rules of the samurai,I really can't see my self going around and bowing at every little statue and living in the countryside in a temple.I mean cmon now how far do you have to go?
AgentSpiral 3 years ago
It's not that they have to do it, but more like a religion. Why do people go to church every sunday?
choeater 3 years ago
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heck, i just want the SKILLS! not those rituals and other blah blah blah!
icecrimson 3 years ago
who cares?
Firronox 3 years ago
i dont care about those who cares about it!
icecrimson 3 years ago
they don't care about you either.
Firronox 3 years ago
then thats better
icecrimson 3 years ago
It is like saying you wish to fly without your feet ever leaving the ground. They are intrinsic. With fighting, dancing, sex, cooking, drawing, or anything called an art, it is impossible to gain true skill without first understanding its essence. Understand where it comes from, how, why and when it is or is not used. Only then will your mind be at the place where your body can attain the desired level of skill. Would you want a 'chauffer' who knew nothing about how to drive a car?
DreadedGuardian 3 years ago
well, that's the way you see things...
mine is different! in terms of skills, one can be as efficient as the one who've through all that stuff!
icecrimson 3 years ago
i would give a lot to learn the ways of the samurai :(
classicwiseguy 3 years ago 13
Me too man.
Bobman4671 3 years ago
Studying the book 'Hagakure' is a fine place to start. It is a general account of the mentalities and beliefs of many different samurai during the time the author considered their prime. For a more martial/fighting aspect of bushido, you should study Musashi's 'Book of 5Rings'. It deals directly with the skills of fighting and the mentality of a fighter, but it certainly applies to every aspect of life, fighter or not.
DreadedGuardian 3 years ago
Hagakure dates back to 17th century, while TSKSR dates back to 15th century so it is not a good start for learning the way of the warrior, but a good start for learning the way of the samurai or otherwise servant.
There is a great difference between this two archetypes and mentalities. TSKSR is all about being a warrior not a servant.
Firronox 3 years ago
To be specific, they stated an interest in "the ways of the samurai". For that, Hagakure is a fine source since it concerns just that instead of the way of how to be a warrior. Also, though the book was compiled and the ideas, etc of Tsunetomo and his scribe added much later than the 15th century, much of the contents do date back much farther and were shared by many of TSKSR's originators. Afterall, there was a time when both ways were considered inseperable.
DreadedGuardian 3 years ago
Some ideas are surely older than 17th century, but still the composition of Hagakure is more of a servant-master kind of things. But with proper interpretation it is still a good book.
Firronox 3 years ago
I didn't mean it as an argument, and I agree on the differences you mentioned. But everyone is a servant in some way, even if it is not to a person. I, like many people, could never refer to anyone as 'master', but we all serve a cause/ideal, even if it is only one's personal 'code' that they try to follow. There are things we do and don't allow ourselves to do, and we subject ourselves to the rewards and punishments of our own choosing. Thus, we serve because it serves us to do so.
DreadedGuardian 3 years ago
I don't mean to sound preachy. It's really just a reiteration of what you said. If one applies logic befitting this modern world instead of that of the 17th century, the ideas and ideals of Hagakure can definitely flow with and assist rather than contrast any lifestyle one may choose, budo or otherwise.
DreadedGuardian 3 years ago
I wouldn't put it as a servitude, because to serve means not to follow your own will, but someone's else. It is rather an understanding of what is the most important in life and the devotion to this because it is your own will, and not because someone said to do so. But it is just a matter of terms we are using, overall we are talking about the same thing here XD
Firronox 3 years ago
I think the only thing we differ on is the definition of 'servitude'. It's easy to link it with slavery, which if I'm not mistaken, is what you described. As a father I make choices to benefit my family, and in that aspect I serve them well, though of course I don't bow down to them or take orders from anyone, as would a slave. I think true service is nothing more than being a true benefit to oneself and the things which one cares about, not slavery. But, we are on the same page. Respect :]
DreadedGuardian 3 years ago
Bowing / Taking orders is merely a sign of respect . It doesn't imply that the person you are bowing to is more important to you all the time. Or your master, at least in this context. I agree with what you are saying but I only disagree on that one element, if i'm misinterpereting what you're saying my apologies.
aesrp 3 years ago
Please excuse me if this was not directed at my statement. I would not consider any human being above another, unless one was just truly low in every way (having a complete lack of honour, etc), as we have long passed the era of masters and slaves. This Way still applies, however, if directed at an ideal rather than an individual, and if achieving the goals you've set means taking orders (or bowing) at a certain time, that is your duty to yourself, not another (your boss, for example)
DreadedGuardian 3 years ago
The people brought their own Kimonos, Bokken, etc...Right?
Meadras 3 years ago
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it was like this.....if u losed from someone that u fighted. then u needed to commit seppuke,..... (for the ppl that dont know what seppuke is it´s suicide if u commit it u regain honer).... on the other side i think it is a little bit stupid if u commit seppuke to regain honer... but yeah i it´s their kind of relegion ....
cchhouji 4 years ago
Actually no. A defeat did not automatically mean they had to commit suicide though alot of samurai did. Many other did not. The number of Ronin, masterless samurai, is prime example of this. The ones that did commit suicide were usually high samurai-lords and their family when they were faced with total defeat. Like the Takeda and Hojo families. Masterless samurai in the Age of War was usually recruited in another Daimyo's army since they needed every able bodied men they could find.
FredDude27 4 years ago 6
Why don't you listen to the man. 6:00 into this video.
Besides, if the battle you were called to fight was kill or be killed, your failure had better not result in your dishonorable defeat. Death at the hands of a superior foe was not dishonorable.
farquestor 4 years ago 7
The Japanese r remarkable ppl, i loved their culture since i was a kid. Tnkx for sharing this stuff.
Suppressingfire 4 years ago 9
ever been here ?
Peekingduck 4 years ago
yeah ok
nebuwolves 4 years ago
15 was the age a person who was training got a sword usualy if they lived the test the test was usualy fighting someone els
zindayn 4 years ago
i see
nebuwolves 4 years ago
That isn't true. I don't know where you got that information.
Aikidopoi 4 years ago
srry i didn't mean to give you a thumbs down and i herd that from my friend who's probably wrong but oh well
zindayn 4 years ago
is it true that the average samurai got there sword at 13?
nebuwolves 4 years ago
just as a friendly suggestion, you should probably try to look it up instead of taking anyone word for it on youtube.
TekknoVikking 4 years ago 4
yeah i should thx
nebuwolves 4 years ago 2
Yes, it is 13. They were given a small decorative sword as a child. But they were made a true samurai and given their Daisho (two swords) at 13.
Aikidopoi 4 years ago
o thx finally someone who knows
nebuwolves 4 years ago
i am a descendent of a japanese samurai warrior. i would love to visit this dojo to get in touch with my heritage
tekinsane 4 years ago
I don't know...
I'd say many Japanese are taking baseball to a religious level.
And not many care about the religions of their culture.
How ever the concept of wa has edured and may be what
makes the nation such a wonderful place.
Peekingduck 4 years ago
I wouldn't say the Japanese are spiritualy better of than those who have been brought up in the West, but they do live in a richer culture than we do. Where i live in England people seem to reject all things interlectual and treat simple things such as football like a religion. I am sure that there people like this in Japan aswell but I think the fundamental structures of Japanese life leave you more open to spiritual ideas than those of the west.
UniversalTruths 4 years ago 20
Well said
Akab6 4 years ago
@UniversalTruths I give you tumbs up, my four tumbs :D
QuantumProphet 1 year ago
@UniversalTruths This is the same all over the world. Not all Japanese are spiritual and intellectual like this. There are rare individuals all over the world that worry about these things.
RolandStGermain 1 year ago
@UniversalTruths The funny thing is when I lived in Japan people said the same thing about the west. I've lived in various places across the globe and people always thing the grass in greener. Everyone has a rich culture but people who live in that culture are used to it so they don't see it as special where as something foreign seems more interesting.
Lordasia 1 year ago
awesome great wisdom,western people have a lot to learn,from this kind of people,life would be much better because death would be easily accepted as part of life
ViriathusVingathor 4 years ago
It is true that most Westerners need better spiritual training, but can you honestly say that the average Japanese person is spiritually 'better off' than the average Westerner?
Akab6 4 years ago
me thinks that this is especially true in the westernized modern Japan of today
1584musashi 4 years ago
@Akab6 Not necesarily. I have met many japs who travel abroad, they seem to be more polite, but spiritual I dont know.
QuantumProphet 1 year ago
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yeah lets drop the science and medicine go to him so he can make a poorly drawn piece of shit paper and shove it in ur ass to cure you.. sounds smart doesnt it? hes a hero i tell you
xxMettiXX 4 years ago
Metti, please try to keep your comments respectful. You don't have to agree with the practice, but thats no reason to be so disrespectful. It clearly states that this is more of a religious practice, than having any true medicinal purposes in the western sense.
Akab6 4 years ago
@Akab6 I think this is VERY useful. You go and see a master, he asks you questions, and you tell him what is hurting you, he looks at you with compassion, then he gives you a piece of paper, you take it to the river and throw it away without looking back....And all this invented before freud!!!!. I would go to see this guy instead of a shrink...
QuantumProphet 1 year ago
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what the fuck is he talking about
xxMettiXX 4 years ago
really good and atractive..Thank you..Part 4 please
fulya7 4 years ago
Part 4 is up now!
Akab6 4 years ago
watch?v=zPw0k6qYSF4&mode=related&search=
Katori Shinto Ryu 4
Gem10MM 4 years ago
This is the fourth part: Katori Shinto Ryu on BBC (4/4)
brainwash999 4 years ago
Yea wheres the fouth one??
kankukoryu 4 years ago
could you please post the part [4 of 4] i'd be really thankfull :'(
anamorphose 4 years ago
uhmm..part 4..please??.... ;_;
kitedh 4 years ago
Vysokij uploaded it here:
"Katori Shinto Ryu on BBC (4/4)"
NewEnglandBudo 4 years ago
パアアアト ４／４！そでえっす。あっりがっとうっごっざあいいっまあっしった！
JurienDeWode 4 years ago
Yes... me too!!! What's happened to part 4?
jluistl 4 years ago
Wow, to see somebody writing kanjis, its awesome, he does it so fast.
00RV00 4 years ago
nice documentary. looks 70 ish - very informative though. thanks for uploading
thailow117 4 years ago
Akab6 you are very kind and polite to upload this. My biggest passion is the bushido and the samurai lifestyle. Thank you very much sempai.
morrink 4 years ago
this documentry looks old. Is master still alive?
isatay 4 years ago
I believe he is, but I am not sure. The dojo is probably still around.
Akab6 4 years ago
do arigato, i train katori,and now i learn from the master himself thanks to your videos.
zencirkel 4 years ago
simply samurai
gusta20 4 years ago
So he is a wizard!!
jasonloseefu 4 years ago
Damn, his handwriting is better than mine. A true martial art master is also a master of art, huh?
jasonloseefu 4 years ago
But I love his accent. Can anybody identify it? I only know the Tokyo/Kantô-ben and a little Osaka-ben.
seba0205 4 years ago