Sunday 3 January 2010 photo 1/1
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Sunday 3 January 2010 photo 1/1
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The ancient legend about samurais is something everybody has heard about. The word samurai means "the protector" in japenese, and in this case it's ofcourse the emporer.
So are there any famous samurais?
Ofcourse there is, Takezo Musashi is one of them. Since a samurai does not conquer in brutal strength, they do in intelect. You could say that a samurai nowez more about honor, Politics, tactics, literature then a whole platoon of american soldiers togheter.
Takezo Musashi, for instance, was just like that. Not only was he a master with swords but he knew more then an average man. The legend says that he could wield a sword at the age of twelve, do he was a skill full fighter at first he haden't learn the importance of the psychic abilites of his mind. In about the age of tweenty, he was accuasde of murder in the village Miyamoto. He fled and hide in the fields wile being pursuit by one hundred men.
They searched for days, but the couldnt find him. But then a monk, from the village named Takuan, told the men that Takezo couldent be cought with swords and ropes only by mental power. Of course the men laughed at him when he explained why. But then he promised the men he would catch Takezo without using force.
Takuan waited in the fields for 2 days, and then Takezo showed up. He offerd him tea and said he shouldent fear him. Do Takuan had tricked him and had slipped some sort of sleeping powder in his cup. So by that he could bring back the Takezo to the village. The men was amazed when Takuan brought him back.
Later on before he was proven unguilty and was let free. Do this monk had senced true power in him and decided to help him to become a samurai, so he told him his lover was wating for him on the attic of his house. Do he was tricked once again and locked inside up in his attic. Do there was loots of books up there. And he was told if he would read all those books he would be set free and also be ready to become a samurai.
Now I have left out alot of important point like, his lover, why he wanted to become a samurai in the first place and what happend when he was cought by Taukan. This is just the basic story of what happend.
Legends
There is alot of legends about Takezo, for instance that he fought Kojiro Sasaki with only a bokken and won with only one strike with it.
Also he is said to have won over 60 duels
Also that he NEVER took a bath, since he was to afaraid to leave his katana.
last he is famous for using dual-wield swords.
Now you may think samurais are brutal soldiers that won't stop at anything, sure. But it's so mutch more then that, there is so mutch respekt and honor the fear of dying almost completly disappeared. The west world did not have that during the time of the samurai. The only thought about how many men and weapons they hade. Thats what changed Japan alot, people became more uncivilized.
That's the problem with our community today, i'm sorry to say. We people think it's alright to take everything that we can. There is a lack of real respect in a lot of people, there is so few who has it. And I can not even say i'm that respektfull.