Posted on Sep 15, 2017
Mark Dacascos Samurai - Miyamoto Musashi Documentary - The History Channel
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It's a very facinating way of life that they lived Bushido was life for these men. The concept is almost alien to most westerners.
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ask multi-generational military families. you'll find the concept is NOT alien to them. i'm 2nd generation American but 3rd generation Marine. my mother and father were both Marines as well as aunts, uncles, cousins, and a paternal grandfather.
occasionally when someone thanks me for a piece of information i half-facetiously reply "i live to serve"... i've been saying that all my life...
occasionally when someone thanks me for a piece of information i half-facetiously reply "i live to serve"... i've been saying that all my life...
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If you have a chance to visit the monastery whereMusashi was imprisoned and wrote the Book of Five Rings in the original Japanese (it's at the gate, in the drawer shown only to those who know to ask) you will be disappointed. He was not a samurai, he was a murderer and very good at it. One of his favorite tactics prior to a duel murdering his opponents family the evening before to cause distraction. After killing his opponent, often by jumping out of trees or bushes and running away, he would come back and take their armor and swords and sell them to survive.
Very interesting the modern romancing history has taken with him. Were I not shown this I would have never known myself. It took a band of monks to bring him down and he died chained inside a cave. I do not expect any of you to believe this so "Genchi Genbutsu!" As for the documentary I found that a bit too generalized.
Very interesting the modern romancing history has taken with him. Were I not shown this I would have never known myself. It took a band of monks to bring him down and he died chained inside a cave. I do not expect any of you to believe this so "Genchi Genbutsu!" As for the documentary I found that a bit too generalized.
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Well your right that he was murderer for most of his life. Although from what I understand it he went into self seclusion during his elder years. I tend to think it was right that Musashi did have a change of view that wpuld come from experience with living the life style he did for so long.
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