Powerful stuff

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Arima Kihei was weight drained

LOL....so I hear.

[RimmyDelicious]

He avoided slick black ninjas.

[arraamis]

Miyamoto Musashi was in few words, a badass mother ***er. He was a samurai born about 1580/84 they don't know for sure. He was involved in over 60 personal duels where he killed every single one of his opponents. He was also involved in 3 major battles in ancient Japan where he killed many more men. He was a master swordsman and towards the end of his life he wrote this book.

He had his first duel when he was 13, here's a short account of it:



It is separated into 5 chapters or "Rings": The Earth, The Water, The Fire, The Wind and The Emptiness or The Void.

He wrote the book when he was in his 60's and died shortly after writing it and it speaks on the spiritual and physical connection about combat, death, life, strategy, tactics, and philosophy of combat and overcoming anything in life.

If you are into boxing, marital arts or just like to read about the strength of the spiritual and mind, it's a must read.

It's considered a literary masterpiece and one of the greatest works to come out of Japan. Something you will read over and over.

Wasn't he the one who always fought with a Katana in one hand and a Wakizashi in the other ..... he was a serious badass Samurai.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Wasn't he the one who always fought with a Katana in one hand and a Wakizashi in the other ..... he was a serious badass Samurai.

In his third duel at the age of 20 he fought and killed two brothers. When they rest of the clan or school came for revenge, he was said to fight 5 or more men at the same time and he had a moment of clarity and developed the "Two Heaven" style or the "Two Sword" style.

Dude was a serious badass......

[-MAKAVELLI-]

who would win?


300 samurais or 300 spartans

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

who would win?


300 samurais or 300 spartans

Not even close, 300 Samurai.

Samurai dedicated their lives to war for over a millennium. All they did was study the tactics of war and how to live your life with discipline.

Plus, the Samurai weaponry was so far ahead of anything the Spartans had it's not funny. Samurai had steel weapons, armor and were masters in multiple Martial Arts.

Samurai > Spartans

[Glamour Puss]

Just ordered the book.

Green kayed.

[AFTER HOURS]

just ordered the book too.

[LOLORSKATES]

Not even close, 300 Samurai.

Samurai dedicated their lives to war for over a millennium. All they did was study the tactics of war and how to live your life with discipline.

Plus, the Samurai weaponry was so far ahead of anything the Spartans had it's not funny. Samurai had steel weapons, armor and were masters in multiple Martial Arts.

Samurai > Spartans

Phalanx formation > ninja stars.

[Freelancer]

Not even close, 300 Samurai.

Samurai dedicated their lives to war for over a millennium. All they did was study the tactics of war and how to live your life with discipline.

Plus, the Samurai weaponry was so far ahead of anything the Spartans had it's not funny. Samurai had steel weapons, armor and were masters in multiple Martial Arts.

Samurai > Spartans

I guess being closed in on an island can push some people to do great things. I agree, samurais were far superior to any kind of western melee fighter untill the late middle ages. The quality katanas they made were also better than most swords crafted in medieval Europe,and unlike us westerners they viewed war completely different, hell they viewed many things in a completely different manner.

And after all these years, this beautiful sport remained.