Samurai vs Shogun
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A good friend of mine, a third-degree black belt Kendo martial artist, often encouraged me to take up Kendo lessons.
I always appreciated the incredible insights he gave me regarding the mysteries of Japanese swordsmanship. After all, the samurai way of life ruled Japan for 800 years. It was a warrior's code of honour, and like all codes of honour, it contains secrets that unleashes power of such precision and lethality that the ordinary man cannot even imagine it.
As swordmaker Hattori Hanzo, a mysterious character in the movie Kill Bill, said:
For those regarded as warriors, when engaged in combat the vanquishing of thine enemy can be the warrior's only concern. Suppress all human emotion and compassion. Kill whoever stands in thy way, even if that be Lord God, or Buddha himself. This truth lies at the heart of the art of combat.
My secret was to realize, one day, that I was born to be a shogun (military commander), not a samurai.
Should a samurai succeed in meeting me face to face, with his right hand tightly clutching the handle of his sword and with his heart resolved to cut me, that would be the height of his career.
However, for the shogun facing such a samurai, it would be the lowest point of his career.
Indeed, the shogun, being a strategist, should have predicted this situation and should have done everything necessary to avoid such an embarrassing confrontation with an inferior warrior.
Even if the shogun were superior in swordsmanship to the samurai, it is a complete waste of his time to fight with his sword. Rather, he should fight with his word, by issuing commands to his lieutenants and troops.
The success secret is to realize that there are many black belts, but very few black minds.
A shogun with a black mind is someone whose mind is absolutely unscrutable. You can simply not predict what he or she is going to do.
A good friend of mine, a third-degree black belt Kendo martial artist, often encouraged me to take up Kendo lessons.
I always appreciated the incredible insights he gave me regarding the mysteries of Japanese swordsmanship. After all, the samurai way of life ruled Japan for 800 years. It was a warrior's code of honour, and like all codes of honour, it contains secrets that unleashes power of such precision and lethality that the ordinary man cannot even imagine it.
As swordmaker Hattori Hanzo, a mysterious character in the movie Kill Bill, said:
For those regarded as warriors, when engaged in combat the vanquishing of thine enemy can be the warrior's only concern. Suppress all human emotion and compassion. Kill whoever stands in thy way, even if that be Lord God, or Buddha himself. This truth lies at the heart of the art of combat.
My secret was to realize, one day, that I was born to be a shogun (military commander), not a samurai.
Should a samurai succeed in meeting me face to face, with his right hand tightly clutching the handle of his sword and with his heart resolved to cut me, that would be the height of his career.
However, for the shogun facing such a samurai, it would be the lowest point of his career.
Indeed, the shogun, being a strategist, should have predicted this situation and should have done everything necessary to avoid such an embarrassing confrontation with an inferior warrior.
Even if the shogun were superior in swordsmanship to the samurai, it is a complete waste of his time to fight with his sword. Rather, he should fight with his word, by issuing commands to his lieutenants and troops.
The success secret is to realize that there are many black belts, but very few black minds.
A shogun with a black mind is someone whose mind is absolutely unscrutable. You can simply not predict what he or she is going to do.
posted by Super Peter at 10:38 AM
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