SAMURAI
"Any man can be prepared to kill, a Samurai is prepared to die."
A brief history of SAMURAI
Read about the Samurai that wielded the 'Bizen no Kuni Ju Osafune' uchigatana.
The Influence of the Hwarang System
The TAKEDA clan
Read about the 'First Samurai', Taira no Masakado and the 'Last Samurai', Saigo Takamori
TAMESHIGIRI
SHINKENDO
Swordsmanship and Test-Cutting
KENDO
About Kendo l A History of Kendo
IAIDO
T'AI CHI
An excellant book describing the 'Soul of Japan', BUSHIDO
The RELIGION of the SAMURAI
Forgotten Samurai by Stephen Turnbull
Time Line of Samurai history.
From 660 B.C. to 1876 A.D.
A GLOSSARY of the Samurai
SAMURAI ARCHIVES
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learn everything about Samurai. History at its best.
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