White Warlock Posted July 3, 2004 Posted July 3, 2004 ... edited - my now-deleted comments would only have opened up a can of worms. To cut to the chase, the information provided on that website is incorrect. For resources on ninja/samurai history, examine these books: Ratti, Oscar and Westbrook, Adele. Secrets of the Samurai: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan. Castle Books, 1999 Reischauer, Edwin O., Japan: The Story of a Nation. New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1990 "When you are able to take the keys from my hand, you will be ready to drive." - Shaolin DMV TestIntro
Luckykboxer Posted July 3, 2004 Posted July 3, 2004 the whole samurai vs ninja debate reminds me a little of what the world faces today. Obviously in a much looser sense. seems there is a people in the world today willing to do whatever it takes to make a point with no regard to human life, and another groups of people trying to fight the first, but trying to do so with a code of honor and ethics. At some point the code of ethics has to be changed or you lose. Looks like the Samurai did that to deal with the ninja, dont be surprised if you see the same happening today.... funny how history repeats itself
krunchyfrogg Posted July 3, 2004 Posted July 3, 2004 http://www.realultimatepower.net "A life is not important, except in the impact it has on other lives."-- Jackie Robinson"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."-- Edmund Burke
WhiteBelt Posted July 3, 2004 Posted July 3, 2004 I'm with the honor thing being made to keep the samurai in line. Anyway, who would you pick: the soldier that kills himself if he ever fails, or the guy who makes the samurai fail and goes home to his wife?
Treebranch Posted July 23, 2004 Posted July 23, 2004 Yeah the Ninja didn't follow the so called Bushido code, and that made them bad. Ha ha ha. "It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.""Lock em out or Knock em out"
White Warlock Posted July 23, 2004 Posted July 23, 2004 Hehe, yeppers. And that makes us bad too. Then again, we could always adopt the Bushido code, and start hacking heads off of peasants we deem slighted us, because they failed to bow quick enough. "When you are able to take the keys from my hand, you will be ready to drive." - Shaolin DMV TestIntro
Drunken Monkey Posted July 23, 2004 Posted July 23, 2004 ..yeah but if we follow the bushido code, that would mean having to obey word for word, whatever we are told to do by our 'superiors' or else we get our heads hacked off.... post count is directly related to how much free time you have, not how intelligent you are."When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
White Warlock Posted July 24, 2004 Posted July 24, 2004 Or... we could go ronin on their *. "When you are able to take the keys from my hand, you will be ready to drive." - Shaolin DMV TestIntro
JLee Posted July 24, 2004 Author Posted July 24, 2004 oh yea, what martial arts were used in the movie "crouching tiger hidden dragon"? just curious
White Warlock Posted July 24, 2004 Posted July 24, 2004 Hollywoo Do "When you are able to take the keys from my hand, you will be ready to drive." - Shaolin DMV TestIntro
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