47MartialMan Posted September 8, 2004 Posted September 8, 2004 Personally, I like the Samurai swords and armor. I like the Ninja........ On the Samurai subject: Anyone know waht Samurai means and where the origin of it came from? Anyone know how the Samurai tested their "blades"?
Kyle-san Posted September 8, 2004 Posted September 8, 2004 Samurai is derived from the Japanese verb for "to serve". They tested their weapons on criminals, random peasants, basically anyone below their social level that they chose to use at that time.
Little Dragon Posted September 8, 2004 Posted September 8, 2004 Anyone know waht Samurai means and where the origin of it came from? Anyone know how the Samurai tested their "blades"?I dont know about the samurai origin but all i know is they were mostly used for wars.And i have no clue how they tested their blades..probably kill an ally? Samuari and Ninjas are basically alike.Ninjas are just quicker and stealthier for assassinations.Samurais are more advanced at weaponary and strength. ''I know what your thinking.........did I shoot you 3 times? or did I shoot you 472 times?''
47MartialMan Posted September 8, 2004 Posted September 8, 2004 Samurai is derived from the Japanese verb for "to serve". They tested their weapons on criminals, random peasants, basically anyone below their social level that they chose to use at that time. The term Samurai came from the an old Chinese one, samurahi, vassal Yes, people had used to think they were tetsed on horse, i.e. the "ten-horse test". Absurd, they "prized" their horses. Human life was expendable.
Drunken Monkey Posted September 9, 2004 Posted September 9, 2004 samurahi um, can you provide the characters for this? i can't for the life of me think of what the chinese could be.... 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."
47MartialMan Posted September 9, 2004 Posted September 9, 2004 Are we thinking post or pre Chinese characterization? Are we talking about a Chinese one influenced by Indian, or other? BTW, I cant seem to locate the book you had posted Gum Gong Sum.....? Please correct me so that I can locate this text.
Drunken Monkey Posted September 9, 2004 Posted September 9, 2004 why are you asking me? you're the one who said it came from an old chinese term. and the gum gong ging isn't a book. it's a long scripture. it might actually have a given english name but i don't know it. i'm not entirely sure why you're looking for it? 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."
47MartialMan Posted September 10, 2004 Posted September 10, 2004 Did you mention it was a Buddhist text? Please, give me more info about it. Thanks
Drunken Monkey Posted September 10, 2004 Posted September 10, 2004 it is a buddhist text. it's the one that goes 'something something golden light'..... 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."
47MartialMan Posted September 10, 2004 Posted September 10, 2004 I am going to ask my Buddhist contact(s) on this. Secondly, if I am not mistaken, you sated that info in that text was unchanged. Do you mean that linguistically?
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