Samurai Training Methods?

[scohen.mma]

So I've always been fascinated by the Samurai. I decently educated on how young they were when they'd start training, what Martial Arts (roughly) they did and I'm well aware of Bushido. I know some of their training methods involved getting in a horse stance while knee deep in snow, standing under a cold waterfall and doing log training. I also heard that they did lots of Sumo training.

I'm not saying that I'm gonna try all these, but if I can I probably will try at least some of them. If anyone knows any specifics of their log training, or any other training methods they did, I'd love to know!

Thanks in advance.

[Nidan Melbourne]

That would be very interesting to try out as well.

I am unsure what they did but trying out sumo would be awesome.

Maybe go on youtube to see if there is anything on there

[JFawkes]

My understanding is that the samurai sort of evolved into bureaucrats who didn't actually devote that much time to combat training. Also, Bushido is something of a historical myth; it's laid down in an old book but there's limited evidence that it's what all the samurai actually followed. I'd take anything you read about samurai with a grain of salt.

[bushido_man96]

My understanding is that the samurai sort of evolved into bureaucrats who didn't actually devote that much time to combat training. Also, Bushido is something of a historical myth; it's laid down in an old book but there's limited evidence that it's what all the samurai actually followed. I'd take anything you read about samurai with a grain of salt.

I agree. Its very romanticized.

[yamesu]

I am going to play devils advocate here and say - really? Romanticized and Grain-of-Salt?

Is it not well documented that throughout Japanese culture and history codes like Honour and Loyalty have been strongly emphasized?

I know it is the same for the Thai (and other Asian cultures), who for the most part will avoid confrontation to save face, even where they know they are right.

In fact, is not the Japanese Tea Ceremony evidence of these types of codes being retained through history as practiced during these era?

I do not doubt that the system was bureaucratic by the end of the era, however, that is not to say that the Bushido code never existed.

Just posing a couple of questions...

[sensei8]

Failure, in anything, for the Samurai, wasn't an option. The results of a failure were fatal! In everything that they did, including training, there wasn't an equal, to them at least. Their loyalty to their master/lord was undeniable.

Could I train Shindokan in the manner of which the Samurai trained? I believe that I have that within me to do so, but until I try, I might never know.

Something for me to think about.