why were people trained as samurais?

I need this for a history project....so

Why were some people trained as samurais, and not all? As in with
knights, they are usally part of a nobel family and so on. Oh were
everybody trained as samurai?

no not everyone, mostly if you were the son of a samurai, even more rare some daughters, training as early as 7, by 15 you better be ready to cut a mean tatami roll.

ishouldstoptellingboosonthenet <ishouldstoptellingboosonthenet@...> wrote:I need this for a history project....so

Why were some people trained as samurais, and not all? As in with
knights, they are usally part of a nobel family and so on. Oh were
everybody trained as samurai?



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Well, the Samurai class, or bushi, didn't come onto the historical
stage untill 750 after the Gempei War.
In the early days samurai could be of any class, much like the roman
legions, but it wasn't until 1200's(could have been as early as the
1100's) when the class system became more ridged. And from then until
1868 with the Meiji Restoration(some records show the restoration and
the various rebellions post and prior that the end of the bushi came
in 1867-9) the Samurai where the ruling class. though of course the
court nobles and Emporer still had power they had been reduced to
figureheads.

To answer your question, and i am sorry for the long explination
prior, people where trained as Samurai(as a prior post has said) by
being born into a Samurai family. Both sexes where trained though
diffrently. Men where trained in horsemenship, kyudo( long bow) and
kenjitsu(sword) amoung other unarmed techniques such as Aikido,
jujitsu, ect. Woman on the other hand where taught Niganata(long
spear with curved blade) the use of tanto, and other small knives and
also horsemenship(the japanese name escapes me at the moment) and
both where taught Yarijitsu(spear).

I hope that helps. Another point to make is that unlike medival
knights, who where given power to an extent i.e. a lord would pay for
thier training and armor ect, while still not giving him power in and
of himself. the Bushi in effect, after the gempei war half took it
and half where given it, as the nobles felt that they should still
run the country from kyoto but as the latter periods of unrest proved
the Bushi really controlled the goings on of the country(while still
paying yearly homage to the Emporer).

Atsi Kazuri

>
> Why were some people trained as samurais, and not all? As in with
> knights, they are usally part of a nobel family and so on. Oh were
> everybody trained as samurai?

Hi

Horsemanship - Bajutsu
archery on horseback - Yabusame and Kishajutsu

Many schools still exist in Japan today that study
these arts. Others such as the Kukishin ryu no longer
study the Kishajutsu, but maintain study in the other
martial arts

Paul


--- Atisi Kazuari <broccolihead30@...> wrote:

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Well, the Samurai class, or bushi, didn't come onto
the historical
stage untill 750 after the Gempei War.
In the early days samurai could be of any class, much
like the roman
legions, but it wasn't until 1200's(could have been as
early as the
1100's) when the class system became more ridged. And
from then until
1868 with the Meiji Restoration(some records show the
restoration and
the various rebellions post and prior that the end of
the bushi came
in 1867-9) the Samurai where the ruling class. though
of course the
court nobles and Emporer still had power they had been
reduced to
figureheads.

To answer your question, and i am sorry for the long
explination
prior, people where trained as Samurai(as a prior post
has said) by
being born into a Samurai family. Both sexes where
trained though
diffrently. Men where trained in horsemenship, kyudo(
long bow) and
kenjitsu(sword) amoung other unarmed techniques such
as Aikido,
jujitsu, ect. Woman on the other hand where taught
Niganata(long
spear with curved blade) the use of tanto, and other
small knives and
also horsemenship(the japanese name escapes me at the
moment) and
both where taught Yarijitsu(spear).

I hope that helps. Another point to make is that
unlike medival
knights, who where given power to an extent i.e. a
lord would pay for
thier training and armor ect, while still not giving
him power in and
of himself. the Bushi in effect, after the gempei war
half took it
and half where given it, as the nobles felt that they
should still
run the country from kyoto but as the latter periods
of unrest proved
the Bushi really controlled the goings on of the
country(while still
paying yearly homage to the Emporer).

Atsi Kazuri

>
> Why were some people trained as samurais, and not

all? As in with

> knights, they are usally part of a nobel family and

so on. Oh were

> everybody trained as samurai?

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