Perhaps, but let us not forget that he did indeed
fight in quite a few battles himself, Sekigahara
included. The fact that he fought on the losing side
and survived should at least speak of his ability to
survive. Beyond that, I've read that he participated
in a few of Ieyasu's "closing" battles so to speak. I
beleive Sekigahara was the battle to decide the rule
of the country, of course, but there's always a bit of
cleaning up to do after such battles. Rebel factions,
the decimation of the Toyotomi family line, etc.
This is nevermind the fact that being a great
swordsman and a great warrior do not always go hand in
hand. To duel with a single or even multiple
opponents is something very differt from soldiering.
In personal duels you have many more options and more
oppertunities to make precision cuts than in a large
scale battle (reference: 45 year old opponent who
kicked a rock in my face before rushing me with a
kama-gusari! You'd be hard pressed to do that in
battle!).
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murphymurphyjohn@... wrote:
> Musashi has perhaps a greater reputation as a
> swordsman than deserved. As
> you know, he was the most famous warrior of "The
> Age of the Country at Peace,"
> the Tokugawa Era, when the age of the great samurai
> battles like Nagashino,
> Sekigahara, and Tenno-ji, outside Osaka Castle in
> 1615, were past. In many
> respects, he seems a Japanese version of Cervantes'
> Don Quijote. Jack
>
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