Konichiwa

Hello

My name is Jacob. I am a life long martial artist. I thank you for
letting me join this group. I only discovered the Samurai in 2003,
ofcourse I had heard of them before, but I didnt really know anything
about them. As corney as it may sound, the film The Last Samurai got
me intrested, after that I discovered my calling. I started to read
any book I could find on the Samurai and their code of moral conduct,
Bushido. The more I read, the more they fascinated me. How, with a
few exceptions, these brave men (and sometimes even women to) lived
by a strict moral code, from the time they woke up in the moring to
the time they went to sleep. The trained in the art of the sword, and
help honor above all. I felt alonging to become like this, but
ofcourse I thought the Samurai were gone, just like most warriors of
old. But then I discorverd that people were still practicing their
ways, and tring to live as much like a Samurai as one could in this
day and age. This is a goal in which I would like to strive for. I am
doing my best to study the philosophy of Bushido and to learn the Art
of the Sword on my own, unfortunatly there are no dojos in columbia
South Carolina that teach such things. If there is anyone on this
group that could help me I would be greatly honored. Thank you.

Jacob Ross

--- In samuraihistory@yahoogroups.com, "Jay Kendola"
wrote:

>
>
> Hello
>
> My name is Jacob. I am a life long martial artist. I thank you for
> letting me join this group. I only discovered the Samurai in 2003,
> ofcourse I had heard of them before, but I didnt really know anything
> about them. As corney as it may sound, the film The Last Samurai got
> me intrested, after that I discovered my calling. I started to read
> any book I could find on the Samurai and their code of moral conduct,
> Bushido. The more I read, the more they fascinated me. How, with a
> few exceptions, these brave men (and sometimes even women to) lived
> by a strict moral code, from the time they woke up in the moring to
> the time they went to sleep. The trained in the art of the sword, and
> help honor above all. I felt alonging to become like this, but
> ofcourse I thought the Samurai were gone, just like most warriors of
> old. But then I discorverd that people were still practicing their
> ways, and tring to live as much like a Samurai as one could in this
> day and age. This is a goal in which I would like to strive for. I am
> doing my best to study the philosophy of Bushido and to learn the Art
> of the Sword on my own, unfortunatly there are no dojos in columbia
> South Carolina that teach such things. If there is anyone on this
> group that could help me I would be greatly honored. Thank you.
>
> Jacob Ross
>

Apparently you haven't done enough reading. Long story short, you are
talking about a few people during the Edo period, who lived long after
there were any battles to fight, and they could therefore afford to
make a religion out of being a "Samurai".

Might want to take a look at the "Misconceptions of the Samurai", on
the front page of this group, and start reading history books, rather
than philosophy.

Otherwise, welcome!

On Sep 18, 2006, at 10:02 AM, Jay Kendola wrote:

>
> Hello
>
> I am
> doing my best to study the philosophy of Bushido and to learn the Art
> of the Sword on my own, unfortunatly there are no dojos in columbia
> South Carolina that teach such things. If there is anyone on this
> group that could help me I would be greatly honored. Thank you.
>
> Jacob Ross




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>

Jay -
Welcome. Do read the misconceptions page and do keep looking around
for a dojo. There is an All US Kendo Federation dojo in Charleston,
http://www.auskf.info/dojo/sc.htm
Perhaps if you contact them they would know of folks in your area
doing Kendo or Iaido. Also check your local Aikido dojo as these tend
to attract Budo Bums of all stripes and you may encounter someone
doing Iai. Not really schools of "Bushido" but a good way to touch
base with the culture while you learn more of your subject. Study
hard and if you are truly serious there are schools of Koryu Kenjutsu
here and there for a more authentic experience, but no small
committment...
-t
www.ncjsc.org



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Hello how are you? I am just north of Charlotte NC and I can help you with all kinds of things. I know enough Nihongo to help you speak it and if I can I know someone who can. And the sword issue we got you covered there too. I have seen the corrections that the scholars give in this site and I feel that if you need to know something just ask and some one will get the correct answer to you as soon as possible. However, for any of those things I mentioned earlier just contact me off of the group and I would be way more than happy to help you. GOD BLESS YOU

Ai,Yugasa, Heiwa

Jay Kendola <jedi_jay_kendola@...> wrote:

Hello

My name is Jacob. I am a life long martial artist. I thank you for
letting me join this group. I only discovered the Samurai in 2003,
ofcourse I had heard of them before, but I didnt really know anything
about them. As corney as it may sound, the film The Last Samurai got
me intrested, after that I discovered my calling. I started to read
any book I could find on the Samurai and their code of moral conduct,
Bushido. The more I read, the more they fascinated me. How, with a
few exceptions, these brave men (and sometimes even women to) lived
by a strict moral code, from the time they woke up in the moring to
the time they went to sleep. The trained in the art of the sword, and
help honor above all. I felt alonging to become like this, but
ofcourse I thought the Samurai were gone, just like most warriors of
old. But then I discorverd that people were still practicing their
ways, and tring to live as much like a Samurai as one could in this
day and age. This is a goal in which I would like to strive for. I am
doing my best to study the philosophy of Bushido and to learn the Art
of the Sword on my own, unfortunatly there are no dojos in columbia
South Carolina that teach such things. If there is anyone on this
group that could help me I would be greatly honored. Thank you.

Jacob Ross








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