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Old 09-20-2007, 01:56 PM   #9
Don_Modesto
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Re: Ryuuha Bugei all soft and mushy, too!

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Philippe Willaume wrote: View Post
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It is a nice article but is it not looking at the past with modern eyes?
Ya know, I'm no expert, but if anything, it strikes me that quite the contrary, he's attempting to see things the way there were seen in their days.

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I mean European knight developed courtly loves and all the social niceties that goes with knighthood. That does not prevent them to have a very efficient martial system, and like in japan the sword was a secondary weapon....

I am not saying that article is wrong, just that their was societal constrain on the bushi and that there was plenty of people conscripted/volunteering for the army for very few styles is a little to succinct to demonstrate the point of the original poster and the of the article
To tell the truth, it sounds like you have a much better background for this discussion than myself. I hope you find the article stimulating. I did. (But then, I am predisposed to the iconoclastic argument.)

Don J. Modesto
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