Samurai

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They wore a helmet called kabuto. They had 2 katanas one was short the other long. They had torso armour that bent when struck so the blade would just glance off of it. They had leg, and arm armor. There were barely any spots you could hit him with a blade. The helmet covered most of the head making it dificult to see and they also used bows.

At first the Samurai were elite bowmen on horses, they later became much more important and became some sort of nobles, whilst the Ashigaru was normal foot-soldiers the Samurai were like the Knights in europe, but they were in turn ruled over by a Daimyo, who was ruled over by the Shogun.

So, answer: The Samurai were elite soldiers, their purpose was to serve their Daimyo even if he is wrong, Samurai means "To serve"

In the mid-evil time like the Saxons and Germanic tribes, the Japanese developed an advanced feudal system. On the Bushi fighting scale the Samurai was the warrior before you became a Samurai your title would be Ninja the lowest rank on the Bushi fighting scale. Samurai usually always served under a shogon who was their master, and would send Samurai off to fight other tribes and factions in mid-evil Japan. there were also Daimyos who would hire Samurai for protection of their estates and families. then there were also Ronin who were "Masterless Samurai" Ronin were first Samurai but if a Samurai's Shogon or Daimyo dies they are no longer their vassels and are free to raom sworn to no-one. Ronin were usually Mercs. The Samurai were used as the perfect fighting machine and were basically in a sense Japanese Knights or vassels.

Well, that depends on a few things. first, and foremost, is it actually a police sword. army officer's dress swords are often mistaken for police swords, and there are even sites where people seem to have done their research that are mistaken about it. the aforementioned dress Sabre will be roughly the size of a standard military Sabre having a blade which is 29-32 inches in length and chrome plated. army swords will also have either a Kiku or Sakura badge on the backstrap of the hilt. the kiku being a flower with 16 petals, the sakura having 5. the police badge is harder to describe, it is a five pointed star with an angled ray coming over each of the points. like i said, hard to describe, but if you have that on your sword, you will know exactly what i mean when you read it. either of those swords are not worth a whole ton, i would pay maybe $300-400 for one in decent shape [hilt in good repar, sheath intact, no scratches on the blade, etc.]. unless in HORRIBLE condition, i would not let one go for less than about $75-100. the other type of police sword i have encountered is much shorter, having a blade length of 16-18 inches. it will also have the police badge that i previously mentioned. these swords are older, and better made than the previous examples. they are usually hand forged blades, some are signed, some are not, they have chromed sheaths, and wire-wrapped leather hilts without a knuckle guard. depending mostly on the condition of the blade [a good blade should be bright, reflective, have no pitting or chips, and most importantly, have a visible temper line near the edge.] one of these could go for $150 on the the low end, and i really good one, i would pay 800+ for. if you would like to send me pictures so i may make a better distinction, email me at pfc.mason@hotmail.com

Mostly Samurais in training practiced calligraphy, practiced the rituals of tea ceremonies, wrote poetry (usually haikus), practiced swordsmanship and archery, and occassionally had lessons on seppuku and Bushido.

Yes. The Samurai were not forbidden to have families.

they are the positions in which a samurai serves his daimyo

Samurai were loyal to a diamyo in return for land. After a battle, the surviving samurai were given land as a reward for their loyalty.

Yes but the firearms were extremely poor against the very modern guns and ammo,

they were using old tech not even new during our civil war,,smooth bore

long arms didn't even have a shoulder stock on them..they also did not engage

well against the new tactics..untill it turned into close combat hand fighting they were just target practice...

There were many different beliefs in Feudal Japan. Most were Zen Buddhists, but other types of Buddhism existed, depending on which class of society one belonged to. Also all of Japan also have Shinto beliefs, especially the Imperial Household. There were also few Christians that existed in Feudal Japan, though it would be banned toward the end of Feudal Society.

* anyone that follows the samirai code wich iscalled Bushido which means the way of the warrior. It was their way of life. The Samurai's loyalty to the emperor were unsurpassed. They were trustworthy and honest. They lived simple lives with no interest in riches and material things, but rather in honor and pride. They were men of true strength. Samurai had no fear of death.

Samurai were soldiers, as a group they had no enemies of their own.

the question might be clearer that way: "who are the enemies of soldiers?"

the answer is, the current enemies of whom they happen to serve.

Other samurai. The Samurai were soldiers that worked for war lords and rulers throughout Japan.

The samurai were hired by Shoguns so their enemies were the enemies of their Shogun. Or anyone who attacked their homes.

To improve discipline, the samurai followed bushido (the way of the warrior) the seven virtues of bushido are Rectitude, Courage, Benevolence, Respect, Honesty, Honour and loyalty

Nature is the most important element of this religion

they lived in the community to enforce laws and collect taxes and some lived on the border line of the town to protect the village.

their houses were made from wood with internal paper walls. the floors were polished wood that had mats and cushions for sleeping on. they had a garden that a gardener would take care of so that it would look so good that it makes any English garden look like garbage.

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The Samurai's leaders, that is, their employers and masters, were the landowners, mainly, who carried the title, "Daimyo". In the 1600's, roughly, the various daimyo (This is a Japanese term, so no "s" at the end) finally supported and mostly obeyed the Shogun, who had the all the power, but still reported to the Emperor, if commanded to. In that time, the Shoguns were in the Tokugawa family.

Some Samurai no longer had a job and were called "Ronin"; they had no master, but did what jobs they could find, hoping to find a new master eventually.

There are a number of Samurai traditions and values which influence contemporary Japanese society. Most of the cultural values and belief are founded on Samurai and this is commonly depicted in modern Japanese art.

Samurai is a class like caste and it's hereditary. Therefore, the sons of farmers were destined to be farmers and samurai's son were samurai.

However, there were rare cases for some to be in samurai class. One is to show great talents in swordsmanship and others include becoming great scholars. It's very rare, though.

Inside the samurai class, there was also hierarchy, and it does not always mean upgrading the status if one becomes samurai from the other classes as many samurais were poor. It was more like hereditary occupations.

It was hereditary, but sometimes someone who was in favour with the higher authority could become a Samurai such as the English sailor Williams Adams who sailed to Japan but later became a Samurai

actually being a samurai took many talents including heredity but that doesn't mean your destined to become a farmer. you see Japanese society was broken down in classes. durning the time off the samurai the shogun was like the "lord" or king. after him was the damiyo or someone who does the kings work(sometimes!) and the samurai. if you worked up in ranks you could have a chance to be a samurai. to be a samurai took many years of dedication and training. if caught in a dirty deed a samurai would commit ritual suicide to peserve his personal honor.

At mid 1500 the separation law came. Before it anyone who could afford training could become a samurai, after that you had to be the son of a samurai.

bushido it's kind of like the chivalry the knights of mid evil europe had. They had rules of honor like seppuku whee they killed themselves if they did something realy dishonerable also they had to remain loyal and stuff like that ninga didn't have this but there were obviously ways of controlling them

On Guadalcanal, the Americans were amazed that some of the Japanese soldiers fought them hand to hand with swords. This is in the strictest tradition of Samurai. But, moreover, the indoctrination of these men and the culture of the Samurai pervaded Japanese society. Bushido called for courtesy to your enemy only if they merited it. If the enemy demanded bushido before death and the Japanese executioner could not provide it, the condemned were supposed to be allowed to live. But to surrender was the lowest thing that any warrior could do and called for execution.

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Samurai Aerobics is a workout program based on Kenjutsu and Kendo warm-ups and kihon, combined into a program by Joseph J. Truncale. This program was designed to give a complete workout, while at the same time teach the basic sword cuts of Kenjutsu and Kendo. It is great for the mind too. It helps you do many things that you didn't even know that you could do! It's awesome!

Daimyo (lit. Great Name), were the successors of the Shogun from their Shoen system in Japan. These Daimyo would go on to control entire provinces and would often give land as rewards for service.