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02-07-2010, 10:40 PM
Interesting, as I've read texts dating to the 16th and 17th centuries which use the term "bushido". But then there are stories also on the internet that the Apollo moon landings weren't real either, and that space aliens visit the White House regularly.
Believe nothing that you read, and only half of what you see.
There are numerous manuals and guides belonging to various schools of the martial arts (including the style which I myself studied) which date to well before 1900, and describe the "warrior discipline". Musashi's "Gorin no sho" (written in 1645) describes bushido as "the way of the warrior", describing a path to enlightenment by adhering to it's virtues.
The term bushido was not coined by 20th century nationalists, it was merely counterfeited.
Last edited by Sangetsu : 02-07-2010 at 11:38 PM.
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