Beyond the fact that blades are sharp and can wound or even kill, swords represent a craftsmanship that mirrors the dedication of the Samurai to the art of war. In the same way that you wouldn' t drive a car while intoxicated, one shouldn't wield a sword without proper reverence. Whether our swords will be used for display purposes, tamashigiri, or dojo battle, respect for your weapon demonstrates a similar respect for warriors in general.
SOTE believes that Bushido should still play a central role in the mind and heart of a modern warrior. It was an organic growth of decades and centuries of military career."e It was founded not on the creation of one brain, however able, or on the life of a single personage, however renowned.
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More frequently it is a code unuttered and unwritten, possessing all the more the powerful sanction of veritable deed, and of a law written on the fleshly tablets of the heart.
It is not a written code at best it consists of a few maxims handed down from mouth to mouth or coming from the pen of some well-known warrior or savant. the code of moral principles which the samurai were required or instructed to observe. Inazo Nitobe (1862 - 1933), author of Bushido: The Soul of Japandescribes Bushido as: Initially passed down through oral tradition, the tenets of Bushido became formalized into Japanese Feudal Law under the Tokugawa Shogunate.
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"e Bushido"e is a philosophy to be lived versus just a series of rules to be followed. The "e way of the warrior"e for the Samurai held much in common with the European idea of chivalry.for the warrior was a sacred ritual of equals testing their strength and training versus simply just exchanging blows. Therefore, the weapon' s importance transcended its beauty or physical construction-the sword was the soul of the warrior. Tradition holds that the spirit of the Samurai was lodged in his sword. Although modern ways have eliminated the need for warring tribes/clansmen serving their feudal lords, a sword still represents powerful values in the hands of any owner, similar to the seven virtues associated with bushido: Whatever the case, your passion for obtaining a blade is mirrored by the ancient “way of the warrior” (or Bushido) practiced by the Samurai class infrom the 11th to the 20th centuries. We at SOTE understand people have various reasons for purchasing a Japanese sword-for battle in the dojo, tamashigiri (test-cutting), or collecting/decoration purposes.
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