01-10-2008, 12:00 AM
[quote=Tenchu;351302][color="Magenta"]You think? I doubt devotion of your concern toward another defines a Warrior. Many Samurai said this was a negeative thing, actually. And one of the greatest Warriors, and one of my favorite, Genghis Khan, was more brutal than a rageing mad dog. Well, I have said it before, I will say it again, but no one listens. Brutality is the heart of the Warrior, and all killing is murder, you only warp it with ornamental words. But it is actions that define the truth of a person, not the thoughts they are thinking.... You know I find it a little funny people who are as far from Warriors as my eyes are from the sky lecture about what they actually are that defines them...
I know the truth, the purpose of Iaido/ Kenjitsu or any martial art for that matter is purely for killing. When you set your self to kill, you must be dam sure you are ready to do the job. understand yourself, if you do not, you will fail and die. Without heart, or devotion in the soul, you will fade inside from senseless murder. If you think life is a game and you only learn to kill, then in this world all you will be is the definition of blood lust.
"The man whose profession is arms should calm his mind and look into the depths of others. Doing so is the best of the martial arts".
Do not turn my own words against me to argue, just respect my way as I do yours. Samurai, by different codes of Bushido, (specifically Hagakure) all believed together in utmost respect for human kind. Even though they, in ways, destroyed it. Never, did they pick up a blade without a reason, today it should be the same way. If you have ever killed you would understand the horrors it can afflict on the body, mind and soul, Skill is nothing, if you cant live with the burden, "never should anyone have disregard for human life"
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