[kunitokotachi]

I think Musashi was cool but thinking about it...

1. Musashi was pretty irresponsible for going from dojo to dojo issuing challenges. In those days you could die or be seriously injured from a match. Also, because of his character a lot of those matches turned into duels to the death.

2. We can technically say that Musashi cheated because he used two swords instead of one sometimes.

3. Other samurai during that time did not think much of him. Some of it was just prejudice because he was an inakazamurai.

4. There is controversy surrounding the duel between Musashi and Kojiro. Musashi knew that he could not beat Kojiro with his swords so he used a broken boat oar. Musashi hid the true length of the boat oar in the water to trick Kojiro. Then when Kojiro advanced Musashi brought the boat oar down on Kojiro's head. Kojiro's sword cut Mushashi's headband. If Musashi had been using his swords that day he would have likely died.