By Chauncey Alexander

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Samurai

• By Chauncey Alexander

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What are samurai?

• The samurai are essentially Japanese warriors
  during the feudal era. They provide protection
  for the feudal lords of Japan for food, money and
  parcels of land.

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A little history

• The samurai (also called bushi) started as
  trained warriors whos practices were heavily
  influenced by the Buddhism religion meant to
  protect feudal lords after the Taika reforms of
  646 A.D. during the period of 794-1185 weak
  emperors lost power over rural Japan and samurai
  took over. Soon after the samurai held both
  military and political power over Japan. After
  many conflicts the age of the samurai ended in
  1877.

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Samurai rituals

• Seppuku ritual suicide
• the samurai code was based on honor. So much
  that instead of being captured they will commit a
  ritualistic form of suicide called Seppuku.

Click to play video on seppuku
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Mad sillz

• The samurai were master archers, deadly with
  their katana, and proficient in their training

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Arsenal

• A samurais standard arsenal consisted of

katana
steel Plate armor
Naginaga
kanabo
Bow and arrow
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Fighting style
Watch and analyze the samurais fighting style.
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Citations

• http//www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/deadliest-w
  arrior-samurai/316344
• http//victorian.fortunecity.com/duchamp/410/samur
  ai2.html\
• http//images.google.com
• http//asianhistory.about.com/od/warsinasia/p/Samu
  raiProfile.htm
• Spikes Deadliest warrior - Viking VS. the
  samurai