[Joemoplata]

Originally Posted by Gambatte Karate

Ok, I am beginning to get a bit of a different view....I have been doing a little reading on one specific martial arts master. Why do I call him a "master"? Because in all of his battles, he was never defeated. EVER. This person was none other than Miamoto Musashi. The greatest swordsman of his time. Now, this is a man who at the ripe old age of just 13, whooped his first adult male in a sword duel. In fact, he didn't even use a sword to beat him. He used a piece of wood, while the "expert" swordsman had a sword. Beat him and killed him. He did it again at 16. I'm not changing my rules OR my views that no person can have a blackbelt before 12, but man....That really drives it home. Something of further note, he was self taught so to speak. He also was similar to Bruce Lee, and thought of "no way as way". He did not profess any specific system, but rather no system. Very interesting.

So when a child in Zimbabwe is taught to kill with a machete that's tragic and horrfiying, but when it's a Japanese guy with a sword it's cool?