Why am I doing this?
Tattoo
Woman tree holding earth galexy in background, stars, Mother Nature,
Green blue orange red black brown sea green
"A room without books is like a body without a soul"
"Life; it goes on."
"Learn as if you were to live forever"
"Without music, life Gould be a mistake"
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
Arial shot of tree and girl reading books under it. Really detailed.
Angle falling from grace into water. Mountains
Further information: History of martial arts, Asian martial arts (origins) and Modern history of East Asian martial arts
Disarming an attacker using a tachi-dori ("sword-taking") technique.
The historical origin of Japanese martial arts can be found in the warrior traditions of the samurai and the caste system that restricted the use of weapons by members of the non-warrior classes. Originally, samurai were expected to be proficient in many weapons, as well as unarmed combat, and attain the highest possible mastery of combat skills, for the purpose of glorifying either themselves or their liege.
Ordinarily, the development of combative techniques is intertwined with the tools used to execute those techniques. In a rapidly changing world, those tools are constantly changing, requiring that the techniques to use them be continuously reinvented. The history of Japan is somewhat unique in its relative isolation. Compared with the rest of the world, the Japanese tools of war evolved slowly. Many people believe that this afforded the warrior class the opportunity to study their weapons with greater depth than other cultures. Nevertheless, the teaching and training of these martial arts did evolve. For example, in the early medieval period, the bow and the spear were emphasized, but during the Tokugawa period, fewer large scale battles took place, and the sword
Woman tree holding earth galexy in background, stars, Mother Nature,
Green blue orange red black brown sea green
"A room without books is like a body without a soul"
"Life; it goes on."
"Learn as if you were to live forever"
"Without music, life Gould be a mistake"
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
Arial shot of tree and girl reading books under it. Really detailed.
Angle falling from grace into water. Mountains
Further information: History of martial arts, Asian martial arts (origins) and Modern history of East Asian martial arts
Disarming an attacker using a tachi-dori ("sword-taking") technique.
The historical origin of Japanese martial arts can be found in the warrior traditions of the samurai and the caste system that restricted the use of weapons by members of the non-warrior classes. Originally, samurai were expected to be proficient in many weapons, as well as unarmed combat, and attain the highest possible mastery of combat skills, for the purpose of glorifying either themselves or their liege.
Ordinarily, the development of combative techniques is intertwined with the tools used to execute those techniques. In a rapidly changing world, those tools are constantly changing, requiring that the techniques to use them be continuously reinvented. The history of Japan is somewhat unique in its relative isolation. Compared with the rest of the world, the Japanese tools of war evolved slowly. Many people believe that this afforded the warrior class the opportunity to study their weapons with greater depth than other cultures. Nevertheless, the teaching and training of these martial arts did evolve. For example, in the early medieval period, the bow and the spear were emphasized, but during the Tokugawa period, fewer large scale battles took place, and the sword