Where can I learn the ways of the samurai?

Question

Where can I learn the ways of the samurai?

Answer 1

it all depends where u live i say get a sword wether wood or not and a book called "The samurai Way it show u a lot

Answer 2

probably in Japan?

or

buy a Samurai armor and katana and pretend your a samurai.

Answer 3

Hi.

The closest you'll be able to get is a Kenjitsu or Iaido school.

Kenjitsu is a practical combative sword art in where techniques are learned against a variety of different weapons.

Iaido is a sword art that deals primarily with the proper drawing of the sword, cutting techniques, removing the blood from the blade and the re-sheathing of the sword. It is a very smooth and precise discipline.

Both of these styles of course use the Samurai sword and can be traced directly back to the Samurai who practiced them.  If nothing else you will learn the fighting methods of the Samurai with either of these styles.  You may even learn about the values and principals that guided their lives, though the specific emphasis they place on this will largely depend on the individual school.

I hope this answers your question :)

Answer 4

there are many underground gangs and sects of various military units which still tech a modified wqay of the samurai[same exact thing with light gun training must have 6 years of prior training in martial arts] u may not want topo deal with them so u might want to look for their styles they used to learn aikijujitsu,japanesee jui jitsu, kenjutsu glaivejutsu[idk much bout this] and they did intence meditations by trying to clear their minds by focusing on breath........... very hard but look for schools that teach some o that stuff and resaerch a bit about them online first or even harder jion a kill ppl type group and learn the ways

Answer 5

I'd suggest a Kenjutsu school, the books "Hagakure, Book of Five Rings, some books on Samurai history, and a book on Bushido". You'll learn what it takes to BE Samurai and then you will find if you have what it takes to continue on.

Answer 6

taking ninjitsu lessons

Answer 7

What do you mean by LEARN?

As in actual training and becoming one or Learning the history and such about them?

Learning requires finding a legitimate teacher that is qualified and a recognized Samurai.

Answer 8

Hi there

First thing is to accept is that there are no more samurai or ninja so you can never be considered to be either. Anyone who claims to be either of these is just pulling your plonker.

You can still study the arts practised by the samurai but they are quite difficult to find outside Japan. You need to be looking for what the Japanese call Koryu styles of martial arts. These are arts that still have true samurai linage back to the founder. Modern arts such as Aikido and modern judo or jujutsu are not considered koryu because their techniques have be altered or changed to suit the times or for sports.

Koryu.com has a complete listing that still identifies which arts are considered to be koryu and which aren't.

The main sword art that's still practised and is on the list is muso jikiden eishin ryu. This is a school of iaido.

For unarmed techniques you need to look on the list and find a jujutsu school such as hontai yoshin ryu or tagaki yoshin ryu which are the more popular ones still trained.

Then there's the religious side to budo such as Bushido code of practise, Shinto, Buddhism. mikyyo etc.

So as you can see popping down to your local karate class or judo hall doesn't make you a samurai.

There are no more samurai not even in Japan! Dispite what shows you may have seen on the discovery channel! We live in different time periods but still have modern practitioners keeping the traditions alive.

Best wishes

idai

Answer 9

In Japan, two hundred years ago.  

The samurai are gone now, forevermore.