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Samurai Culture

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Being a samurai in Japan was one of the greatest honors that a person could receive. They were treated with nothing but respect from the rest of Japan. However, the ninjas were not anything like the samurai. While the Samurai warrior was an elite respected class in the Japanese military and they were considered the highest in the Japanese militia, the ninjas were low class hired assassins who did not live by a moral code. Samurais were noble leaders that were skilled in combat and weapons and lived their lives under the law of the bushido code. The samurai were loved in Japanese culture because they were seen as the protectors of the country. Being a samurai was a birthright, the son of a samurai already had the right to train. Basic samurai training which consisted of learning to fence with wooden poles began at the age of three. Young boys would then start their weapons and self-defence training at age five to seven. The father and other male family members would help the training samurai with early training. After the boys had completed their early training they were sent to live with a fencing instructor where they were taught military tactics, weaponry, and were taught jujitsu. Boys also began …show more content…

They were feared because of the legendary abilities they were said to have such as invisibility, walking on water and being able to control the elements also, their ability to attack and then instantly disappear was truly terrifying in Japan. Unusual arts of war were also something the ninja specialized in because the Bushido code denied the samurai permission. When ninjas were planning on an attack in public they would often dress as street performers, fortune tellers, monks or priests if they could not attack at night which was when they prefered because it made their escape much easier if they were attacking samurai or royalty they would often dress as them to create

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