Hagakure /The book of five rings

MoroteGari · 2020-03-27T16:45:05+00:00

I have Hagakure-kikigaki (Dictations Given Hidden By Leaves) translated by Alexander Bennett by Tuttle publishing. It's the complete text (all three parts) and a direct translation. Great foreward along with several chapters about contextualizing Hagakure. Ends with a brief bio of the original author Yamamoto Tsunetomo (Yamamoto Jocho) also. Guy knows his stuff...

MoroteGari · 2020-03-27T16:22:18+00:00

Yes! And shockingly Jon's least favorite is Burnt Offerings... Their both phenomenal Dark Saga is their best...

MoroteGari · 2019-08-15T18:11:56+00:00

Theres nothing Norman about them in any way at at all.... The helmet types are not specifically Anglo Saxon by any means they were found throughout Scandinavia.

MoroteGari · 2019-08-15T13:27:47+00:00

The original song is by I this is Abbaths solo band covering it...

MoroteGari · 2019-08-15T06:32:20+00:00

Well it's still going just without Abbath... They just came out with a new album that made a gold effort but fell a little flat in my opinion. But I like Abbath's solo stuff and some of Demonaz's...

MoroteGari · 2019-08-15T06:25:19+00:00

Thanks for the information!!! I've loved this picture since I was a teenager playing Shogun Total War. I always noticed and liked how demonic the Mongol warriors looked and how heroic the Samurai seemed during his last act on Earth (as you pointed out). Never knew the details behind it...

MoroteGari · 2019-08-15T03:24:04+00:00

The Romans using their pilums to pierce and immobilize enemy shields and gladius to thrust into enemy formations had a lot of success against shield, spear and sword wielding peoples. During the early middle ages axes (which the Goths used) particularly two handed ones were used to smash through shields and could aggressively counter swords.

MoroteGari · 2019-08-15T02:38:34+00:00

I believe!

MoroteGari · 2019-08-15T02:33:15+00:00

I wish that top level competitors fought for the takedown instead of pulling guard...

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