Tsukahara ShinEmon meete NanEi youtu.be/P9Jqgc_KN28 Duel with NanEi (previously published Nov. 23, 2014) youtu.be/N1LbWeYxRW0 Tsukahara Bokuden (1490 – 1571) After being given special permission from his Daimyo, Bokuden went on a pilgrimage (Musha shugyo) to seek out the best teachers to learn from and to challenge the best samurai warriors Japan had to offer. In total, he had thirty-seven duels against the best fighters around and set himself on the path to becoming a samurai legend by defeating all who stood before him. Once the pilgrimage was over, he went back to the service of his Daimyo and once again served in his army until, at the age of 37, he was allowed to settle down and open up his own Japanese samurai school called the Shinto Ryu. There, he put his unique abilities with a samurai sword to good use and developed his own style called the Single Cut Style. ..... On his retirement, Bokuden, a legend in his own lifetime, went to live in a mountain sanctuary where many young samurai came to learn from him. He later went on a second pilgrimage, this time only to teach rather than to challenge other samurai warriors to do battle. His most famous student during this time was the 17 year old Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who was lucky enough to learn martial arts from the master in 1552. In 1571 at the age of 83, the great samurai legend Tsukahara Bokuden died. As that period was one of much civil strife, many of the best fighters of the time died young fighting in wars for their Daimyo and this resulted in many great schools, including the one founded by Bokuden, dying out. Though he lived in turbulent times, Tsukahara Bokuden managed to develop a peaceful philosophy and believed that it was better to avoid conflict altogether that to win a fight. Many great masters throughout subsequent martial arts history have echoed this believe showing Bokuden to be a forward thinking, legend of samurai history. Source historyoffighting/tsukahara-bokuden.php
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