The Japanese Samurai

The Japanese have always been known throughout the world for their excellence in battle and warfare. Since Japan is such a small country they needed to use their situation to their advantage. For example, to get an edge over invading attackers they had to use there island as a defense fortifying defense. But that was the strategy of it. What everybody thinks about when they hear "Japanese warfare" is the Samurai. The samurai were the …

…combat system directed at allowing the combatant to defend against a single untrained assailant through to a group of trained combatants. I myself have taken a Jiu Jitsu class. It was very demanding and strenuous. I learned a few techniques as well as the 3 main stances: The horse stance, the Cat stance, and the "ready" stance (as my sensie called it). The whole experience was enjoyable and I am thinking of Joining the class full-time.