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To help develop this skill, Warrior Mind, relies upon music. The idea is to listen, really listen, to the wail of the guitar or the staccato tap of the drums instead of letting your mind wander. In athletics, this concept is called being in "the zone."

Indeed, Samurai would not meditate to loud music. However, use of meditation by warriors and/or martial arts experts is not "faggy" or "new age" nor would it likely have anything to do with mind control to convince soldiers to be hostile towards civilians.

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Part of the Samurai "music" problem is that about 40% of all Japanese (with a higher concentration among the Samurai descended primarily from the Emeshi) have a congenital Eustachian Tube Dysfunction which results in dramatic narrowing in response to almost any cold or other upper respiratory virus or bacterial attack.

The consequences were, back in the old days, partial deafness.

Japanese musical advances have been made primarily in modern times where the use of antibiotics has minimized this source of damage to Japanese hearing.

So, let's put it this way, if the Samurai could have heard the music they might have used it to aid meditation ~ a little "Free Bird" perhaps?!