[Little Ray]

These folks use the term ‘samurai’ because they don't what it means. The actual definition of ‘samurai’ is a descendant of certain royal Japanese bloodlines. You were a ‘samurai’ whether you were a warrior or a bureaucrat; if you were not born a samurai, then no amount of training could make you one...

What they really should have said was “martial artist” or “bushido” mind training. And as we both know the mental techniques of martial arts still have application today.

[reed13]

I’ll have to disagree with you on this point - Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of the great daimyo unifiers, was born a peasant. While he was unable to assume the role of Taiko due to his blood line - he was never the less samurai. Ironically he implemented many of the policies which cut off future generations from making this transition during the Tokugawa period. Even then there were rare occurences.

I will agree that they should not have used the term Samurai in their descriptions.