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    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ANCIENT WARFARE Part VI: War in Ancient India   Artillery - India Taught Europe  Artillery was introduced into Europe by the Roma (Gyspsies), who were none else than the Jats and Rajputs of India.  This has been revealed in a study by a reputed linguist, Weer Rajendra Rishi, after an extensive tour of Roma camps in Europe.  He explains that the Romas, who are...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ANCIENT WARFARE Part V: War in Ancient India   Amukta Weapons   The first of the Amukta weapons was the Vajra or the thunderbolt. The origin of this weapon is given in the Rirthayatra portion of the Mahabharata. It was made out of the backbone of the Rishi Dadhici which was freely given by him to Indra. Originally perhaps it had six sides and...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ANCIENT WARFARE Part IV: War in Ancient India   Bow and Arrow: In the words of H. H. Wilson: "the Hindus cultivated archery most assiduously and were very Parthians in the use of the bow on horse-back." One feature of this weapon was that it could be handled by all the four classes of warriors. Frescos on the Angkor Wat depict scenes from the Hindu...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     Part III: War in Ancient India   Weapons of War as Gathered from LiteratureDhanur Veda classifies the weapons of offence and defense into four - the mukta, the amukta, the mukta-mukta and the yantramukta. The Nitiprakasika, on the other hand, divides them into three broad classes, the mukta (thrown), the amukta (not thrown), and the mantramukta (discharged by mantras). The bows and arrows are...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     Part II: War in Ancient India   Territorial ideal of a one-State IndiaImperial sway in ancient India meant the active rule of an individual monarch who by his ability and prowess brought to subjection the neighboring chieftains and other rulers, and proclaimed himself the sole ruler of the earth. This goes by the name of digvi-jaya. It is not necessary that he should conquer...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     Part I: War in Ancient India   The history of ancient India is largely a history of Hindu culture and progress. Hindu culture  has a distinct claim to a higher antiquity than Assyrian schools would claim for Sargon I and as much or even higher antiquity than Egyptian scholars would claim for the commencement of the first dynasty of Kings. One aspect of this...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     Part XIV, Conclusion of Japan: War, Warfare and Weapons   BOOK 5: THE VOID BOOK The No To Ich Way of strategy is recorded in this the Book of the Void. What is called the spirit of the void is where there is nothing. It is not included in man’s knowledge. Of course the void is nothingness. By knowing things that exist, you can...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!         ANCIENT WARFARE Part XIII Japan: War, Warfare and Weapons   BOOK 4: THE WIND BOOK  In strategy you must know the Ways of other schools, so I have written about various other traditions of strategies in this the Wind Book. Without knowledge of the Ways of other schools, it is difficult to understand the essence of my Ichi school. Looking at other...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ANCIENT WARFARE Part XII Japan: War, Warfare and Weapons   BOOK 3: BOOK OF FIRE In this the Fire Book of the Ni To Ichi school of strategy I describe fighting as fire. In the first place, people think narrowly about the benefit of strategy. By using only their fingertips, they only know the benefit of three of the five inches of the wrist....

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     Part XI Japan: War, Warfare and Weapons   BOOK 2: THE WATER BOOK The spirit of the Ni Ten Ichi School of strategy is based on water, and this Water Book explains methods of victory as the long-sword form of the Ichi School. Language does not extend to explaining the Way in detail, but it can be grasped intuitively. Study this book; read a...

<p>The true story of the 47 ronin (masterless samurai) of the province of Harima is probably the best-known story of the valor and ideals (the Code of Bushido) of Japan's famous samurai warriors. Our tale begins in 1701, a time of relative peace during the Tokugawa Shogunate. The Shogun Tsunayoshi lived and ruled from Edo, while the Emperor, who had little political power, lived in Kyoto. To show respect to the Emperor, Tsunayoshi sent gifts and envoys to Kyoto for the New Year's celebrations, and in return, the Emperor sent his own envoys to Edo in March. To receive the Imperial envoys, Tsunayoshi appointed two young daimyos (feudal provincial lords), Naganori Asano-Takuminokami, The Lord of the Castle of Ako in Harima Province, and Munehare Date, Lord of Sendai to act as hosts during the forthcoming visit of a member of the Imperial Court in Kyoto. Because the daimyos were inexperienced in entertaining high born guests, the Shogun appointed an elderly high official named Yoshinaka Kira-Kozukenosuke to assist them.</p>

<p>It is truly regrettable that a person will treat a man who is valuable to him well, and a man who is worthless to him poorly.</p> <p>Many men feel that they should act according to the time or the moment they are facing, and thus are in confusion when something goes beyond this and some difficulty arises.</p>

<p>While the essence of a samurai's life lay in acquiring skills in the art of war and practicing the code of Bushido, in times of peace he was also exhorted to cultivate more peaceful pursuits. As Daidoji Yuzan advised in the "Budo Shoshinshu" (written in the 17th century): "Though Bushido naturally implies first of all the qualities of strength and forcefulness, to have this one side only developed is to be nothing but a rustic samurai of no great account". Yuzan went on to recommend that a samurai "should take up verse making or Teaism... for if he does not study he will not be able to understand the reason of things either past or present".</p>

Part VI Japan: War, Warfare and Weapons   SEVEN PRINCIPLES From "The Zen Way to the Martial Arts, Bushido, the way of the samurai, grew out of the fusion of Buddhism and Shintoism. This way can be summarized in seven essential principles:1. Gi: the right decision, taken with equanimity, the right attitude, the truth. When we must die, we must die. Rectitude.2. Yu: bravery tinged with heroism.3. Jin: universal love, benevolence toward mankind; compassion.4. Rei: right action--a most essential quality, courtesy.5. Makoto: utter sincerity; truthfulness.ó. Melyo: honor and glory.7. Chugo: devotion, loyalty.These are the seven principles underlying the spirit...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!         Part IV Japan: War, Warfare and Weapons BUSHIDO: Way of the Warrior INTRODUCTION Bushido, literally translated "Way of the Warrior," developed in Japan between the Heian and Tokugawa Ages (9th-12th century). It was a code and way of life for Samurai, a class of warriors similar to the medieval knights of Europe. It was influenced by Zen and Confucianism, two different schools...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     Part III Japan: War, Warfare and Weapons   The O-Yoroi is what most people think of when they think of Japanese armor due to its unique nature. O-Yoroi or great armor first started to appear in the 10th century, but only started to become a commonly used armor in the Genpi Wars around the 12th centuries when the call for armor was at its...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!           Part II Japan: War, Warfare and Weapons   MAJOR PARTS OF THE JAPANESE SWORD BLADE Japanese sword blades were/are made in a variety of lengths. The blade is classified by its length. A daito (long sword), either a tachi or katana, is over two shaku (one shaku equals approximately 12 inches or 30 centimeters) in length. A shoto or wakizashi has...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     Part I Japan: War, Warfare and Weapons Introduction: During much of the Middle Ages, warfare was common in Japan. Warlords were battling warlords to get more land and power. They hired professional soldiers called samurai and had large armies of common soldiers. They built strong castles for protection against attack. After centuries of battles, a shogun (great general) sometimes triumphed and united much of...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     Conclusion: American Women in the US Military Although it is the largest and most extensive undertaking for military women, WIMSA , the Women's Memorial at the gates of Arlington National Cemetery, is not the first monument to military women or to women who have aided the military in our country's time of war. Here are some of the other statues and memorials that honor...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     Part X: Women Revolutionaries   In 1670 Alyona, a former nun, led a troop of rebels who took the Russian town of Temnikov. She was eventually captured by government soldiers and burned at the stake. In Mexico both Zapata's and Pancho Villa's peasant armies included women revolutionaries called "soldaderas" who originated in the ranks of the camp followers who provided water, food, clothing and...