Samurai Lesson Osaka

Samurai Lesson Osaka

Would you like to experience what was it like to be a samurai in medieval Japan? You can now get a taste of what that is like thanks to Last Samurai Osaka. They offer an authentic batto course using real swords and comprehensive instruction in the art of swordsmanship. Not only can you take part in a real target blade-testing (goza-kiri) experience with an authentic Japanese sword, but you can also develop your spiritually by cultivating the samurai’s creed of “oneness of spirit and technique” through traditional etiquette. You can also learn about the ethical code of the warrior, also known as bushido and learn about Zen practice.

Samurai (likewise bushi) were a class of warriors which emerged in the tenth century CE in medieval Japan and which endured until the seventeenth century CE. They have been romanticized since the eighteenth century CE as the exemplification of gallantry and honour. The samurai first became prominent in the Warring States time period (467-1573). Around then, there were numerous independent territories in Japan. Those territories battled each other constantly, so the need for samurai in that war torn Japan was high. A significant number of the acclaimed samurai films by Akira Kurosawa were about this perilous time. On the off chance that a samurai was defeated or he shamed himself by not following the code of bushido, he needed to commit seppuku, a ritual suicide. Portion of the seppuku custom is cutting the stomach or abdomen. That part of the custom is called hara-kiri. To a samurai, dying was better than having no honour or being captured by the enemy.



Katana is commonly characterized as the standard sized, moderately curved Japanese sword with an edge length of more than 60 cm. It is characterized by its particular appearance: a bended, slim, single-edged sharp edge with a round or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands. Historians from all around the world have said that katana were among the finest cutting weapons in world military history.



Samurai would in general live on the place where there is which they were overlords, keeping up their very own martial family conventions –, for example castle building, gunnery, cavalry and even a mixture of astronomy and astrology – while anticipating orders for war. The samurais' lords paid them with rice. Some samurai did not have rulers. These samurai were classified "Ronin". The "Ronin" caused a few issues for Japan in the early Edo time period. At the point when Japan modernized most samurai progressed toward becoming bureaucrats, teachers or artists.



If you decide to book a samurai class during your visit to Osaka, we strongly recommend you do it at Last Samurai Osaka. There you will get the whole package. A lecture about the history of samurai and traditional etiquette. You will learn what Zen and bushido mean for the samurai and you will experience what it is like to wield a real Japanese sword. Last Samurai will provide a video of you wielding a sword to cut the tameshigiri post and photos as well. So take your friends or family on this unforgettable experience and have a lot of fun!