What is your favorite punch?

[Garland]

or the "Texas panhandle"???

[BoarSpear]

or the "Texas panhandle"???

you are one sick puppy............

[LoneHusky]

or the "Texas panhandle"???

hmm tell me your secrets.

[Shaolin Bushido]

Why's this same question posted on every boxing forum in existence right now?

[Garland]

What the hell is the deal with your screen name???!
Shaolin-China
Bushido-Japan
Simple.
you're probably the type of person who asks for wasabi and chop sticks at a Thai restraunt!

[Shaolin Bushido]

What the hell is the deal with your screen name???!
Shaolin-China
Bushido-Japan
Simple.
you're probably the type of person who asks for wasabi and chop sticks at a Thai restraunt!

REAL-LLLLLLY? Are you sure about that?

Y'know I've HEARD that there is actually a relationship between the two though none are necessary for a username, of course. Y'know ... buddhism and the Samurai ethos that was very zen(buddhist) oriented? But then ... you knew that.

Learn something new everyday if you empty your cup first.

[Garland]

Oh.....You're alluding to the supposed connection between Cha'an Buddhism (early Zen), Bodhidharma/Dharuma, and the proliferation of martial arts to the early Shaolin temple...and later the spread to Japan of techniques...right?

Well...other than that there is absolutely NO historiographical connection between the Shaolin monks and the Japanese code of honor (Bushido).

[Shaolin Bushido]

Oh.....You're alluding to the supposed connection between Cha'an Buddhism (early Zen), Bodhidharma/Dharuma, and the proliferation of martial arts to the early Shaolin temple...and later the spread to Japan of techniques...right?

Well...other than that there is absolutely NO historiographical connection between the Shaolin monks and the Japanese code of honor (Bushido).

Well the "supposed" connection is pretty well documented by experts all over the world while your skepticism is pretty much advanced by ... Garland.

Btw, what the hell's up with your screen name? I mean ... that's a ribbon or some girlie thing, right?

[BoarSpear]

Survey says....

"According to statistics published by the [Japan] Agency for Cultural Affairs in 1998, 49.2 percent of citizens adhered to Buddhism, 44.7 percent to Shintoism, 5.3 percent to so-called "new" religions, and 0.8 percent to Christianity.

However, a 1996 Jiji Press Service poll showed that 46.6 percent of the population identified themselves with no particular religious group, 44.3 percent choose Buddhism, 3.2 percent Shintoism, 3.1 percent "new" religions, and 1.0 percent Christianity.

A 1994 poll indicated that less than 7 percent of the population regularly took part in formal religious services. Shintoism and Buddhism are not mutually exclusive religions; most members claim to observe both."

according to these statistics the japanese dont seem to care...
some religions seem to intermix...some just dont care....

[Garland]

Btw, what the hell's up with your screen name? I mean ... that's a ribbon or some girlie thing, right?

...sort of. But it is also my NAME.
Unlike half ya'll bitches I don't hide behind a fucking false persona.
Garland Dennis Hummel.

[Garland]

Well the "supposed" connection is pretty well documented by experts all over the world.

What connection, the religious one?
What does Zen Buddhism have to do with Bushido?
By the way, BoarSpear, why are you citing contemporaneous studies?
It would make more sense to compare estimates dating back to the fuedal era.
Bushido is, for all intents and purposes dead. It died, if not after the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, then with the death of the last true Japanese nationalist (Yukio Mishima).

[BoarSpear]

By the way, BoarSpear, why are you citing contemporaneous studies?
It would make more sense to compare estimates dating back to the fuedal era.
Bushido is, for all intents and purposes dead. It died, if not after the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, then with the death of the last true Japanese nationalist (Yukio Mishima).

i didnt have access to any old studies but then i also didnt know any statler brothers songs to quote...

[Shaolin Bushido]

...sort of. But it is also my NAME.
Unlike half ya'll bitches I don't hide behind a fucking false persona.
Garland Dennis Hummel.

The fact that that was a proper name did occur to me ... the fact that it's your REAL name remains to be seen ... but I don't really care about that.

The fact that you weren't original enough to come up with a username or realize how potentially stupid it is to use your given name on an internet discussion forum ... is a bit disconcerting.

The fact that you somehow think that everyone who created a username is a bitch ... well, you should be hiding your identity ... you are ignorant.

[Shaolin Bushido]

What connection, the religious one?
What does Zen Buddhism have to do with Bushido?

Ever heard of Takuan? He was a contemporary of Miyamoto Musashi and a buddhist priest. He was one of the men responsible for changing Musashi from an unfocussed warrior to a man of thought and depth.

Well, Zen Buddhism was as relevant to most Samurai as Christianity is to America's soldiers today ... it was used by them as it is today for it's adherents ... it calms the mind so that one can perform as you're capable and helps to inspire thought. Bushido is what is generally regarded as the code of the Samurai. Zen Buddhism, the way of regarding Life, is inherent in bushido.

Of course, there were also Christian samurai. Even they probably studided Zen.

As far as bushido being dead today; for most people it never was alive. They don't really understand it and think it's just some macho single mindedness. Bushido can be observed daily ... if one knows how to recognize it. Just like the Shaolin precepts. You don't have to be a monk to live as one of the Shaolin.

[Garland]

Ever heard of Takuan? He was a contemporary of Miyamoto Musashi and a buddhist priest. He was one of the men responsible for changing Musashi from an unfocussed warrior to a man of thought and depth.

Well, Zen Buddhism was as relevant to most Samurai as Christianity is to America's soldiers today ... it was used by them as it is today for it's adherents ... it calms the mind so that one can perform as you're capable and helps to inspire thought. Bushido is what is generally regarded as the code of the Samurai. Zen Buddhism, the way of regarding Life, is inherent in bushido.

Of course, there were also Christian samurai. Even they probably studided Zen.

As far as bushido being dead today; for most people it never was alive. They don't really understand it and think it's just some macho single mindedness. Bushido can be observed daily ... if one knows how to recognize it. Just like the Shaolin precepts. You don't have to be a monk to live as one of the Shaolin.

I know about Takuan Soho.
Just because you read a Eiji Yoshikawa book doesn't make you an expert, hommie. You are drawing parallels between two different things. Just because there may be similarities DOES NOT mean the two are one.

And why should I hide my name?