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I think it is cool that the Samurai were originally imperial guards

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The word samurai is also another word for subaru which means to serve.

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I learned that most samurai were Zen Buddhists. Samurai principles aligned with the philosophy and values of Zen Buddhism.

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They trained kids very young to be Samurais. And it was one of biggest parts that took place in their lives.

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Samurai had it rough economically and were treated more as merchants and faced of the same financial problems the merchants faced.

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If children were born into the Samurai family they could start as little as 3 yrs old.

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If you wanted to be a samurai they started training kids at ages as young as three and encouraged them to train with wooden swords. I thought this was quite strange and interesting at the same time.

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i found it interesting that they encouraged children to fight with wooden swords and sticks (at least they weren't real swords)

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Due to religion,their diet consisted of lots of fruits,veggies,rice,etc. The economy wasn't the best which caused their meals to be frugal. The higher class you were, the better foods you were eating.

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One thing I thought was interesting was that they encouraged children who were three to start fighting with wooden swords and then by the age of five they were using real metal swords

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I thought it was interesting that they replaced their military with professional mercenaries.

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Minamoto Voritomo the first Shogun of Japan, created a lot of local governments run by Samurai when he took power.

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Children as young as three could participate in Samurai training, and someone recommended encouraging the aspects of being a Samurai on infants.

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The word samurai come from the word subaru which means to serve. The first samurais were made up of Mercenaries.

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Japan built their army by drafting inexperienced and unreliable people to fight for them.

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By the 13th century the husbands had control over their household and their wives.