Thread: Secrets Of the Samurai Sword

Thanks Jim that's what I get for not paying attention when spell check corrects words that don't need changing:-) The spell checker is an automatic plugin for the Flock browser.

I did see a documentary on one channel Discovery I believe. The first part of it was about an old gentleman and I mean old and they said his family had been making swords for almost 1000 years or so. I don't recall if he is in Okinawa but that's most likely the same person you mentioned. It was a very interesting show.
He was the one who sat behind the anvil with a fairly large hammer and chanted a rhythm to keep the two apprentices in timing with his strikes before they made there's with a longer handled hammer striking from opposing sides from each other.

Pretty sure the smith in Jimmy's link is Gassan Sadatoshi. Was/is the president of the All Japan Swordsmith Association. The Gassan lineage dates back to Kamakura period.

Is this him?

Originally Posted by Gunner777

Is this him?

That's him

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I read that years ago and it is very informative and interesting. Funny thing about it is that I first read about it in a book review, probably NY Times, and the reviewer said that CEOs and other leading businessmen were reading it and applying the psychology and strategies that they learned from it in their business decisions.

I read Sun Tsu's 'Art of War' and applied many principles during my days as a consultant. When you are working projects in which multiple different clients have a stake (with international complications and politics in the background) this was quite useful.

Business is war, and there is no doubt about it. And if you don't acknowledge that fact, you are a casualty waiting to happen. It's like playing poker (or so I was told): if you don't know who the sucker is, it's you'

Bruno a lot of the military officers especially Army and Marines carry Sun Tzu's book. My son is on his second tour in Iraq (Army Captain Airborne) and keeps a copy around. I was reading a book the last few days on the Green Berets actions in Afghanistan working with the northern alliance and one of the guys was quoting from it pretty often because he felt it was very relevant in that environment.