In both Japan and Europe it was not unusual for both combatants to die in the duel or for the "Winner "to later die of his wounds or infection. For Musashi to engage in as many duels as he did and die a very old man is truly incredible.
Kojiro was 60 years old at the time of the duel, not the young man described in Yoshikawa's novel which most TH-cam videos seem to draw their 'facts' from. Musashi claims to have won 60 duels, but through out his life he only mentions 3 names of those he fought. The whole legend of Musashi wobbles when you start looking into the actual fact. Prof Alex Bennett has written a great book on the subject and a small booklet was published years ago by the International Budo uni. in Katsuura.
I hope you all enjoyed this video. I believe this is the greatest duel in history, what do you think?
In both Japan and Europe it was not unusual for both combatants to die in the duel or for the "Winner "to later die of his wounds or infection. For Musashi to engage in as many duels as he did and die a very old man is truly incredible.
Cool video, recently found this channel, good job!
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I can't believe Musashi brought an oar to a sword fight haha
Kojiro was 60 years old at the time of the duel, not the young man described in Yoshikawa's novel which most TH-cam videos seem to draw their 'facts' from.
Musashi claims to have won 60 duels, but through out his life he only mentions 3 names of those he fought.
The whole legend of Musashi wobbles when you start looking into the actual fact. Prof Alex Bennett has written a great book on the subject and a small booklet was published years ago by the International Budo uni. in Katsuura.