people saw the movie "last samurai" would know that the h2h and old weapon fights are things of the past.
in its place is firearm and modern tech.
samurai as a warring class for the emperor had to give power to the modern army.
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the do or dao, way or path of a MA would include discipline, certain ethics etc.
such as ken do, ju do, a ki do, kara te do, tae kwan do etc.
we play and train yes.
we compete with a set of rules and ethics.
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we play fight but also cultivate a set of spritits such as cooperation, following the laws, accept loss and improve to win again etc, we play and fight fair and just etc
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