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View all search resultsAccording to Muyedobotongji, a martial arts manual from ancient Korea: the Chinese have perfected their spears, the Koreans their bows and arrows and the Japanese their swords. Little did many know, however, that bows and arrows were the primary weapons of the samurai.
When the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee decided last year that the Games would be postponed, martial artist Koshiro Minamoto scrapped his plan of teaching foreign tourists and began conducting his samurai classes online.
The epic tale of Japan's first foreign-born samurai is soon to hit bookshelves, giving readers a comprehensive picture of a man who witnessed great moments of history but whose story has largely been overlooked in official accounts.
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