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**9mm_fan** · 09-01-2010, 07:16 AM

Not showing emotion is a sort of cultural trope, as much as the Japanese say it is part of budo seishin and all that. It is as much of a trope of Japanese-ness as yelling, shouting, crying, etc are tropes of the passionate nature of fencing, especially the stereotypical Latin temperament.

However a martial art that was developed through the death of many thousands of people, i.e kendo, should be a serious and sober affair. Celebrating the death of another person is a low form of behaviour, and seeing it as a death rather than just a sporting victory honours those who gave their lives under the sword. b

09-01-2010, 07:16 AM	#35
9mm_fan Join Date May 2007 Age 53 Posts 5,191 Senior Member	Not showing emotion is a sort of cultural trope, as much as the Japanese say it is part of budo seishin and all that. It is as much of a trope of Japanese-ness as yelling, shouting, crying, etc are tropes of the passionate nature of fencing, especially the stereotypical Latin temperament. However a martial art that was developed through the death of many thousands of people, i.e kendo, should be a serious and sober affair. Celebrating the death of another person is a low form of behaviour, and seeing it as a death rather than just a sporting victory honours those who gave their lives under the sword. b
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