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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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<p>Form is central to the idea of a soldier rather than a fighter: the ability to work with others as part of a unit. When men understand their place in the greater whole, their speed of movement as a body is improved. Cavalry also move as a single mass with greater effect, achieving breath-taking charges and feats of horsemanship to confound and baffle the enemy! </p><p>Archery and horsemanship were always central to the samurai way. Yabusame, a kyudo (archery) ceremony to get rid of evil spirits, is still performed today, and shows the grace and deadliness of the samurai at war. The ceremony begins with a mounted archer pointing his bow at the sky and the ground to symbolise the harmony between heaven and earth. He then demonstrates his skill by riding at full gallop past a series of three targets, the mato. The sound of the arrow striking the target is said to transfer the archer's courage to the audience; the broken parts of the target are symbols of good luck, and are signed and dated by the archer.</p> | <p>Form is central to the idea of a soldier rather than a fighter: the ability to work with others as part of a unit. When men understand their place in the greater whole, their speed of movement as a body is improved. Cavalry also move as a single mass with greater effect, achieving breath-taking charges and feats of horsemanship to confound and baffle the enemy! </p><p>Archery and horsemanship were always central to the samurai way. Yabusame, a kyudo (archery) ceremony to get rid of evil spirits, is still performed today, and shows the grace and deadliness of the samurai at war. The ceremony begins with a mounted archer pointing his bow at the sky and the ground to symbolise the harmony between heaven and earth. He then demonstrates his skill by riding at full gallop past a series of three targets, the mato. The sound of the arrow striking the target is said to transfer the archer's courage to the audience; the broken parts of the target are symbols of good luck, and are signed and dated by the archer.</p> | ||
==Requires== | ==Requires== | ||
| − | *Arts: [[Image:S2TW-strategy of attack.png|link=Strategy of Attack|Strategy of Attack]] | + | *'''Arts''': [[Image:S2TW-strategy of attack.png|link=Strategy of Attack|Strategy of Attack]] |
==Enables== | ==Enables== | ||
*'''<u>Buildings</u>''': | *'''<u>Buildings</u>''': | ||
| − | **Bajutsu Master Dojo | + | **[[Bajutsu Master Dojo (TWS2)|Bajutsu Master Dojo]] |
*'''<u>Arts</u>''': | *'''<u>Arts</u>''': | ||
**[[Image:S2TW-horse mastery.png|link=Horse Mastery|Horse Mastery]] | **[[Image:S2TW-horse mastery.png|link=Horse Mastery|Horse Mastery]] | ||
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Description
"Complication is ruination: function and form are one."
Form is central to the idea of a soldier rather than a fighter: the ability to work with others as part of a unit. When men understand their place in the greater whole, their speed of movement as a body is improved. Cavalry also move as a single mass with greater effect, achieving breath-taking charges and feats of horsemanship to confound and baffle the enemy!
Archery and horsemanship were always central to the samurai way. Yabusame, a kyudo (archery) ceremony to get rid of evil spirits, is still performed today, and shows the grace and deadliness of the samurai at war. The ceremony begins with a mounted archer pointing his bow at the sky and the ground to symbolise the harmony between heaven and earth. He then demonstrates his skill by riding at full gallop past a series of three targets, the mato. The sound of the arrow striking the target is said to transfer the archer's courage to the audience; the broken parts of the target are symbols of good luck, and are signed and dated by the archer.
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