Bushido
Here is a link to an article by James Williams. He is a life long practitioner of Japanese martial arts (particularly sword arts). He offers some intersting thoughts.....
http://www.bugei.com/virtue.htmlthanks Brad -- good stuff -- threadgill's technical work is impressive as well
Definitely a good read.
Williams was featured recently on Discovery Channel's "Time Warp", a show using high-speed cameras to capture action. Williams was cutting things with a katana, and it was most impressive.
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/time-wa ... sword.html
http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/time-wa ... isode.html