Bushido, which means "way of the warrior ... standardized as a code during the Tokugawa Shogunate, an era of samurai rule in Japan that began at the turn of the 17th century.

Yuya Wakamatsu is proud to represent Japanese martial arts on the global stage, banking he said on the Bushido spirit embodied by samurai warriors.

The samurai had no armies to fight, but they remained the ruling class of Japan. Many went on to become administrative bureaucrats. Bushido, the code by which samurai once guided their lives ...

Decorated Japanese kickboxer Masaaki Noiri is prepared to showcase his warrior spirit on March 23 at ONE 172: Takeru vs.

Because of that, I think Japanese fighters have a much stronger mentality of ‘we absolutely cannot lose.’ It’s almost like the spirit of Bushido or such in Japanese fighters, in my opinion.” ...