A Darker Samurai Than Musashi — And His Wisdom Cuts Deeper

When his lord died in 1700, a 42-year-old samurai named Yamamoto Tsunetomo was forbidden to follow him in death. So he shaved his head, walked into a temple, and spent the next twenty years dictating the most extreme samurai code ever written — the Hagakure. His ideas were considered too harsh by the samurai of his own era. They turn out to contain some of the most useful philosophy a modern man can apply to his life. In this video, I walk through the four practices that define Tsunetomo's path — the daily rehearsal of death, the seven-breath decision rule, the discipline of being sharp instead of dull, and the art of right-now presence. These are not abstract ideas. They are training methods. Use them for a month and you will be unrecognizable to yourself. If this resonated, subscribe for one of these every week. Watch the next video on screen for a deeper comparison between Musashi and Tsunetomo — and which of them speaks more usefully to the fight modern men are actually in. 00:00 — 1700: The samurai forbidden to die 01:30 — Part 1: The way of the samurai is found in death 04:00 — Part 2: The discipline of seven breaths 07:00 — Part 3: Better sharp than dull 09:30 — Part 4: The art of right now 11:30 — Four practices, one transformation #Hagakure #Samurai #miyamotomusashi