"Bushi" is a term that was given to the warrior class of a pre-feudal and feudal Japan (www.usjujitsu.net/articles/bushi/htm). "Bushido", which literally translated to "the way of the warrior"(Hall, Eleanor 37), was the certain philosophy that directed the Samurai. The Chivalry code of the European Knights of the High Middle Ages was also compared to the Bushido code. Similar to the Code of Chivalry, the Code of Bushido contains eight principles that a loyal student must follow: Jin-To develop sympathetic understanding for all living things. Gi-Preserve the proper ethics. Chu-Show loyalty to ones master. Ko-To respect and care for ones parents. Rei-Respect for others. Chi-Enhance wisdom by broadening ones knowledge. Shin-To remain truthful at all times. Tei-To care for the aged and of humble station.

This code contains a mixture of Buddhism, Confucius, Chu-Tsu and Shinto, which help this code remain "uniquely Eastern". This code also helped format the general rules for healthy and p

One of the main features of the Japanese feudal period was the master-vassal relationship (Hall, Eleanor 38), in which the Lord would hire samurai to protect his castle or manor from invasion from other powerful Lords and samurai. The Bushido code holds honor to its highest respect and would go into to battle without any fear of death in the back of his mind (Hall, Eleanor 37-39). From a very early age a father would train their son in the arts of fencing, archery, yawara, horsemanship, spear handling, calligraphy, ethics, literature and the arts. The father would take their son to graveyards, haunted houses and other such places designed to put fear into his child, just to produce the "nerves of steel" one would need to be a samurai on the battlefield. The father would also pay particular attention to justice, courage, benevolence, politeness, truthfulness, honor, loyalty and self-control, which the Bushido code also illustrates (www.usjujitsu.net/articles/bushi.htm).

Contrary to Western belief we tend to classify Japanese warriors as Samurai, but the term "Bushi" is a more correct term to use. The classing and ranking of the Bushi was all dependent on marital status, social status and the most important, Shoguns favor. The Samurai were just one rank among the Bushi, and wasn't a very high rank at that. Originally known as servants who waited on nobility, but soon the samurai adopted the Bushido co

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