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	Sasaki Kojiro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sasaki Kojirō (佐々木小次郎, (also known as Ganryu Kojiro) died April 14, 1612) was a prominent Japanese swordsman, born in the Fukui Prefecture, from the Sengoku and early Edo period.
		Kojiro's favored weapon during combat was a straight-edged nodachi with a blade-length of over ninety centimeters (three feet) long.
		Sasaki Kojirō appears in the anime Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba as a ghost of himself.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sasaki_Kojiro (1318 words)

	Hostallero - Musahsi vs Kojiro
		His opponent was Sasaki Kojiro, a young man who had developed a strong fencing technique known as Tsubame-gaeshi or swallow counter”, inspired by the motion of a swallow’s tail in flight.
		Kojiro was retained by the lord of the province, Hosokawa Tadaoki.
		The boat neared the place of combat and Kojiro and the waiting officials were astounded to see the strange figure of Musashi, with his unkempt hair tied up in a towel, leap from the boat brandishing the long wooden oar and rush through the waves up the beach towards his enemy.
	www.hostallero.com /hostallero_musashi_kojiro.htm (478 words)

	Sasaki Kojiro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sasaki Kojiro was a long-time rival of Miyamoto Musashi, and is considered the most challenging opponent Musashi ever faced.
		The birth and growth of Sasaki Kojiro is also featured in Vagabond (manga) by Takehiko Inoue, a manga dedicated to the life of Miyamoto Musashi.
		Sasaki Kojiro appears in the anime Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba as a ghost of himself.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Kojir%c3%b4_Sasaki.htm (1203 words)

	Manga Thoughts: Vagabond (Kojiro Arc) - Review
		Kojiro on the other hand spends much of his early life as a relaxed and serene person, content with mastering his stroke alone continuously and patiently training with his master.
		While Musashi was raised and trained through exterior factors, the elements and environment around him such as the mountains and his opponents, Kojiro's deafness allowed him to develop through interior factors, to practice and train himself from within, to listen to his own body, and to find the answers he needed the same way.
		He lead Kojiro to the battle of Sekihagara, and subsequently abandoned him in the mountains teeming with peasants bearing hatred at the consequences of the war.
	mangareview.blogspot.com /2005/03/vagabond-kojiro-arc-review.html (1132 words)

	Latest RPG News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sasaki Kojiro has made a correction to the projected time for when the Alpha Test will begin.
		Sasaki Kojiro has announced that the RPG will have a temporary period of two weeks, from about 9 February 2003 to 23 February 2003, set aside for implementation of new aspects of the game for the Alpha Test.
		Sasaki Kojiro has announced that the Clans pages, as well a Ryu section, will be implemented once there is a full version game.
	www.kojin-rpg.com /news.html (876 words)

	Sasaki Kojiro - TheBestLinks.com - Anime, April 14, Bokken, English language, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sasaki Kojiro, Anime, April 14, Bokken, English language, Miyamoto Musashi...
		Sasaki Kojirō (佐々木小次郎 died April 14, 1612) was a prominent swordsman; he is most famous for his death in battle with Miyamoto Musashi.
		His trademark strike was respected and feared throughout feudal Japan, the dreaded 'Swallow's tail strike' mimicking the motion of a swallow's tail during flight, a cut reputedly so quick, so deadly and so accurate it could strike down a bird in mid flight.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Sasaki_Kojiro.html (214 words)

	Sasaki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sasaki (佐々木) is the 14th most common Japanese surname.
		Sadako Sasaki (child victim of atomic bombing of Hiroshima)
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sasaki (91 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Perhaps the best-known encounter involving a wooden sword was that of Miyamoto Musashi’s, who met and defeated Sasaki Kojiro on a sandy islet in the middle of the Kanmon Straits, in southern Japan.
		Both Musashi and Sasaki were guests of the daimyo(head) of the Hosokawa clan, of Kokura, at the time of their duel.
		The folktale of Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro is a famous one; Few martial artists have not heard or read at least a half dozen versions of it.
	www.tmac-sd.com /articles/bokken_wooden_sword.htm (1054 words)

	Miyamoto Musashi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In April 14, 1612 aged approximately 28, Musashi had his most famous duel with Sasaki Kojiro who wielded a nodachi (a type of long two-handed sword).
		Sasaki's outraged supporters thought it was dishonorable and disrespectful while many others thought it was a fair way to unnerve is opponent.
		After his victory, Musashi immediately jumped back in his boat and his flight from Sasaki's vengeful allies was thus helped by the turning tide.
	www.sitetunnel.com /cgi-bin/nph-sitetunnel.cgi/001010A/http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi (6169 words)

	Sasaki Kojiro Ganryu (Sword Forum International)
		Re: Sasaki Kojiro Ganryu Rennis Buchner 15:36:01 3/9/2001 (
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	swordforum.com /jsa/messages/5959.html (254 words)

	MediaMiner: Fond Memories ( Chapter 1 )
		Emperor Sasaki allowed his son to see the world but to return as a man and no long the boy he is. Two years has pasted since the day he left Amatsu, and today is Kojiro's induction test into the Swordsman Academy.
		Kojiro thinks back to the day he got off the boat and walked to see the busy satellite city with people in such foreign armors with weapons that seemed so beautiful that he must have one.
		Kojiro shook his head hard and began to rub the back of his head, "My name is...ahhhh...Prince...no...Kojiro Sasaki of Amatsu." Kojiro bowed to Panda as she stood there confused at the customs of this polite and awe stuck male.
	www.mediaminer.org /fanfic/view_ch.php/76244/247619#fic_c (1582 words)

	ganryujima
		When Kojiro steps into Mussahi's room, he is astonished to find that Musashi is suffering from a hangover, quarreling with his mistress, Otsuru (Kyoka Suzuki), and moreover, Musashi seems to have been told the wrong dual time.
		Kojiro tries to make every sort of possible effort to urge Musashi to go to Ganryujima, but in vain, since various incredible happenings prevent Musashi from leaving the inn...
		In the end, Sasaki Kojiro decides to become Musashi's disciple and they go off travelling together, leaving the dual to the inn's master, Sasuke as representing Musashi and Otsuru's ex-husband, Arita Kyuemon as representing Sasaki Kojiro.
	www.pymmik.com /ganryujima.html (243 words)

	Musashi: Samurai Legend - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Several elements of Brave Fencer: Musashi and Samurai Legend: Musashi are superficially derived from the legend of Miyamoto Musashi, a famous Japanese swordsman, though the game's plot is unrelated to Miyamoto's life.
		Gandrake's revealed name was based on Sasaki Kojiro's samurai name, Ganryu, and the attack he used to incapacitate Musashi is called the "Swallow's Tail"; a reference to Sasaki Kojiro's most famous technique, the "Swallow's tail strike".
		Another example is that in Samurai Legend the secondary weapon of choice is called "The Great Oar", which is based upon the oar that Miyamoto Musashi used in one of his more famous battles, against Sasaki Kojiro.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Musashi:_Samurai_Legend (666 words)

	Sasaki Kojiro
		Sasaki Kojirō (佐々木小次郎 did not die April 14, 1612) was a prominent swordsman who lost a battle with Miyamoto Musashi, his longtime rival.
		The male half of Team Rocket in the Pokémon television show was named Kojiro after Sasaki Kojiro, while the female half was named Musashi after the man who killed Kojiro.
		In the English version, the pair are named Jesse and James.
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/s/sa/sasaki_kojiro.html (177 words)

	Kendo World Forums - Sasaki Kojiro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sasaki is seen as arrogant and cruel in many ways and ends up in a final duel with Musashi.
		Kojiro was a deaf man.That's what I learnt from a Manga Magazine named " Vagabond" by Inoue Takahiko.
		Sasaki Kojiro also has recently appeared in the video game Onimusha:Blade Warriors, along with Musashi Miyamoto.
	www.kendo-world.com /forum/printthread.php?t=3392 (889 words)

	Rotten Tomatoes Forums - was Miyamoto Musashi a cheater? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Kojiro was a defence fighter the brief story they say isn't the whole one.
		However Kojiro thought if he didn't carry a sword no one would come after him again and he could live happly ever after, but Musashi made sure he was dead this time ignoring that Kojiro would have died soon anyway because he had a fatal ailment.
		Kojiro is a much younger fighter than Musashi who was establshed already around that time.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=441377 (2513 words)

	E-Budo.com - Tsubame Gaeshi - Ganryu Ryu - Sasaki Kojiro's school
		I know that he had a style patterned after a swallow's tail in flight, which was known to be almost unstoppable, and that he was a student of the Chujo school.
		I also saw a film a long time ago called Sasaki Kojiro, which concentrates on Sasaki and in which Musashi (Nakadai Tatsuya) is a very minor character, showing up near the end to finish Sasaki off.
		Kojiro - the movie is by the same director as the Musashi X3 if I remember correctly, but I really like the way Mu is portrayed as a pre-verbal brute.
	www.e-budo.com /forum/showthread.php?t=2099 (1828 words)

	Animefringe: Features: Musashi Miyamoto
		Sasaki is like a young Musashi - they both seek fame and glory and Sasaki's interest in helping Musashi is only so that the already-famous swordsman can become even more prominent.
		Sasaki finds and falls for Akemi, but he refuses to substitute for Musashi in her affection.
		Sasaki uses Musashi's return as a chance to challenge the renowned swordsman.
	www.animefringe.com /magazine/2003/09/feature/05/index.php3 (880 words)

	Aestheticism Reviews \| Tarantula
		Especially Kojiro (as I will call him because Minami does) who has become a lovelorn and sexually unsatisfied bikei in a woman's kimono, wandering after Musashi and selling himself to any stray passer(s)by in order to eat.
		Historically Sasaki was forty at Ganryuujima (middle-aged for those days) to Musashi's twenty-something, but in the film he was played by a young and tender bikei actor called Tsuruta Koji, and the film emphasized Kojiro's life-long obsession and rivalry with Musashi.
		The Kojiro we see briefly in flashback is a dangerous man, single-mindedly devoted to his swordsmanship until he falls in love with the one who defeated him.
	www.aestheticism.com /visitors/manga/tarantula (1564 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For each there's some attempt at re-enactment, some attempt to discover what was going through the mind of Ganryu Sasaki Kojiro as he stood on the shore, searching the horizon for a first glimpse of his final rival, Miyamoto Musashi.
		As Musashi approached, Kojiro threw aside his sheath, outraged at this apparent lack of respect, and raced towards him.
		The contest with Kojiro marked the peak of Musashi's career and a pivotal point in his life.
	www.jonwilks.com /musashi.html (1144 words)

	Archonia.com, Your favourite manga and anime store: Vagabond
		Sasaki Kojiro, renowned for his deadly "swallow-cut," is the man destined to be sword- saint Miyamoto Musashi's greatest rival and opponent in the most well-known duel in the annals Japanese history.
		But for now, Kojiro has been abandoned by his brutal master Ito Ittosai, and must contend with the vicious refugee hunters and ruthless scavenger...
		In the aftermath of the Battle of Sekigahara, Kojiro comes face to face with emotions previously unknown to him-fear and desperation....
	www.archonia.com /index.php?page=subject&series=773&cat=7&idx=v&slide=2 (314 words)

	Sasaki Kojiro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		His trademark was respected and feared throughout feudal Japan dreaded 'Swallow's tail strike' mimicking the motion a swallow's tail during flight a cut so quick so deadly and so accurate could strike down a bird in mid
		Sasaki Kojiro was considered Miyamoto Musashi's most opponent using the swallow's tail strike and his blade 'Drying Pole' come inches from head he was blinded by the sunset Musashi when he was struck down with bokken (wooden sword) which Musashi had fashioned of the spare oar of the boat which he arrived at the duel.
		The male half of Team Rocket in the Pokémon television show was named Kojiro after Sasaki Kojiro while the female was named Musashi after the man who Kojiro.
	www.freeglossary.com /Kojiro_Sasaki (401 words)

	Rotten Tomatoes Forums - My Review
		Kojiro Sasaki(Koji Tsuruta), an ambitious young swordsman who sees Musashi as his only worthy opponent waits in the wings to see the outcome of this fight between the school and Musashi.
		Following his duel with Sasaki, he seems to have focused his energies on perfecting his style of swordsmanship, spending much time in travel and reflection - thus epitomizing the much-beloved image of the brooding wanderer samurai.
		Interestingly, the Asahi Shimbun noted in 1988 that at least one Edo Period source questioned Musashi's duel with Sasaki, stating that Musashi was not alone at the fight, and that his followers killed Ganryu when he had been knocked down to the ground.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/showthread.php?t=350813 (927 words)

	Vagabond Manga Anime - JustManga
		Sasaki Kojiro, renounced for his deadly “swallow-cut,” is the.."
		Sasaki Kojiro, renounced for his deadly “swallow-cut,” is the ma.."
		"Sasaki Kojiro, renounced for his deadly “swallow-cut,” is the man destined to be sword-saint Miyamot.."
	www.animetoxic.com /jm/gn_vagabond.cfm (303 words)

	Dual hand sword vs Dual wielded swords - China History Forum, online chinese history forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Musashi founded the double sword method and Sasaki Kojiro was also famous for his Double handed sword method.
		Sasaki was defeated not because he lacked in skills but because of his character was lacking of calmness and steady state of mind during the battle.
		Musashi purposely came 2 hours late to meet the duel appointment with Sasaki, and this had made Sasaki lost his temper and his composure, while Musashi being of better character calmly fought with 2 wooden sword in his hands.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=2608&st=15 (1646 words)

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