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Army: 7 ValuesSamurai: 7 VirtuesLoyaltyRectitude – (strong moral integrity)DutyCourageRespectBenevolence – (an inclination to be kind)Selfless serviceRespectHonorHonestyIntegrityHonorPersonal courageLoyalty

The virtues expected of the U.S. soldier bears a remarkable resemblance to those of a samurai warrior. The modern soldier can adapt more than these martial virtues, it’s from the samurai that an effective, efficient, and simple means of armored hand-to-hand combat can be adapted for today’s battlefield.

Misconceiving the Battle

There is a thriving misconception in America’s martial arts community that many of the older martial arts systems (which are still studied today) were created as a response to battlefield conditions and, thus, have been battlefield tested. Therefore, to those who teach these systems to the military, it makes perfect sense that these arts are appropriate for fighting in a modern battlefield environment. The truth is that many of these martial arts systems came from a time and place where people were not encumbered by the modern American warfighter’s weaknesses, nor endowed with their strengths in battle.