The Thousand Mask Warrior

Muyejebo

Joseon could never say that their country was between two giants, China and Japan. It is undeniable that the influence of the two countries is so great in the life of the state system to the armed forces and martial arts.

There is a manuscript written by the kingdom during the reign of King Seonjo in approximately 1608 AD. The manuscript is named Muyejebo, or can be interpreted as an Overview of Some Martial Arts. But while still in the writing stage, the king had died before the manuscript was completed. Finally, the manuscript was re-written and fulfilled two years later, in 1610 AD with additional written materials about Japanese martial arts combined.

It began with the Imjin War, the Joseon subjugation of Japanese forces in 1592 and 1598 AD. This Imjin War took place in the. At that time the country of Japan with the emperor Go-Yozei and Samurai Daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the warlord Toyotomi Hidekatsu attacked Joseon in 1592 AD with the results of a truce in 1596 AD, this was followed by a second attack, also called the Chongyu War, in 1597.

The war was fought by the Japanese emperor Toyotomi Hideyoshi with the aim of subjugating and controlling the Joseon Islands and China under the Ming dynasty. Actually, by that time Japan had briefly controlled most of the Joseon region, but Chinese Ming royal aid including Joseon naval assaults on the west and south coast forced the Japanese army to retreat to Pyongyang and the southern regions of Pusan.

Japanese forces survived Joseon's covert attacks until the complete departure of Japanese forces from the Joseon region, especially on the south side, in 1598 AD.

Because of the prolonged Imjin war that occurred for many years, the Joseon kingdom thought of a suitable way to train soldiers in large numbers. For this purpose, the Joseon army took, imitated and learned from the Ming Dynasty Chinese script entitled Jixiao Xinshu written by the most famous Chinese warlord, Qi Jiguang.

Obviously this manuscript was in great demand of Joseon especially since this Chinese warlord was famous for successfully defeating the Japanese pirates who docked on the southeastern coast of China ten years before the Imjin war began.

The Jixiao Xinshu script was later composed by army and army officials, creating a new style based on the manuscript and named Muyejebo.

King Seonjo ordered his officials to write additional knowledge into Muyejebo, but he himself died before the work was completed.

His successor and successor, King Gwanghaegun, continued his father's work until it was completed as Muyejebo sokjip and written by Choe Gi-nam. When the manuscript was to be announced and used as it should, four materials were added from Japanese-style martial arts, became Muyejebo Beonyeoksokjip in AD 1610.

Muyejebo contains chapters on the use of various weapons, including: Jangchang or long spear, Ssangsudo or long sword with double grip - two hands, Gonbang or stick and long toya, among others, Tameng Deungpae and javelin, Tameng Deungpae and sword or cleaver, Nangseon or spiked spear and trident spear or Dangpa.

Yulgok has learned various types of weapons in war, especially because his attitude abilities are greatly influenced by ronin, even criminals and pirates or Japanese pirates.

From the ronin he acquired a double sword style consisting of katana and wakizashi in the Tatsumi-ryu Hyoho school created by Tatsumi Sankyo in the Eisho era which lasted from 1504 to 1521 AD.

He has also studied the Ssangsudo style of sword, a long curved sword with a double handle or two hands, from Muyejebo script. This sword began to be used in the late 16th century AD to the present, namely the beginning of the 17th century AD.

The efficacy of the use of this sword was composed of the fighting style of Chinese long swords in the fight against Japanese pirates under the leadership of Commander Qi Jiguang. He wrote his own use of the sword in the Warrior War Training Note otherwise known as Lianbing Shi Ji. Because the commander also wrote another famous manuscript, Jixiao Xinshu, the use of Ssangsudo was also incorporated into Muyejebo script.

It's just that Yulgok applies these fine moves from China, Japan and Joseon in his own fighting style.

The condition of the ground grassy, muddy or full of trees, then the jingum moves also become different. Not to mention he applied a little bit of kinyah style by using a short do.

Yulgok entered through the cavity of the ulin wooden fortress that was broken into. He entered with dozens of soldiers Daya Biaju. Twenty of them walked down the ulin wooden fortress and deliberately challenged the enemy from the front. The rest, under the leadership of a warlord named Commander Asuam, including Yulgok, attacked in from behind.

Commander Asuam and Yulgok looked towards Kumang who was still inside the fort. Beside him Jipen stood holding a machete. As a slave or Jipen, he was not used to holding do or similar weapons. However, every night from when he was a child when he was first made a slave, he always secretly learned the exercises of the soldiers in this fortress.

Commander Asuam looks indifferent. The business of the slave and his brother was now their own business. He has offered freedom, but they prefer grudges. What can I do. As a warlord, his main goal was to subjugate this long-sustaining village.

Yulgok looked at Jipen, "Are you enough to use that machete? You need a do, or a spear?"

Jipen shook his head, "I'm used to using this thing. You guys please do anything, but for Punyan, you have to let me kill him, just take his head. We don't need to. The Bear Temenggung is your business."

Yulgok shrugged, "As far as you."

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Woeful cries of understatedness. Two old men who were chewing betel in front of his betel house were stabbed to death by a spear.

Several teenage boys feeding pigs were attacked with do and spears. Their heads were decapitated and put into bamboo wicker baskets.

Women and children running. As much as possible to be held as slaves. They were tied up, dragged and gathered under a tree with a few soldiers. To catch the women running around, it was not uncommon for soldiers to kick and punch to knock them out. If forced, because the victim is difficult to cooperate, then the spearhead will penetrate their stomach.

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Three people who were in front of the building where Dara Cempaka was staying had revoked their do when dozens of invaders were there, burning the building and ravaging the back of the village. The invaders wore battle clothes complete with spears, do, shields, even armor lined with iron beams, or shells.

This sudden attack made the three of them not really ready. In a simultaneous attack by five invaders, one in three died in a bloodbath. Others rolled off the javelin throw.

When one man was pressed and almost pitched, Dara Cempaka who suddenly appeared, immediately thrust a dagger into the waist of the attacker, killing him. The dagger that turned out to be a kitchen knife only, apart from the hands of Dara Cempaka. He looked at his bloodied hands. He realized, this was the first time he had actually killed a human. While the soldier he saved immediately stood up, lowered his head to give respect and thanks, then jumped forward again looking for an opponent.

Dara Cempaka's attention became misled. The two invading soldiers immediately grabbed him from behind. The two tried to bend the rope from the tree roots around the body of Dara Cempaka.

The girl moved her hips and shoulders, played Pattani's silat and hit one of her ambushers right in the air. He immediately fell.

The other one managed to twist from the blow of Dara Cempaka, but his grip on the arm of Dara Cempaka was used as a tool for the swordsman girl to slam him.

BUGS!!!

Dara Cempaka felt a pain in her stomach. A newly arrived Biaju warrior smacked his stomach with the butt of a spear, but he had managed to escape, even knocking out two of his attackers.

SIR!!!

Dara Cempaka kissed the floorboards of the long house. He felt his neck heavy. Blood flowed from the back of his neck to his chin. His gaze was twitching even though he still had time to see the attacker approaching with two other soldiers he had killed had slowly recovered. They carried root ropes and tied them to his slender body.