A 先輩, sempai, senior was beside me today in training. I struggled to interpret what Hatsumi Sensei was showing us, and kept looking at sempai. What could I steal from him, stealing from Hatsumi Sensei? My 相手 aite, partner, is awesome to train with – so balanced, really hard to throw, and quite strong. I felt like [...]
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自由な変化: Free henka
Posted in art, change, languages, peeps, Philosophy, tagged 武神館 on October 11, 2009 |
Martial, literary and fine
Posted in black pyjamas, languages, Literature, peeps, Philosophy on April 5, 2009 |
What an old lady knows about looking like and being: My German-speaking great grandmother was not impressed by post-war fashion worn by the young ladies of a house she worked in. They were impeccably dressed but their rooms were filthy, which outraged my usually reserved Oma so much, she remarked, “Oben hoi, und unten foi.” The nuance [...]
The girl who drew cats
Posted in art, black pyjamas, Japanophilia, Literature, peeps, Philosophy on September 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Lyssa is an amazing woman. She can knit, sew, design costumes, dissasemble, paint, reassemble and ride a bicycle, grow plants, cook great food and be help desk diva to others. And she’s also a Bujinkan student. Lately, she’s been applying her artistic talents to the production of Ninja Gears, an online shop featuring her designs for [...]
先輩 Sempais’ blogs
Posted in black pyjamas, communications, Japanophilia, languages, peeps on September 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In his new book, Unarmed Techniques of the Samurai, Hatsumi Sensei included some of his calligraphy on 色紙, shikishi, the coloured boards, often with gold edges, that are so often used for keepsake Japanese writing such as calligraphy or haiku. One of them featured in the book is 忍友, ninyu. I suppose one of the [...]
The power of nature in a human body
Posted in black pyjamas, Japanophilia, peeps on February 26, 2008 |
Sunday, violent winds across Japan disrupted the train lines. The Joban Line trains couldn’t cross the Arakawa and Edo Rivers until the afternoon because the winds were roaring down the channels. By late afternoon, I was able to get to Spiral Hall on Aoyamadori to take in the drum solo concert by Akira Hino. Hino [...]
