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Gaijin Explorer: So Many Bees

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014. So many flowers. I don't have time for them all. So many bees, so busy busy. In great numbers the mind is broken and our parts just start moving on their own. I dream of one flower, and the space to be with it. We're all just ghosts, and tweets, and hotmail accounts, and leaves, and feasts, and farts. But we're also everything packed into a tiny ball as seen from space,. There where everything is perfect, and everywhere else where we scramble as demons,. We are the same.

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Gaijin Explorer: March 2014

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Saturday, March 8, 2014. NEW GAIJIN BLOG: GO THERE! Gaijin Explorer will stop here and move to another site:. Http:/ gaijinexplorer.wordpress.com/. Thank you to everyone who has dropped by here,. But don't stop there! Go to the new site for your gaijin fix. It's not quite exactly what I want, but hopefully with time it will improve and better serve it's purpose,. Expressing myself and entertaining you. Thursday, March 6, 2014. Putting Down the Sword, For Real This Time. That's kind of how I feel right now.

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Gaijin Explorer: January 2014

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Friday, January 31, 2014. A picture of the founder of Mugai-ryu: Tsuji Gettan Sukemochi found at http:/ www.fudochi.org/cat11/cat15/. I have only been practicing for about two months, have no other experience in iaido, and have not read much on the art. Also, everything I take in from my class is in Japanese and I don't understand 100% of everything that is said. You shouldn't believe everything you read anyway. But to the subject at hand! One interesting idea which I think may be very different in other...

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Gaijin Explorer: A Line

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Friday, February 14, 2014. Seen from the sky with crystal perfection,. Stuck in the dirt,. We are the just the same,. There is a line. There is a spark and we CAN see the difference. I'm not supposed to be here. I've done this before. I graduated a long time ago. Today I'll make things right. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Okinawan Fighting Art: Isshin Ryu. And again it was largely worthless. Taijiquan From of Huang Sheng Shyan. Tai Chi Chuan and Philosophy. Elements of Aiki throws. Tanaka Min - 田中泯.

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Gaijin Explorer: May 2013

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013. My Kyudo Black Belt Test in Japan. As for the test, many of you may not be familiar with kyudo, so I'll explain some of the details. Entering the dojo, performing the right steps in the right order and timing, and leaving the dojo. Actually this is definitely the most important part, and probably where most people fail the test. It doesn't matter how good you can shoot, if you can't do the. Correctly, you won't pass. What do you think I did? What do you mean? Can you read this?

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Simplicity in Kyudo – Green Leaves Forest

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July 30, 2015. The closer we can get to 1 the better. And yet we live within 10,000. How does this relate to kyudo and the practice of shooting a bow and arrow? There are two ways we can go about this:. Technically, and mentally. So we start with a couple techniques to focus on. In the beginning, it may just be learning to move through the. So now we have two things, and I think that’s OK, just hard. But that’s kyudo, it’s not so easy. Grip I can do that, that is enough for now, and I think that is good&...

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Gaijin Explorer: August 2013

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Friday, August 30, 2013. So I asked my kyudo sensei what I'm supposed to do in the draw just before I shoot, and he answered 忍ぶ (. If you notice one thing about kyudo, it's that you hold the draw position (会,. So you hold the draw for about 8 seconds. In that time you're. Slowly breathing out . What the hell are you really doing in that 8 seconds? My sensei read my question exactly as I meant it (the wonders of a good teacher/student connection), and he said: "忍ぶ, shinobu". Is it like being able to wait ...

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Gaijin Explorer: April 2013

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Friday, April 26, 2013. Japan Blog Carnival: Samurai Sushi. It's where different bloggers get together and write about a similar topic. Thanks to Sophelia at http:/ sopheliajapan.blogspot.com. Who organized all of this , a few of us gaijin here in Japan got together and wrote about food in Japan. Check the links below for some interesting stories from some very cool blogs. Then at the bottom you can find mine . SAMURAI SUSHI! Being Vegetarian at Japanese Work Parties. Now it's all he can do to get his Ja...

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Gaijin Explorer: February 2014

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Saturday, February 22, 2014. Can't Put Down the Sword. Cool pic found at http:/ educarneiro.blogspot.jp/2010/10/cold-samurai.html. Today I rode to the dojo planning to tell sensei that I was going to stop iaido. The number one thing we learn in the martial arts is not to worry. When you have a problem you think. You think why this problem arose, how you can fix it, and the worry disappears. Then you move and live. It's all just cause and effect. Aside from that we're focusing on the details, the. Thinkin...