April 21, 2011
Juba Nour Shihan traveled from Mexico to teach at our dojo on Saturday April 16, 2011. The four afternoon classes were full of high energy and intense training. Teachers and students from several east coast dojos joined us including George Lyons Sensei, Patti Lyons Sensei, Liese Klein Sensei, Yuho Carl Baldini Sensei, and Eric Karalius Sensei. Thank you to everyone for coming!
על משמעות המילה "מוקוסו״ והדוג׳ו שלנו – סנסיי ריוגן סבוקה וג׳יימס יאגאשי לאחרונה, תלמיד שאל אותי שאלה נהדרת: מה ההתייחסות הנכונה כשיושבים בסייזה )ישיבה יפנית מסורתית( לפני שנשמע הפעמון להתחלת השיעור?
On the meaning of 黙想 (mokuso) and our Dōjō Recently, a student asked me a wonderful question: what is the right attitude when sitting in seiza before the bell is rung before the start of class? Mokuso
One of the elders used to say: In the beginning when we got together we used to talk about something that was good for our souls, and we went up and up, and ascended even to heaven. But now we get to