Japanese Death Poem (Haiku) Here I dangle, Limbs a tangle. Body bent… Fed through a mangle! Captain Nakoshi Takemori – Okinawa (1945) – Kamikaze Pilot
Tag: Okinawa
Cobra Kai: Scroll I ‘先生其心’ (Miyagi-D0 Dojo)
As a professonal forensic translator, I was asked about the meaning of one of this Japanese scrolls that occur in the TV Series Cobra Kai
The Japanese Term ‘Ki-Ai’ (気合) as Defined Within Chinese Sources
In all my time training in traditional Chinese martial arts, either in China or abroad, I have never encountered a gongfu style that uses the ‘ki-ai’ (気合),
Definition: Kata-Form (形 – xing2)
Not only is a traditional ‘form’ or ‘kata’ a vehicle for martial excellence, but through the specific shapes (and psychological and physical conditioning required to perform these ‘forms’), longevity and health are a by-product of proper and correct martial practice.
THE SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 