From blogurl:tazziedevil.wordpress.com - Google Blog Search by Duncan Stewart
There is NO practice for the 5th dan test! Soke strongly reiterated that today after class at Hombu. Mark Lithgow translated. There is no practise for the 5th dan test. On another occasion, the following has also been stressed. ...… Read MoreYear: 2010
Budomart update
From Shiro Kuma's Weblog by kumafr
Dear friends,
I want to inform you that we have just released the new sets of dvds from 5th kyû to 1st kyû. Each set covers all the techniques (taijutsu and weapons required for the BKP.
The weapon techniques are also available in separate sets that include the counter techniques for the techniques of : jo, biken, bô, yari, and naginata.
They are regrouped in 3 sets: short weapons, medium size weapons and long weapons.
Please visit the www.budomart.com for more details.

Divine Inspiration
From blogurl:tazziedevil.wordpress.com - Google Blog Search by Duncan Stewart
Divine inspiration. It's the vital ingredient of creativity, but what exactly is this thing called inspiration? Psychoanalyst Adam Phillips seeks its source. If the word “inspiration” is to have any meaning,' TS Eliot wrote, ...… Read MoreDivine Inspiration « Shugyo 修行
From blogurl:tazziedevil.wordpress.com - Google Blog Search by Duncan Stewart
Divine inspiration. It's the vital ingredient of creativity, but what exactly is this thing called inspiration? Psychoanalyst Adam Phillips seeks its source. If the word “inspiration” is to have any meaning,' TS Eliot wrote, ...… Read MoreGogyo no Kata & the Tachi
From blogurl:tazziedevil.wordpress.com - Google Blog Search by Duncan Stewart
Earlier this year, Soke mentioned that the Gogyo no Kata was developed during the era of the Tachi. We can then come to understand the significance and the relationship of the tachi to the Shoshin no kamae and the various movements ...… Read More