Two events early in the 21st Century have changed the way we view the world.
For a long time, in doing Part I of Taimyo, I have held the image of myself as a commander on a battlefield.
In May of 2002, I began studying Wu style Tai Chi under the direction of Master Ma Chang-xun.
The following is a poem I came across recently. It is really encouraging because it very much describes what I have been studying through Taimyo Kata.
December 7 and December 10 will be here soon. December 7, 1941, is when Japanese naby attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and December 10, 1937, is when the Japanese army in China invaded Nanjing in China (the “Nanjing massacre”).