Here are some things I've written. All of them are copyright by me
and the standard restrictions apply.
Writings on Aikido
- Letter to JR
- This is the better part of a letter I wrote in the early '90s
about aikido to a guy whom we'll just call JR. He had practiced in
Japan for several years, but became disillusioned with it
and quit,
although he still had a great deal of respect for his old
teacher. After I wrote it, I thought what I had written was
worth saving, especially since I had put much effort into it.
I never met JR, although I did practice for a short while with his
teacher.
- Thoughts on hard practice
- An excerpt from a letter I wrote to TB, on something I feel
strongly about.
Other Writings
- Letter to the editor
- This is a letter I wrote to the editor of the Asahi Evening
News (English edition of the
Asahi Shimbun,
a major Japanese daily) in response to an editorial by well-known Japanese
film director Masahiro Shinoda. Needless
to say, I was rather pissed off by what he had written, although
to this day I still wonder whether he really said what I had
thought he said, since I read only a translation (and possibly
a poor one) of his editorial. Naah, I'm sure there was no mistake... :-)
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