judoka from thejiujitsulab

I was determined, to go to Japan, to surpass them all, to learn Judo. It was not to go to the Olympic Games, it was, to really, to be really good in judo.
Doug Rogers

Like a true Canadian – I had a one-way ticket to the Olympic Games.
Doug Rogers

Im Tunnel
the black cab roof
a stream of neon
Colin Oliver, Haiku

Youth is not a time of life
It is a state of mind
there is no question the rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees
it is a question of will, a quality of the imagination, a force of emotions
Samuel Ullmann

There was a link to a Web page from an old judo documentary called judoka ...

Brain waves synchronize the two musicians making music
When you make music together, also work the brains: They form a kind of common network, in which brain activity is synchronized between the parties. The researchers have now demonstrated by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, as they recorded the brain waves of guitar during a duet. Apparently can be explained by such a brain-wide network in a joint activity coordinate better and faster, especially, than other forms of communication are used, Scientists interpret this data ...

 

 

Delicate contrast
the lilac tones
of honey flowers,
the deep purple
the knapweed,
shrouding of
and white
yellow bedstraw.
Blue bugloss,
purple comfrey
and white clover
complete the
flowery shore image
left and right
the cycle path.
White Willow by Hornisch

Blue bugloss by Carina

Common bugloss or mainly in Switzerland bugloss (Echium) is a genus in the family of Raublattgewächse (Boraginaceae). The genus includes about 65 Types. The genus name is derived from the striking pencils, which are split at the end like snake tongues. In Central Europe, is most commonly seen the blue flowering ordinary bugloss (Echium vulgare).

Mediterranean and Central Europe Echium species are a- or two years or perennial herb ...

Shugyo in Japanese basically refers to the concept of training in a discipline of choice. It can also be “ascetic” Training suggerieren, was “A life, to lead the discipline and self-denial, primarily for spiritual purposes ” means.

This second description seems more likely to be kept in relation to the core of martial arts training and personal development. But the vast majority of which, participating in martial arts training at almost all levels, not show that intensity of purpose and dedication to true mastery of their chosen art form. It seems enough, simply part of the process of the exercise of its principles and techniques, without the sense of urgency or specific outcomes or goals in mind have to ...

I did my feet in it
as in two cases
knitted with threads
dusk and sheepskins.
Violent socks
Pablo Neruda, Ode to My Socks

these men
Tabi Festival
before they are dirty
Haruko Iijima, Haiku

Away from me towards
Old stuffed Tabi –
My wife.
Masaoka Shiki, Haiku

My Tabi patching
I'm not Nora
But a teacher's wife
Sugita Hisajo, Haiku

But deep inside this latest shoes
Her socks are never quite the same.
A red.
A blue.
They never fit together.
Amy Ludwig Vander Water, Secret

a tweetle beetle noodle poodle bottled paddled
muddled duddled fuddled wuddled fox in socks, sir!
Dr Seuss, Fox in Sox

When I was ten,
I ran away fast.
I took my piggy bank,
The G...

The date of Easter is the date for Easter Sunday in the church year. Easter is a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, the oldest and most important festival of Christians. After the New Testament tradition, the resurrection of Christ occurred immediately after a Jewish Passover, which takes place in the spring. At the Council of Nicea in 325 was the date of Easter therefore determined on the first Sunday after the first full moon in spring. Agreed date for the earliest spring full moon is the 21. March, so the earliest Easter Sunday on the 22. March falls. Latest possible date for Easter is the 25. April. After the date of Easter, almost all other festivals are moving in the church year.
The full moon of spring is an annual ...

Dangsudo (and Tang Soo Do or written Tangsudo) is a modern Korean martial art.

Dangsudo is on discipline and practice of forms (Word) concentrates and other motion sequences of self-defense. Hwang Ki, Founder of this art, explained, he's style of ancient texts and arts, like Subak (an older Korean martial art) had created, while he lived in the 1930s in Manchukuo. The Japanese karate and Chinese internal martial styles are influenced Dangsudo. In many aspects, has Dangsudo similarities to Karate and Taekwondo, It does, however, similar to the traditional karate little emphasis on sporting events.

Shortly after independence, the Korean peninsula from Japan 1945 Five schools eröf ...

People visit the Shinobazu Pond in Ueno, or walk around the trenches of the Tokyo Palace and are often amazed at the many birds which appear happy in what an uninhabitable waste water, live. The banks are clogged with trash and discarded cigarette butts, and the water itself is a dirty green or brownish-red with almost zero visibility. But several species of waterfowl and diving birds seem right at home, in places, where they are not artificially fed.

One reason for this discrepancy is, that wild animals do not get discouraged in the least by unsightly rubbish. They share not only our human concept of “icky.” For them garbage is just another part of the country ...

Das Wort Ananas entstammt der Bezeichnung naná der Frucht in der Guaraní-Sprache. Das Art-Epitheton comosus stammt aus dem Lateinischen und bedeutet “schopfig”, was auf den Blattschopf am oberen Ende des Fruchtstandes anspielt.

The pineapple (Ananas comosus respektive Ananas sativus) ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Familie der Bromeliengewächse (Bromeliaceae). Sie ist ursprünglich in Amerika heimisch und wird heute weltweit in den tropischen Gebieten als Obstpflanze angebaut. Sie bildet fleischige Fruchtstände, die frisch verzehrt oder zu Konserven und Saft verarbeitet werden.

Die sogenannte Ananasfrucht setzt sich aus den Beeren-Früchten des ganzen Fruchtstandes sowie der Fruchtstandsachse und dem Blattschopf an der Spitze zusammen, ist also ein Fruchtverband...