質疑並玩耍的心態

這陣與同學透過練習及討論之些心得。
一， 和一位學長練時要不怕地表達出動作。如上班時需在上司前表達意見，甚至被駡時也要把該說的說出。我們不只在練身体，亦在練一個心態。
一， 我們可以質疑技法。特別在自由稽古中，覺得有空間必開，逃開， 阻擋時，我們可以這么做。但，要以玩耍的心態，不得比勝負。如此我們自然會避開死板的練習，將練習化而為活動的探索。
一，不要讓對方受傷。自已也要當心不要硬撐著對方的壓力而自已受傷。則，衡量對方的容量。再說，不能比勝負，做不出來就算了。逃不開對方的技法，也算了。
一，最重要是兩人有沒有運動到。日人曰練武時要先「作身」。在討論細節之前，學生須有基礎的体能才可以了解。
一，開祖盛平大先生曰「目で分からんことは言葉で言ふても分からん。」釋是「眼睛看憧的，用說的也聽不𢤦。」
一，我與弟妹練時要謙虛。我亦未明皆答，惟練得久些已。皆學長姐與學弟妹練時必亦然。
一，教和練不同。學長姐教學弟妹，容易。與學弟妹練，較難。先輩要學如何和後輩練。怎么做得呢？我曾有本部道館的學長說「白帯にも稽古をさせなければ行けない」意為也要讓未昇段的練。

Changes

A walk through my old neighborhood in the area around Ebisu revealed:

The bakery and cafe that I used to go to at least once a week was no longer the same place – it was renovated. It is still a bakery, but has too much furniture, and the inside has become darker. What used to be seating space with floor-to-ceiling windows has become a serving counter, with reduced seating, and doesn’t feel as open.

The curry place that I used to go to is no longer in business. It was run by an art dealer who had books and parts of his wares on display. Even the door is a wooden door from Morocco.

It was a weekday afternoon. Office hours, but there were still a lot of people on the street. I remembered what my roommate from Australia said at the hostel – there are so many people just walking around, alone. They do not look like they are on the way someplace. They do not look like they are buying anything. They are just walking around, and they are not smiling. They don’t look happy.

“Go to the country-side.” I told him. “Tokyo is its own thing. The countryside is different.”

Sunset in Ebisu garden place, I stood on the second-floor terrace looking west to the sun, bright orange against a cloudless sky. I became aware of someone standing behind me. It was a man of about 60 in an Ebisu garden place uniform. he was sweeping, but had stopeed to look at the sunset, too. In a sea of buildings wrought by man, the sun is a reminder of the vastness of space and time.

I went to the top of the Ebisu Garden Place Tower, and found that the chairs that were on the 38th floor, where one could sit, read, or take a nap, are gone. One less place to take repose. But, I had my view of the city to the west, and of the sunset.