Wild tales of men of strength! On Writing Zen Combat by Jay Gluck. - TopicsExpress



          

Wild tales of men of strength! On Writing Zen Combat by Jay Gluck. In Tokyo, at the Ueshiba dojo kangeiko in 1954, it snowed heavily. The outer walls of the low Japanese “barn” were taken off so that at the dawn class a whisker of snow lay on the edge of the outer tatami. I had been reading a lot on Tibetan practices, and the generating of “inner heat” fascinated me. I told some of the Tibetan tales to my instructor, Tohei’s then-main deshi, Tamura (since then in France). He understood the Tibetan descriptions immediately, hopped out onto the snow to plop down in lotus position, hands clasped before his chest, forefingers pointing up. Mist rose around him as the snow beneath his seat vaporized... READ MORE: members.aikidojournal/public/on-writing-zen-combat/
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 14:32:58 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015