Category Archives: Aside
実力 (jitsuryoku): “Expertability” and when skill really matters
Japanese fairy tales now available free on Kanshudo (a Japanese learning site)
Ukemi: Aikido and the art of rolling with the punches
A prominent figure in Japanese SF and one of the first dystopian novels (+ a book sale)
(Update: the book sale referred to in this article is no longer active, but you can find a book of Juza Unno’s stories available here.) Science Fiction lovers have a lot to enjoy in Japanese literature, with great authors like Sakyo Komatsu, Taiyo Fujii, Project Itoh, and Kobo Abe. But if you go back a… Read More »
Oregon Ki Society: Learning mindfulness, self-control, and Aikido in and around Portland
In this article I give a detailed overview of Oregon Ki Society, an organization dedicated to spreading the teachings of Koichi Tohei that include Ki-Aikido and Ki principles. While Ki-Aikido is a martial art, the principles learned at OKS can be applied in many areas of your daily life, promoting things like mindfulness and self-control.
Juza Unno SF story available in audio narration form on Historyradio.org radio program
The other day I wrote a post about how one of the science fiction stories I translated was published on a site that deals with various historically-relevant pieces of literature and other historical information. But it turns out that the main focus of that website is actually a radio station which streams historically relevant content… Read More »