Who is Prosper Weeder? Could he possibly be yet another guy nobody has ever heard of, who gets named a sevenfouteenth dan and shihan at the Kagami Biraki? Nothing of the sort. If we look at the kanji that make up Morihei Ueshiba’s name, 盛平植芝, and translate them literally one by one, the result is, […]
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Training with the Doshu
On July 31st, 2023 we had the chance to train at the Hombu Dojo, in Tokyo, during our trip in Japan. Among others experienced during those week, the emotions we felt and lived changed a lot our perspective on things, especially about the discipline we practice. We dayly posted a short post about what we’ve […]
The Dojoratory
Today’s post comes out on the day in which the memory of Father John Bosco is celebrated, a man who is venerated in the Catholic Church as the “Saint of the young”. Regardless of one’s choice, which determines one’s position towards faith and the ethics that derives, almost all of us have passed through an […]