Monthly Archives: September 2012

Kyudo Notebook: Return to Practice

Posted on September 28, 2012 by karamatsu

Sometimes after a while away from the dojo I come back and it feels like everything has settled calmly into place, and I shoot better, and more consistently, and with less physical effort than before I left. This hasn’t been … Continue reading →

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Kyudo Notebook: All-Japan Tournament 2012

Posted on September 24, 2012 by karamatsu

The tournament was good. Saito-sensei (Tokyo), who I mentioned a little while back in some video clips, won the women’s competition, and the men’s competition was won Saikawa-sensei (Oita). He and Hosokawa-sensei (Fukui), who won the tournament last year, both … Continue reading →

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Japan Notebook: Noh

Posted on September 10, 2012 by karamatsu

Yesterday I went to the shrine to see Noh. It was raining heavily and the seats were all outside, so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but the audience, mostly women, came in their rain gear, to sit for a … Continue reading →

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Kyudo Notebook: More Connections

Posted on September 8, 2012 by karamatsu

I’ve sort of settled on the high uchiokoshi and daisan, then lowering the left shoulder gradually during hikiwake, though it will be a while before that happens smoothly. At the same time I figured out why the bow and the … Continue reading →

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Kyudo Notebook: More Connections

Posted on September 5, 2012 by karamatsu

Change, change, change. Since last week I noticed that my tenouchi had become strange. It wasn’t something particularly noticeable to someone watching but I could feel the difference and it bothered me even though the results weren’t so bad. Initially … Continue reading →

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