If you stand on one foot and then in front of it lower the other foot until this other foot touches the ground with only the toes and the ball of the foot, then you’re assuming a neko-ashi-dachi (猫足立ち) or Cat Foot Stance. Translated correctly would it rather be a Cat Leg Stance. It’s in […]

Vierkant is asteroid #233967 and also known as 2010 BN4. Vierkant’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.75 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.02, a period of revolution of 1’666 days, and an inclination of 5.2 degrees. Vierkant measures 3.4 km in diameter. Vierkant was discovered by the German teacher and amateur astronomer […]

Two rivers, the Whanganui in New Zealand and the Ganges in India, own themselves. Two sacral buildings, the Stephansdom or St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna as well as the Cologne Cathedral or Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, too, own themselves. This means that they are artificial persons and as such have some rights! (But robots […]

Veteraniya is asteroid #2011 and also known as 1970 QB1. Veteraniya’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.39 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.15, a period of revolution of 1’348 days, and an inclination of 6.2 degrees. Veteraniya was at least three times precovered and is a member of the Hirayama-family Vesta. Veteraniya […]

I sometimes use the blog (in German) of a German computer scientist as a source for my blog. (Although I could daily debunk some nonsense, which he is spreading.) He not too long ago complained about butter. He was buttering a bread and thus squeezed water out of the butter. This wasn’t what he had […]

Wabi-Sabi is asteroid #10585 and also known as 1996 GD21. Wabi-Sabi’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.21 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.09, a period of revolution of 1’205 days, and an inclination of 3.3 degrees. Wabi-Sabi was discovered at the Kitt Peak Observatory during the course of the University of Arizona’s […]

Xíng-Yì-Quán (形意拳) has a unique way of stepping. After my first lesson in xíng-yì-quán (形意拳), neighbors had complained about the noise. The stepping method of xíng-yì-quán (形意拳) indeed causes at least as much noise as training in falling. The complaints about the noise were the true reason why I never got a second lesson in […]

Uedaseiji is asteroid #4676 and also known as 1990 SD4. Uedaseiji’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.40 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.08, a period of revolution of 1’359 days, and an inclination of 9.0 degrees. Uedaseiji measures eight kilometers in diameter. Uedaseiji was discovered by the Japanese amateur astronomers Fujii Tetsuya […]

Some people, including all aikidōka (合気道家), love to pivot and slide on mats. If you pivot and slide on mats, then the mats, too, are sliding! They slide in relation to the floor. The more worn-out the mats, the more they slide. Some very worn-out mats can give you the feeling that you’re snowboarding (at […]

Wikipedia is asteroid #274301 and also known as 2008 QH24. Wikipedia’s orbit is characterized by a semi-major axis of 2.38 Astronomical Units, an eccentricity of 0.15, a period of revolution of 1’344 days, and an inclination of 6.7 degrees. 2008 QH24 was in 2008 discovered at the Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory (Андрушівська астрономічна обсерваторія), Andrushivka (Андрушівка), […]