The scene from “Karate Kid 2”, which I mean, is the scene with the double-sided toy drum. I bought such a toy drum during my time in the People’s Republic of China and had planned to examine with it what I had seen in “Karate Kid 2” as soon as I was back in Germany, […]

The uchideshi (内弟子) of Nagano Hiromichi once rendered first aid to me. I didn’t tell yet why this was necessary. It was the workshop, in which Nagano-sensei told about his experience with real swords and the real yakuza. The only bully, who I ever met amidst aikidōka (合気道家), also attended this workshop. He loved the […]

Due to writing articles about the time, when I became a karate vice-champion, I meanwhile recall another detail. I back then regularly had to attend Church each Sunday because my parents still were in charge to decide this. While I was a karate vice-champion, I during Sunday Service once sat next to one of my […]

I was too quick with praising Steven Franz and his blog. I should have read some more articles beforehand. For example the article about the person, who wanted a trial session. This article, too, is great. On the one hand because it teaches business administration in a nutshell, on the other hand because it is […]

I stumbled upon another great blog. This time about karate. The author has decades of experience as a karate instructor and had already worked as a bouncer and as a bodyguard, so that he knows the difference between a match and a real fight. So I could subscribe to nearly everything, which he has to […]

POTUS Trump currently is rolling back DEI (coincidentally an anagram of DIE?) or at least attempting it. DEI is the abbreviation for Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion. From these should equality and inclusion definitely be a worldwide standard. The opposite of inclusion would be what the Nazis did when they put all disabled people in extermination […]

Wikipedia somehow, despite also drawing upon sources in Chinese, completely subscribes to the daring idea of counting beans to the Five Cereals and nevertheless alternatively calls them the Five Grains. They could include soy beans, adzuki beans, and hemp. None of these is a grain or a cereal. The Five Cereals are wǔ-gǔ (五穀) in […]

At least in the temperate climate zones, each crop has its harvesting season. So for farmers is non-optional what to do in which season. During an early stage of development of an economy, most people are farmers or peasants and those, who aren’t, are either producing something for farmers or further processing products from farmers. […]

Most of the people, who do research on historical martial arts, seem to be karateka (空手家) and members of research organizations. My karate teacher, for example, is a member of the French Centre de Recherche Budo. Most of the people, who write articles on historical martial arts in English, are members of the Hoplology Society. […]

A type of schools in Germany is called Gymnasium and this is the same word as for a gym in English. The German word as well as the English word go back to an Ancient Greek word, which denoted a place for building physical fitness as well as mental fitness. So Gymnasium really can sensibly […]