Those of you who read my FB update this morning know I didn't get much sleep last night. By the time my school day was over I was really dragging
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I read about your long trip to Arkansas. Sounds like one heck of a day. Of course, there are worse things to do than get paid to drive to Arkansas.
BBQ *droooool*
At the ABC Harley event last night I had their BBQ and it was....well...pretty bad. I couldn't even finish the plate and I was pretty hungry. You can bet that I was thinking about out lunch at North Main BBQ.
Who would have thought that such a simple cut would be so difficult to get right.
Ah. It's because it's so simple. There's a story I've heard-probably about five times now between email and face to face conversations :-) -about the previous headmaster of Yagyu Shinkage-ryu saying that he hoped he could get that single cut perfect just once in his lifetime.
It's a theme I've heard echoed in MSR as well, about that "simple" jodan cut. The fact that I've heard that story so often is instructive in itself.
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I splurged and hit up North Main BBQ for dinner tonight. Couldn't help but think of our lunch there!
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BBQ *droooool*
At the ABC Harley event last night I had their BBQ and it was....well...pretty bad. I couldn't even finish the plate and I was pretty hungry.
You can bet that I was thinking about out lunch at North Main BBQ.
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Ah. It's because it's so simple. There's a story I've heard-probably about five times now between email and face to face conversations :-) -about the previous headmaster of Yagyu Shinkage-ryu saying that he hoped he could get that single cut perfect just once in his lifetime.
It's a theme I've heard echoed in MSR as well, about that "simple" jodan cut. The fact that I've heard that story so often is instructive in itself.
Sounds like it was a great session!
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Such simplicity IS hard to Master. I guess that is why one has to strive to become the "uncarved" block but complexity just happens.
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