Tai Chi workshop

On 21^st October 2009, at last I met with Sifu Wayne Gorsky from the United States. He is the Tai Chi expert and the black belt holder of Aikido. He held a workshop at our school. He taught us various applications of Tai Chi and a form of Yang style Tai Chi. It was a excellent lesson. All the participants (about 30 members) enjoyed his workshop. I was fortunate enough to assist his workshop. What a wonderful event! The photo of Sifu Wayne Gorsky in a white Chinese jacket and Yamada in a black jacket, courtesy of Mr. Mori.

Koya Kaido Matsuri

Today we had a festival in Nagano Shrine in Osaka. It is called Koya Kaido Matsuri. It means the festival of the ancient route to Koyasan which is the sacred temple established by Kukai. In the shrine, we danced Eisaa, the popular Okinawan “Bon” dance. Following the dance, I performed the Kata of Bo (= a fighting staff) and Sai of Ryukyu Kobudo. The photo of myself in Eisaa costume.

Urgent Notice: SAYONARA, GeoCities!

Dear friends,

GeoCities is closing on 26th October 2009, so my websites (http://uk.geocities.com/sanzinsoo and http://www.geocities.com/sanzinsoo)
are to be closed. I have already moved most of the contents to the new site of Angelfire. The new URL is as under.

http://sanzinsoo.angelfire.com

I hope you change the URL accordingly and keep linking your website with my website. Many thanks.

Best regards,

Kiyotaka Yamada (aka Sanzinsoo)

Our Enliglish Teacher

Since April this year I have been studying English at school once a week. Today I have found that our English teacher, a Japanese female, has an American cousin who is an expert in Tai Chi (= Taijiquan) and Aikido. She said she would take him to our school next month for teaching us English and maybe some self-defense technique. What a coincidence! I told her of this website and that I was also interested in Tai Chi. In fact almost every morning before going to school, I practice Tai Chi Chuan and, of course, Goju-ryu Karate in the park near our school. We have the common hobby. I am really looking forward to meeting with him.

Suparinpe

Suparinpe

Our Suparinpe ends in Nekoashi Dachi stance.