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El Lechón Viajero ahora en Sao Paulo

Otro viaje relámpago del Lechón. Jueves avión, viernes charla y sábado de regreso. Tiempo para en el viaje de vuelta al aeropuerto tomar unas fotos de la urbe. Impresionante modernidad, Pero no busquéis rastros coloniales...

Aprendiendo

Lo que no hagan los chinos...

Aragami

Aragami (also known as Aragami: The Raging God of Battle) is a 2003 Japanese action film directed by Ryuhei Kitamura. It was Kitamura's contribution to the Duel Project, a challenge issued by producer Shinya Kawai to him and fellow director Yukihiko Tsutsumi to film a feature-length movie with only two actors, battling in one setting, in only the time frame of one week. 

Ancient Japan. Fleeing from enemies, two wounded samurai arrive at a strange old temple in a remote location in the mountains. The doors to the place are opened by a beautiful and exotic woman, who beckons them inside. Unable to walk any further, they collapse from exhaustion. One of the samurai awakens to find himself miraculously healed. He meets his saviour, a mysterious man who tells him that his friend died from his wounds. The samurai is persuaded to stay the night. His host tells him the legend of the "Tengu", a goblin which is said to reside in the mountains dining on the flesh of men. He goes on to reveal the true name of the Tengu : Aragami. When the samurai asks if Aragami poses a threat to the temple, his host answers : "I am Aragami". The only way for the Samurai to leave the temple is to destroy Aragami.

Tsuki

Last Samurai - Katsumoto Ende

Para entender el entorno

Training is comming

Eclipse

Luna en la noche
Luminosa y oscura
Tras el samurai

5-7-5

Humor de informáticos

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Aprovechando espacios

Un éxito de la ingeniería española. Para ver más curiosidades: http://thegraffitihunter.blogspot.com.es

Haiku desolado

Amarte, amor?
Quererte es bien extraño
Siendo un disfraz

5-7-5

Sinkholes The Groundbreaking Truth

Sombras

Pedro Jóia Trio - Corridinho Alma Algarvia

KENDO E JOGOS OLÍMPICOS II (um post de Usage San)

Navegando por la web en estos tiempos olímpicos me he encontrado con este post antiguo (abril 2006) pero tremendamente vigente en estos días. Os lo dejo a continuación. Podéis ojear el blog entero si os va el kendo merece la pena

Imaginemos que, com bastante tempo e paciência, até se conseguia que TODA A GENTE, NO MUNDO, aprendesse as regras e percebesse a competição de kendo tal como ela é. 

Vamos ser optimistas. Quanto tempo tolerariam as grandes redes de televisão mundiais (não esquecer que os jogos são sobretudo um evento televisivo à escala planetária que vive de patrocínios comerciais) um desporto sem duração pré-determinada?

Sabemos muito bem que uma final de um campeonato pode acabar em segundos, mas também (por exemplo, a final por equipas masculinas do mundial de Glasgow) sabemos que pode estender-se por 15 ou 20 minutos de anti-shiai sem que nada de interessante (pelo menos, para um tele-espectador vulgar) se passe.

O que é um facto é que, tal como é entendido e praticado hoje, o shiai de kendo é impensável nuns Jogos Olímpicos. Já nem vou falar da fome das medalhas e de tudo o que os atletas são capazes de fazer para as obter. Afinal, o mais importante no kendo nem é vencer.

Porque é que o judo criou os "famosos" koka e yuko? Para abreviar os combates? Não tenho a mais pequena dúvida. Porque é que o taekwondo olímpico tem vitórias por acumulação de pontos, tal qual como, por exemplo, o boxe? É tudo uma questão de tempo, do seu controle e do dinheiro que esse "tempo televisivo olímpico" vale em compromissos comerciais.

Qual a solução?

A solução proposta pela World Kumdo Association, desvirtua completamente aquilo a que chamamos kendo actualmente: marcação electrónica, acumulação de pontos, pontapés (sim, sim), etc. O exemplo do judo também não é o melhor. Criar fracções de ippon numa arte marcial que tem como um dos seus fundamentos o conceito de "um golpe, uma morte", parece-me, no mínimo, ridículo. E assim, de repente, não estou a ver mais nada.

Então, repito: Qual a solução? Não há solução e não me parece que haja vergonha nenhuma nisso. Porque é que o kendo deveria ser desporto olímpico? Seria mais importante por isso? Será menos desporto assim?
Pelo contrário, a verdade é que tudo indica que, tal como se desconfiava, o k

Fonte: indo é muito mais do que um simples desporto.

Shinobido - Ninja (2012)

Entrenamiento y ciclo menstrual

En plenos Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro, se está comentando acerca de las atletas que han elegido un determinado momento del ciclo menstrual para competir! El tema no es nuevo .... De hecho uno de de los primeros artículos sobre este tema surge con las olimpiadas de Barcelona en 1992, por Zhakarove y Gomes.

Se ha estudiado el comportamiento de la flexibilidad, la variación de la fuerza (por medio de dinamómetro isocinético) y se ha medido en diferentes estudios el VO2 max a lo largo del ciclo menstrual .... Y qué sabemos ??

1. No se produce en todas las atletas un cambio de rendimiento deportivo a lo largo del ciclo menstrual.

2. En las atletas con un impacto negativo, el rendimiento es peor en la fase premenstrual.

3. El rendimiento es mejor en la fase folicular por el aumento de estrógenos.

4. Durante la menstruación  pueden ocurrir calambres menstruales y la pérdida de sangre (con la ferropenia consiguiente) puede comprometer el rendimiento

5. Parece que existe un mayor riesgo de lesión del ligamento cruzado anterior en el pico de la ovulación (esto es muy interesante! Pero faltan estudios concluyentes).

6. Un entrenadora inteligente que pregunta a la atleta como es su ciclo menstrual y cómo es su rendimiento puede adecuar  la intensidad del entrenamiento ... y todos contentos!

Buenos entrenamientos lechones!

Acciones de verano

Reparar Shinais, selección de lamas, lijado e hidratación en tubo con aceite vegetal 

 

    

Novedad: tubo secador para retirar el exceso de aceite de las lamas un tubo de PVC relleno de papel absorbente (del mismo que se usa tras freír el pollo empanado o las croquetas...)

Teñir el keikogi viejo o convertir un viejo judogi en keikogi

  

Le falta otro baño de color al judogi para acabar en keikogi ;)

Sabes?

Tengo tanto que decirte
entre silencios y ruido
rasgando memoria y tiempo
entre pasiones y olvidos
zozobra, lágrimas, llanto
antiguos y nuevos cantos

Es como practicar Kendo

Sugerencias

Chinese soldiers circa 1900

Taiji Sword

From the introduction to Taiji Sword (太極劍) by Wu Tunan (吳圖南) -

夫劍法無運用不能因敵致勝，微變化焉能出入神奇。是以初學劍術者，或姿勢不正確，或動作不自然，或應用不純熟，或轉換不玲琍。是皆由於不知運用之變化使然也。蓋用劍之法，紐勁為上，靈捷為先。目宜速，身不可滯。手宜敏，步不可遲。 久之，自然動作儒雅，舉止大方。其形勢似飛鳳。其勁力透中鋒。使用腰力，運動全身。故發勁用勢，非僅徒用手指着力而已耳。

Those practicing sword who do not practice applications can not achieve victory over different types of enemies,*(*There are different types of swordsmen and one must practice applications to deal with them in different ways analysis each, then taking advantage of their weakness.) (without practicing applications) if the enemy makes little changes you can not move the sword in and out with miraculous skill. Therefore, when first studying the sword art, maybe the postures are not correct, maybe the movements are not natural, maybe the applications not skillful, maybe the changes are not nimble. This is all due to not knowing the changes in applications. Concerning the application of sword techniques, the higher skill is turning power, being spirited and quick is also a priority. The eyes must be fast, the body cannot be sluggish. The hands must be agile, the steps cannot be late. After a long time, your movements naturally become refined, with a graceful bearing. Your postures resemble a flying phoenix. Your power passes through your center. Use the power of the waist, move the entire body. Therefore, when releasing power in a movement, do not merely use the power of the hand.

Translation: Scott M. Rodell

The Last Samurai - The True Story

The story of Jules Brunet, who inspired the character of Nathan Algren, played by Tom Cruise in the 2003 movie "the Last Samurai".


The French officer Jules Brunet played an active role during the Boshin War, leading the rebellion against the Imperial Nippon, in 1868-69.

"A revolution is forcing the Military Mission to return to France. Alone I stay, alone I wish to continue, under new conditions, the results obtained by the Mission, together with the Party of the North, which is the party favorable to France in Japan. Soon a reaction will take place, and the Daimyos of the North have offered me to be its soul".
— Jules Brunet, Letter to Napoleon III 

Five Mistakes Students Make in Iaido

Suino-Sensei shows five common mistakes made by beginners in iaido, and explains how to correct them to make your swordsmanship stronger, more efficient, and more effective.

El guerrero pacífico

Jo Kata Improvisation by Kashiwaya Sensei

Training day

The Monk and the Mute

This short video is a performance of a Chinese tongue twister called "The Monk and the Mute". Essentially the story tells of a monk that meets a mute and tries to exchange his gift cloth for the mutes trumpet, but the mute isn't interested at all. After some brief speculation about what actually happened, the two of them part ways without exchanging anything

Fiebre pokemon en Barcelona

 

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Tactical Thai Sword

Teach for Ram-Dab : by Kru Thod Thai Sword

The first kendo motion picture - from 1897

Samurai Warrior

Math battle between mathematicians Choseon and Ching

Cómo enseñar matemáticas en los tiempos de hoy...

Actitudes

Slow Motion Sword Cutting with Music by M83

Muso Shinden Ryu: Okuiai Tachiwaza

Muso Shinden Ryu. Second level:Eishin

Muso Shinden Ryu. First level: Omori Ryu

The mother of all questions

Kendo in High Speed Camera

This Kendo clip is from Japan Public Broadcasting's documentary on " A Human's reaction ablitiy".The show includeded a short track start,Pro Baseball batter and Light weight Boxcer as well.
Interest thing about the show was that former studies suggested that Human
can not react no faster than 0.2 second limted bb the speed of electric pulse running through eye - frontal cortex brain - the body muscle..But, new sport analysis studis found
some athletes could react in less than 0.2 second.
Mr. Tanakanabe had much better reactive ability than Mr. Teramoto's. But,
he could not catch up Teramoto's Men already released before his.
Takanabe mentioned in his interview later that" He froze for a moment when
Teramoto change his move from aiming DO to MEM". This split second frozen
moment made his defeat. The narration concluded the segment stating that
" Takanabe won in reactive superiority, but Teramoto won in Kendo".

Intel & Beethoven 5th symphony

It is the strongest spirit that wins, not the most expensive sword

In any engagement, the ultimate winner will always be the one with the spirit of a hawk. Concentrate on this. . . . You simply cannot sit around afraid of what the opponent might do. The same holds true for your individual conflicts. If you face an opponent with the thought that he is a master technician and strategist, then you have already lost. Be the hawk, not the pheasant. Never accept an inferior position to anyone. It is the strongest spirit that wins, not the most expensive sword. - 
The Book of Five Rings:Miyamoto Musashi

Single Guarding Saber

Nito Shinkage Ryu Kusarigama Jutsu

Nito Shinkage Ryu Kusarigama Jutsu 二刀神影流鎖鎌術
This is a demonstration at a Kobudo Event held every year in Abeno (Osaka) Japan.
Most participants are members of the Nihon Kobudo Kyokai.

Para entenderJuego de Tronos

O igual no...

Tepanyaki 14/07/2016

Hmmm sin más comentarios...

Realidades

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Encuentra el teléfono móvil

Sensei

A great Sensei offers great humility and never claims to be a Sensei but claims to be ever the student , 
A great Sensei becomes more gentle the better he becomes at the art of war, 
A great Sensei offers kindness and love as he understands his vocation is the practise of a deadly art

Sentence from Paul Joseph Wu Ming
July 15th

Overview of Medicinal Chinese Tea

For thousands of years tea has been an integral part of Asian diets and cultures. Long renowned for their calming, ritual and healing properties, Chinese tea is a mainstay in the life of millions. Multitudes of studies have been carried out on different types of tea and herbal tea preparations, but understanding the differences between them can be daunting. But with a little guidance and effort you can find a tea suited for just about any health issue you may need to relieve.

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is one of the oldest healing traditions on the planet. It dates back at least 5,000 years. One of the main components of TCM is herbal medicine, and boiling herbs to drink as “teas” is among their common uses.

Medicinal herbal teas in TCM do not usually contain actual tea. Rather, they are a combination of different herbs, plants, roots and so on that is processed in specific ways and boiled together to make a “tea.”

Bojenmi Tea promotes weight loss as a healthful side effect. It helps you lose weight by strengthening the organs; detoxifying the liver, kidneys and intestines; moving stagnant energy; drying interior dampness and breaking up phlegm; and promoting urination to remove toxins.

Shen Tea is a traditional herbal tea containing over six different herbs that when combined help to nurture the heart and mind, ease stress, calm the spirit, soothe the liver, improve eye and heart health, calm the nerves, balance the emotions, reduce irritability and anxiety, and improve sleep.

Yin Yang Classic Tea is used to nourish the blood and boost energy. It is made by combining reishi mushroom, ginseng and licorice to help boost the immune system through its antioxidant and adaptogenic properties.

Panta Tea is made from the herb jiao gu lan, whose effectiveness and use is similar to ginseng, which means it helps boost energy, move body fluids, remove toxins from the body and it also helps lower cholesterol, alleviate symptoms of stress, lower blood pressure and even do wonders for bronchitis.

In addition to these TCM herbal teas, there are many more types of benefits of tea. I recently had a conversation about Chinese tea with Robert James Coons, a passionate tea merchant near Toronto, Canada, about the various aspects of Chinese tea. I’d like to share some of that conversation with you here.

What are the main categories of Chinese tea?

Chinese tea has six main categories: 1) green, 2) red, 3) oolong, 4) black, 5) flower, and 6) white. There are also sub-categories which may be considered as different cultivars or production practices for individual teas.

This is a part of a post by Dr. Mark Wiley at Tambuli Media | Jul 3, 2016 | Chinese Medicine, Diet & Nutrition, Health 

http://www.tambulimedia.com/2016/07/03/overview-medicinal-chinese-tea/?fb_ref=Default&fb_source=group

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Mochida Moriji 10th dan

Whats crazy is watching the first clip in slow motion only further confirmed what I thought watching it normally. The kenshi in white only hits Mochida twice at around 1:45 and he might not have even hit that first Kote. Every other time Mochida Sensei redirects all the power from the strikes of a much much faster 37 year old man who is clearly trying. This is Kendo, right here

A comment by Random Allen in You tube

Keiko Kendo - Sensei Taniguchi 9° Dan

En el año 2001 la ZNKR decidió dejar de otorgar 9° danes, pues quedaban muy pocos con vida como para formar el comité que decide su distinción. Hoy en día el 8° Dan "Hanshi" es el más alto rango que puede alcanzarse. 
Taniguchi Sensei fue uno de los últimos 9°dan de Kendo. En esta demostración tenia unos 82 años de edad (2002). Aqui se encuentra probando en keiko a un séptimo dan y dos octavos danes.

Por qué hago Kendo....

British are always British

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美人すぎる居合剣士

居合組太刀・乾坤の形（剣術形）