As a teacher, even though I teach keiko during the week, I don’t get much chance to practice my own temae unless there is an intensive training in town, or I travel 300 miles to study with my own sensei. During the last 7 years with my sensei, I think I only saw …
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Many of these sayings have appeared in the blog before, and students will recognize many of them from my own teachings. I have gathered them together to best of my recollection. I hope you can add your own “sensei says” in the comments.
The term “sensei” has been translated as “teacher.” Quite literally from the …
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I recently presented chanoyu to a group of third graders, that is 8 and 9 year olds at their classroom in Portland. I had them pretend that they were Japanese students and they all stood up and said “Ohaiyo gozimasu, sensei” to their teacher, and they were very attentive and nearly silent during the 30 …
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I was reading through the blog and checking the stats. There are a few posts that I think deserve more visibility, so here are a few from the archives:
Six years ago:
The nature of things There are no shortcuts Order from chaos Straight shooting On receiving teaching Observing vs. doing
Five years ago: In …
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One of the things Machida Gyotei sensei taught us about movement within the tea room is that when you are wearing kimono, only your feet are showing, so you want to make sure that you are walking, turning, sitting and standing in a way that doesn’t look awkward and call additional attention to …
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