News: Sumo competition will celebrate 130 years of Thai-Japanese relations

Original article: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Sumo-competition-will-celebrate-130-years-of-Thai--30297227.html








JAPAN will hold a full-scale sumo tournament in Thailand next year as part of the celebrations of 130 years of bilateral ties between the countries, Deputy Prime Minister Tanasak Patimapragorn said yesterday.



It would be the first such event in Asia outside Japan, Tanasak said, adding that the Japanese |had rarely held sumo competitions outside of their country.

"Thanks to Japan's good ties with Thailand, they will bring this sport that reflects the Japanese culture here for the Thai people to watch," Tanasak said, adding that preparations were already under way.




Tanasak, who is in charge of tourism among his other areas of responsibility, also said that Thailand and Japan had worked together in efforts to boost tourism in their respective countries.




On Friday, a group of Japanese sumo wrestlers called on Tanasak at his office inside Government House. The team was accompanied by Yuthasak Supasorn, governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand.

"It's okay to cry" : Martial arts & life lessons

https://youtu.be/zpZFCubE6Ag

The above YouTube link is for the recent "It's okay to cry"  viral video of a martial arts instructor and his student.

This is kids martial arts instruction at its best.   Health,  discipline and self defence are all very well.   But it is this kind of life lesson stuff that martial arts could and should be used to in grain wisdom and character into the next generation.

"It's okay to cry" : Martial arts & life lessons

https://youtu.be/zpZFCubE6Ag

The above YouTube link is for the recent "It's okay to cry"  viral video of a martial arts instructor and his student.

This is kids martial arts instruction at its best.   Health,  discipline and self defence are all very well.   But it is this kind of life lesson stuff that martial arts could and should be used to in grain wisdom and character into the next generation.

News: May Thai fight

The Advertiser: Young warriors ready to set off Fury fireworks. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwk6uz_SQ

Sacrifices

Just had to ask the question, "If we're supposed to be on a health kick / intending to lose weight, how many times can we have 'one last takeaway'?"

Mother in law rang up offering a communal takeout. Missus agreed then I countermanded with pesky facts.

Now I am in the doghouse

Pah!

I fear not the man who sends 10,000 tweets once...

I had occasion to post the following tweet just now:

Only problem is now that I stink of smoke, having (circle)walked past the aforementioned chiminea a few dozen times.

Shower soon, I think.

Fitness Nutrition

Had this morning's porridge with skimmed milk. Went against all my sensibilities as a northerner, but the secret seems to be to add loads of topping (fruit, yoghurt and honey, in this case) to make up for the reduction in taste on the milk side.

Question that springs to mind is how will all my baguazhang applications work if I no longer have 16 stones of weight to put behind them?

"Give it a bit of yang..."

1,000 Days of Bagua: The first week

So, I have passed the first week and a bit of the 1,000 days in which I intend to practice baguazhang daily.

Frankly, I have been surprised by how easy it has been. While I have not exactly exploded into my training regime, I have been pleased to note how often in daily life I think about bagua or move myself according to the principles I have learned in class.

Next week (or, perhaps, the week after - I am attending a festival next week), I plan to formalise my training a little more and place some minimum requirements for the duration of my daily training routine.