About nine years of my life were spent in the Shakuji area in the northwestern outskirts of Tokyo: two years in a tiny apartment and seven in a “house,” a shack with cracks in the wall through which you could see outside and in the winter, the drip from the faucet turned to an icicle in the sink.
Thank you Ellis for an insightful commentary. You're on quite a writing roll with this piece and your latest blog post on Kogenbudo regarding the Arisma Onsen incident. Am looking forward to the publication of your next book.
Thank you Ray. I hope more folks are moved to buy the ones out there. The Good Stranger (on tactical communication was released last year, & Roots Still Cracking Rock, my final book on Classical Japanese martial arts by the beginning of May, if not sooner.
Ahaha! Ellis, you do not disappoint!
I like the way you turn things around.
Thank you Ellis for an insightful commentary. You're on quite a writing roll with this piece and your latest blog post on Kogenbudo regarding the Arisma Onsen incident. Am looking forward to the publication of your next book.
Thank you Ray. I hope more folks are moved to buy the ones out there. The Good Stranger (on tactical communication was released last year, & Roots Still Cracking Rock, my final book on Classical Japanese martial arts by the beginning of May, if not sooner.