Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

That is great!!
I am learning something similar, but I am using Wave Board or Freeline skates. I don't have any videos of me, but there are plenty of others on YouTube

playing and studying Go .

Yes, nice skating.  Our kids and I are looking forward to ice skating again this winter;  they did it for the first time last winter, and I hadn't done it since I was a kid.  They're also excited about cross-country skiing.  In the summer we take a lot of bike rides.   My interest in shakuhachi is largely responsible for my renewed interest in cardiovascular fitness.

I practice martial arts, not as often as I'd like;  my preference is Aikido, but I have to travel for that, so I usually don't get to more than a couple classes a month.  I enjoy weapons especially.  I do some yoga, which I find very helpful in developing attention to breathing and posture.

hey yu-jin that sounds like me, I practice/live Martial Arts ( Iaijutsu, Kenjutsu/kendo, karate, and Jojutsu) which lead to the way of zen buddhism and meditation which lead me to shakuhachi.

Procrastination. Synthesizers. Composing. 3d Art... here's a moldy oldy. Slowly getting back into it...

narcissism and necromany.  That is one of the better descriptions I've heard.  I also have an interest in writing.  here is a little sample that was recently published. 

http://www.gslis.mcgill.ca/marginal/MatthewGarcia.htm

Matt

That stuff is super cool!!!!

Recumbent triking anyone?  You don't have to own a Pom to coming riding with me!

For the moment I am spending all my time with shakuhachi. However, there are many wonderful arts here in Japan which I would love to study if I have the time. I have had the chance to study biwa and kyudo, and I can say that they both had very positive influences on my shakuhachi playing.





Justin
http://senryushakuhachi.com/

Last edited by Justin (2008-11-19 23:39:11)

Tea Ceremony, Gongfucha, Go, Shodo, writing and reading haiku/tanka, following NHK continuing 15-minute daily morning doramas, Taijiquan/chinese swordsmanship (not a hobby, as i teach it, but a non-shakuhachi pursuit), Tea generally......typical cluster of east-asian arts.

Hi All, Shakuhachi used to be my hobby when I was a full time performer. Now performing is my hobby

I also love photography. Today's repair.



Namaste, Perry

Last edited by Yungflutes (2008-11-26 17:43:47)

Everyone's activities look really cool.  Radiogn0me, I'm a terrible roller skater, but I do occasionally get dragged to a rink.  It's fun.  Nice recumbent bike, airin.  I have an electric commuter bike (see below) which does double as a recreational bike on occasion. 

I do a fair amount of acoustic guitar strumming and singing with my wife...covers at the moment, but I'm thinking of 'putting the band back together', at least with a hand percussionist. I had to quit the rock band scene to focus on my biggest hobby, which I hope to turn into a career: writing music for movies.  My stuff is here: ericsantiestevan.com.  It's a lot of fun to be a music chameleon; I have to write a hip hop song very soon! 

Shakuhachi grew out of a desire to learn many an instrument (very helpful when you have to potentially write in many genres, and gets you away from the synthesizer and sequencer), and thus I do dabble on other wind and string instruments, but between music writing, strummin' and pickin',  and blowing the ol' blowstick everywhere I go, my hobby time is full.

Other activities include a struggling native plant garden in our little backyard, cooking tasty vegetarian meals, and commuting to work on my electric bike when I feel up to it.  The motor helps me pedal over the hills, but it's still a 20 mile round trip slog.  I wish I had more time for outdoorsy stuff like hiking, backpacking, and now that it's getting to the right time of year, snowboarding, but shakuhachi and writing music are busy things!