Thanks, Oisin. Yes you're right. A couple of things about that. Kansai people are very sharp and funny. But professional comedians from there will slap their partners head to get a cheap laugh in a way that would not be acceptable in many cultures. There is also the star system and the sempai kohai thing going on. In the entertainment industry and especially in the presenter's production company. He might not even have thought he did anything wrong until the woman tried to do something about it.

As an aside, the "TV personality" referred to has previously been fined for punching a female colleague. Apparently, this was not considered a resigning matter. What would Don Quixote think?

Thanks Carina. I don't want to stray too far from the main points but I have done hapkido as a guest. There were a lot of suwari waza - including with kicks.

Yes Niall you are right.I wanted to refer to epochs or eras like Shakespear was of the Elizabethan era and Cervantes of the Spanish Golden Age , both of the Baroque period or Early Modern literature. About hapkido Choi Yong-Sool (1899--1986)was sent to

(cont) Maybe to take it back to budo Morihei Ueshiba founded aikido in Japan as you know! A man called Choi Yong-Sool who apparently also studied Daito-ryu founded hapkido in Korea. Because aikido had become popular in Japan he used the same name which in Korean is pronounced hapkido.

Thanks for that too, Carina. I didn't know it was on in Stratford this year. Your other point about synchronous inventions is maybe a bit difficult to relate to literary geniuses. Shakespeare used many sources and tales for his plays and Cervantes used The Golden Ass and Tirant lo Blanch and some others for Don Quixote (see the sources paragraph).

Hi Niall, I don't know if they will take this Cardenio - review to Tokio too, but it would sure interest your wife, or maybe you'll have the chance when you come back to Europe. And Niall there is something about that Shakespeare (1564-1616) and Cervantes (1547-1616), not only in writing, when you mentioned the Ever-Ready Sharp in W + aikibunnies,

(cont) Thanks again - your comments on this tilt article have been very interesting. One last nice aside. I don't know if Tony Wagstaffe reads my blog. I don't think he'll mind if I mention him. Shakespeare's grandfather's name was written as Richard Shakstaff. It's a very similar name to Wagstaffe and it has the same meaning - they could be related. It's a good name for an aikidoka anyway. A staff is a jo or bo. A spear is a yari. Don Quixote has one in his left hand in the illustration.

Great point, Carina. Shakespeare (1564-1616) and Cervantes (1547-1616), the greatest writers in English and Spanish, were contemporaries. The first book of Don Quixote was published in Spanish in 1605 and in English in 1612 and Cardenio was apparently performed in 1613 so the timing is possible. My wife knows more about this than I do. This is a collaborative attempt ro rewrite Cardenio.

Thanks Niall for that interesting information,below the photo of George Orwell and son it says "his head tilted a bit" so we are in the beginning: the title of the post Maybe this might be interesting too :Cardenio, is a lost play, attributed to William Shakespeare and John Fletcher based on an episode in Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote involving the character Cardenio.

(cont)And here the monument of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in my hometown Mar Del Plata

Something more about George Orwell(Eric Arthur Blair) The resemblance to Don Quixote was appropriate, for in many was Orwell can only be understood as an essentially quixotic man. … He defended, passionately and as a matter of principle, unpopular causes. George Woodcock, in The Crystal Spirit : A Study of George Orwell (1966),

Gracias, Carina. The problem with those kinds of plots is how to get back. Somehow they usually manage it. As Francis reminded us, and Michael J Fox said, we have to get back, back to the future. George Orwell wrote 1984 in 1948. Niall

Thank you Francis. Yes you had to know just how far to coax those pinball machines. Your comment itself is almost surreal, which reminds me of another great Spanish artist, Salvador Dali. Happy birthday - may the next year of your life be full of happiness and success. A respectful tip (tilt) of my straw hat. Niall

(cont) The quote in your post star festival sky tenkan, about seeing it from the point of view of the attacker is a very important point for aikido and in daily life too, it would avoid many discussion and misunderstandings, if we always would remain calm and just think about the motives of the acts of other people and try to understand the reasons. And I think that by keeping on training sincerely and regularly we can learn that too.