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	<title><![CDATA[wood + school = good]]></title>
	<body><![CDATA[[indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][i][URL="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcgovphotos/6331360537/"]Matsudo workers[/URL] by BC Gov Photos[/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/i]



[URL="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fe20120603cw.html"]Wood you believe how good school could be . . . | The Japan Times Online[/URL]

I originally didn't plan to post this on aikiweb but I decided to. It is a link to an interesting article by C W Nicol about the advantages of using wood in construction. Following his advice wood was used in the rebuilding of a school in Miyagi after the Tohoku Earthquake.

C W Nicol is a naturalist living in Japan. He is famous in Japan for his work with nature. He originally came to Japan to study karate. [I]Moving Zen[/I] his book about his karate training in Japan was one of the first books I ever read about karate. It's a very interesting and personal book. Anyone interested in martial arts or in Japan would enjoy it. Below is a very complimentary review of it by a karateka.

Niall


[i][url]http://www.theshotokanway.com/movingzenreview.html[/url]

[url]http://www.amazon.com/Moving-Zen-Journey-Bushido-The-Warrior/dp/4770027559[/url] 

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._W._Nicol[/url]

[URL="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fe20110501cw.html"]article by C W Nicol from May 2011 about Rethinking Tohoku's Rebuilding[/URL]
 

photo: Matsudo workers by BC Gov Photos [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcgovphotos/6331360537[/url] - using lumber in a construction site
BC Gov Photos photostream: [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcgovphotos/with/6331360537/[/url]


my home page with a mirror of these blog posts plus other stuff: 
[URL="http://mooninthewater.net/aikido"]mooninthewater.net/aikido[/URL]
 

my [URL="http://www.aikiweb.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=75&filter[1]=Niall%20Matthews"]columns[/URL] on aikiweb[/i]


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	<date>06-05-2012</date>
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