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09-14-2004, 06:20 AM
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Dojo: Renseikan
Location: Ajax, Ontario
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Aikido calligraphy
Hi everybody,
This may be a bit off the normal path of this forum and if so I apologize.
I am looking for the Japanese calligraphy which translates into, "house/place to develop/discipline the spirit". The name of my dojo is Reneikan and this is how that name translates. I am about to build a small rack to hold the tanto's we use and was hoping to incorporate this calligraphy into the design. Boy, I hope my sensai doesn't see this because it is a bit of a surprise.
Thank you for any and all help.
Osu!
Steve Kubien
Ajax, Ontario
Canada
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09-14-2004, 07:15 AM
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Dojo: Hinode Dojo LLC
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Re: Aikido calligraphy
Maybe check with a professor at a local college. Just a thought.
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09-14-2004, 07:25 AM
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Dojo: Seibukan Aikido UK
Location: body in UK, heart still in Japan
Join Date: May 2002
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Re: Aikido calligraphy
I'll have a look at this when I get home, unless someone beats me to it.
Regards
Bryan
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A difficult problem is easily solved by asking yourself the question, "Just how would the Lone Ranger handle this?"
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09-14-2004, 02:57 PM
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Dojo: Seibukan Aikido UK
Location: body in UK, heart still in Japan
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Re: Aikido calligraphy
Quote:
Steve Kubien wrote:
Hi everybody,
This may be a bit off the normal path of this forum and if so I apologize.
I am looking for the Japanese calligraphy which translates into, "house/place to develop/discipline the spirit". The name of my dojo is Reneikan and this is how that name translates. I am about to build a small rack to hold the tanto's we use and was hoping to incorporate this calligraphy into the design. Boy, I hope my sensai doesn't see this because it is a bit of a surprise.
Thank you for any and all help.
Osu!
Steve Kubien
Ajax, Ontario
Canada
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Here you go Steve, Renseikan in kanji.
Regards
Bryan
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A difficult problem is easily solved by asking yourself the question, "Just how would the Lone Ranger handle this?"
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09-14-2004, 05:38 PM
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Dojo: Renseikan
Location: Ajax, Ontario
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Thank you!
That's fantastic Bryan! Hey, how do I know you are not tricking me and it actually says something like, "Sensai wears army boots" or something worse?
Kidding of course!
Thanks,
Steve Kubien
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09-14-2004, 08:29 PM
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#6
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Location: Miami, FL
Join Date: Aug 2000
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Re: Aikido calligraphy
Those are beautiful kanji.
Unfortunately, it says, "oshikko no kami" which translates as "the god of urination." This is actually one of the holiest Shinto gods, however, as oshikko is the ultimate form of misogi.
Drew
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09-15-2004, 07:07 AM
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Dojo: Renseikan
Location: Ajax, Ontario
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Re: Aikido calligraphy
Oh great! So now my Sensai (who holds advanced black belts in aikido AND karate AND jodo) will surely pummel me into something resembling old coffee grounds!
Thanks,
Steve Kubien
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