Cultural Literacy

Reflections on Climbing Mt. Fuji

Posted by Jason Yang on August 13, 2010 at 4:02 am

I climbed Mt. Fuji last Friday with 12 friends last Friday. It was my third time up the mountain. Here is an excerpt of a letter to friends about the climb: Climbing Mt. Fuji is can be an anticlimactic or harrowing experience, depending on what you went on to the mountain looking for. Before there [...]

The Way of the Warrior

Posted by Jason Yang on May 28, 2010 at 9:40 am

I brought a friend to my dojo today. She had never done any martial arts before. I briefed her on how to enter, and then showed her where to sit to watch. After warm-up exercises, I began to teach her a technique. Sensei said to me “Not yet. She must learn to break-fall first. Go [...]