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Friday, 1 December 2006

Heavy Winds and Katas

Hello People. Here is the News about Katas.

What is a kata? A kata is a form. It's like a dance, but it's used for fighting. The steps of the kata usually includes blocks and punches.

Kata roughly means Shape Cut Earth, e.g.-- cutting a groove in the ground.

The Taikyoku Katas are Northern Katas. They come from the Shotokan branch of Karate and they come into Kyokushin Karate via Mas Oyama's studies with Gichin Funakoshi.

You can watch an excellent demonstration of the first of the Northern Katas (Taikyoku Sono Ichi) on YouTube at Ichi.

Taikyoku means "Grand Ultimate" (and in Chinese it's pronounced Tai Chi).

This is the "beginner's mind" or "open mind" kata. Taikyoku katas are also known as the "first cause"-- "overview" -- and "large view" katas.

Taikyoku Sono Ichi, Ni, and San (One, Two, and Three), all have the same number of steps (eighteen) in an "I" shape.

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Thursday, 30 November 2006

Chop around the Clock

Hello Blog People. The Blog is not fixed, but Angelfire is working on it. As we said the other day, this is not something that should concern you except that you may notice some typos here and there. Sorry for the inconvenience. Also if we said something weird about you or your mother in a previous post we can't erase it. Sorry again.

And now the news: Black Belt Promotions happen at the dojo this weekend. No, you can't go to watch: it's by invitation only, and it runs from midnight Saturday to 6 a.m. Possibly a goat sacrifice at dawn.

The following weekend are the under class promotions, and that includes White-to-Yellow or Unranked-to-10th Kyu. We, the good people of Lisablog, are very excited about this promotion. It's our first, and we've been working like amphetamine-addicted tasmanian devils for the last three months down at the dojo. The bottom line? It's fun and life changing.

And now, a few words about Kyokushin Karate history:

Kyokushin Karate was founded by Masutatsu Oyama.

He was born in 1923 in South Korea and also spent part of his childhood in Southern China where he learned the art of Kempo.

At the age of 15, he began studies with the Japanese Karate Master Gichin Funakoshi.(Note: It was through Funakoshi that karate was made public in 1922. Up to that point it had been a secret art.)

In the aftermath of the Second World War and the occupation of Japan, Mas Oyama retreated into solitude to study the martial arts (karate, the way of the samurai, zen, and so on).

By the early 1950s, Oyama was traveling the world as a karate master. He fought against bulls bare-handed (you can see that on You Tube) and fought against hundreds of humans. By the mid-1950s, he was teaching his own style of karate, and in 1964, the term Kyokushin (Ultimate Truth) was adopted to describe the style.

In 1994, May Oyama died at the age of seventy.

How does the Sunnyside Dojo fit into all of this?

Our Kancho Henri-Oh (who is a Hachidan or 8th Degree Black Belt) studied under Shihan Seiji Kanamura who studied under Mas Oyama.

Tomorrow: The Northern Katas. What they mean and where they come from.

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Wednesday, 29 November 2006

Small Presses Rock On!

Okay, this note comes from Lisablog Correspondent Azie regarding an event at this weekend's Independent and Small Press Book Fair in New York City:

Internationally renowned poet Anne Waldman, and acclaimed poet and novelist Eileen Myles, will engage in a conversation with emerging poets Jen Benka and Matthea Harvey. These writers will discuss the importance of poetry as a medium of social and political engagement, and how women poets across generations have responded to and written against the trials and tribulations of their times. The panel will be moderated by Erica Kaufman of Belladonna.

The panel will take place on Saturday, December 2nd, at 5:00 pm at The Small Press Center, 20 West 44th Street, between 5th and 6th avenues in midtown.

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Corrections

Hey people, still no access to blog editing, but Angelfire is working on it. Meanwhile, a correction: the Chicago Review is 12 bucks an issue (a year is 22 bucks). Thanks to Josh, Editor Extraordinaire, for that fact.

And, the box of books goes to Lisablog Correspondent Luke B. of the Deep South. Thank you Luke.

And last but not least, thanks to Lisablog Correspondent Ruth K. for this link: Get on the Impeachment Bandwagon, and remember: only you can stop George Bush!

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Yo! Box of Books

Hello People, Technical Difficulties Continue with the Blog, but we are back with an old Lisablog favorite, the Box of Books.

This particular box of books could be all yours for a low low price of $50 plus $5 shipping (book rate). That's $55 for a bunch of books that are worth more than $100. (The new issue of the Chicago Review alone will cost you $22 retail.)

How great of a bargain is it? If we didn't already own this box of books, we'd be buying this box of books.

Why do we sell our books so cheap? Because our apartment is being swallowed up by books. Please take these books off our hands!

Email Lisa at ljarnot@gmail.com if you would like this box of books. It's a great stocking stuffer!

Books:

Sherman Alexie. The Business of Fancydancing. Hanging Loose Press

Ted Berrigan. On the Level Everyday: Selected Talks. Talisman.

The Collected Essays of William Bronk: Vectors and Smoothable Curves.

Talisman. Charles Fort. Darvil. St. Andrews Press.

Faith. Catalogue from 2005-2006 Real Art Ways (Hartford, Ct) exhibition w/ 10 poems by Lisa Jarnot.

Writing from the New Coast. Presentation Volume. (Poems) Oblek.

Chapbooks:

Bruce Andrews. R&B. Segue Books. (water spot on opening pages).

Beth Anderson. From In Residence. Re:press

Michael Basinski. Heebie Jeebies. Meow Press.

Laynie Browne. Lore. Instress. Steve Carll. Vocal Pumice.

Juliet Clark. The Art of Walt Disney. Damfino Productions

Tim Davis. The Analogy Guild. Arras.

Benjamin Friedlander. Selected Poems. (Chap) Meow Press.

John Bart Gerald. 37 Poems. Gerald and Maas.

C.F. Gordon. Pac-Mastery: Observations and Critical Discourse. Old Gold

Eileen Hennessy. On and Off the Avenue. Island Books.

Lisa Jarnot. Phonetic Introductions. (Seven early poems, pamphlet).1988.

Magazines:

Antenym #11. 1996. w/ Steve Carll, Dale Smith, William Marsh, etc.

Chicago Review: Kenneth Rexroth. Most recent issue.

Kalliope Magazine. 1996.

Washington Review. Feb/March 1996, Apr/May 1996, Aug/Sept. 1996, Oct./Nov. 1996

Key Satchel. Jan. 1997, Apr. 1997, October 1997 and July 1998.

Primary Writing. April 2004 (Lorraine Graham)

Object #7. 1996. W/ Judith Goldman, Jackson Mac Low, Michael Friedman, etc.

Washington Square. Winter 2006.

Carve #1, Summer 2003. W/ Bill Corbett, Noah Eli Gordon, Kent Johnson, etc.

Crow 2001. W/ Anselm Berrigan, Tom Raworth, Alice Notley, Lisa Jarnot, Bernadette Mayer, more.

Excursis Literary Arts Journal. 1995/96. W/regie cabico, Hal Sirowitz, Sparrow, etc.

A Gathering of the Tribes #7. 1996/97 w/ Tracie Morris, Maggie Estep, Star Black, etc.

The Iconoclast. #5

Lingo #3, 1994. w/ George Herms, John Godfrey, Rod Smith, Lyn Hejinian, Leslie Scalapino, etc.

Yale Younger Poets (The LANGUAGE issue) w/ Dale Smith, Edmund Berrigan, Hoa Nguyen, etc.

Blue Ink Press. Spring 1998.

Chronicles of Disorder. Jack Kerouac Issue. Fall 1996.

The Impercipient. Nov. 1995, w/ Lisa Jarnot, Brian Kim Stefans, Sianne Ngai, etc.

Countermeasures. #4

New Blind Date. Nov. 97. w/ Tom Clark, Kevin Opstedal, etc.

The Poetry Project Newsletter. Apr/May 96, Oct/Nov. 96, Feb/March 1997, Apr./May 1997

Mesechabe: the journal of surre(gion)alism. #17 W/ Anselm Hollo, Dave Brinks, etc.

Rain Taxi, Spring 1999.

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Tuesday, 28 November 2006

This Just In From Correspondent Katko!

You are invited to an evening of performances by:

- cris cheek
- William R. Howe
- jUStin!katKO
- Mark Mendoza
- Keith Tuma
- Jason Zeh

December 7, 6:30pm
ACA Galleries - FREE
529 West 20th Street - 5th Floor
New York City

A Mix of Video, Readings and Sound

cris cheek will be reading from _the church - the school - the beer_ - http://plantarchy.us/Plantarchy_3.html - (forthcoming from Critical Documents as Plantarchy 3).

Hosted by Boog City for the series:
d.a. levy lives: celebrating the renegade press

Critical Documents
http://plantarchy.us

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Addendum

Here are the photos that belong at the bottom of the previous post:

Harry Asleep and Snoring

Lisa's Duck Dinner

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Technical Difficulties and Other News

Hello People of the Blog. We have been experiencing technical difficulties but there is no reason for mass hysteria. Angelfire assures us that the problem will be fixed soon. Meanwhile, we've found a back door into the site. We cannot currently edit our posts once they are up, so please bear with us. You, the viewers of Lisablog, are always our top priority.

And now, let's begin the day with a special Two Thumbs Up for Thomas the Burmese Prince who has officially quit smoking. Just when you thought Thomas couldn't get more spectacular, he keeps on getting brighter and shinier like the armor of Achilles. Hurray for the Burmese Prince.

And for those of you who would like to follow Thomas's example, here is a note of inspiration from our new favorite book The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate:

Walking this endless road, becoming better today than yesterday, and then better tomorrow than today—throughout one's life—is a true image of the Way of Karate.

The other good news from the Lisablog Office is that we have successfully made our first batch of soap. It's called Mina Verbena and is dedicated to MIna.

Ingredients include Organic Olive Oil, Avocado Oil, Canola Oil, Crushed Lemon Verbena, and Lavender Oil.

Stay tuned for a wintertime line of soaps from the New Lisablog Subsidiary Catskill Organics.

And finally, two photos from the weekend:

Sunday evening birthday dinner at Rosa Mexicano. This is the duck with yams, a Lisablog favorite. Yes, Miles convinced the waitress to stick the little candles in the duck.

Coming tomorrow: Tips on impeaching the president, and learning the history of katas: Promotions are less than two weeks away!

Peace People.

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Test

This is only a test.

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Monday, 27 November 2006

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