Once I was walking on the boardwalk in a quiet beach community, and there were a couple people on the boards – one being an old grizzled guy, on an old grizzled bike, kind of riding back and forth, occasionally saying hello to somebody. I stopped by a pole to stretch my leg, and must […]
advice, answers, boardwalk
I studied a martial art called Uechi-Ryu, and one of the customs in our school was, after you completed a bow, to say, “Oss.” If you wanted to indicate you had finished an exercise? “Oss.” Need a break? “Oss.” It seemed to mean all kinds of things, so one night after class I asked Sensei […]
answers, frustrations, martial arts