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One of the topics of Dr. Sen’s talk was about kata and katachi. These terms are very closely related, and yet there is a difference. I touc...

As member of the information age, it is always the next thing, then the next thing, even before we master the previous thing. By the time w...

There is a proper form to open and close the sliding shoji doors in a tea room. First one must sit down, then use the recessed finger pull ...

I attended and intensive workshop for advanced tea instructors a couple of weeks ago. As we were going through some advanced procedures, t...

Temae is what we call the procedure for making tea. Literally, temae, is translated as “the point in front.” In other words, do what is fro...

In most martial arts there is what is called the kata, a series of exercises that a student memorizes and copies exactly what the sensei tea...