Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

I'll be playing here in Japan!

I'm coincidentally teaching a shakuhachi workshop in Montreal on that day!
See http://nyokai.com/montrealworkshop.shtml

Last edited by nyokai (2010-01-11 13:22:00)

There will be sounds of PRACTICE eminating from the severe Southeast; i.e., Central Florida!! This is exciting! Perry, Kiku, et al......we SHOULD dub Feb 6 International Shakuhachi Day! How else will this get started?

marek wrote:

For February 6 there two competitors: International Day for Safer Internet and International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation. The latter being particularly strong potential competitor as it is supported by UN and various other organisations. To be honest, I feel such issues should not be competed against...

My two cents,

Marek

I hear ya' Marek. Thanks for pointing this out. It's also Waitangi Day in New Zealand. Instead of competing against these, maybe a Shakuhachi Day can help with a compassionate awareness, understanding and help to heal with these issues in some small way on that day. A blowing in support of, if you will.

Hey Phil, Sorry I missed your posting. that's Great!

nyokai wrote:

I'm coincidentally teaching a shakuhachi workshop in Montreal on that day!
See http://nyokai.com/montrealworkshop.shtml

Kerry wrote:

marek wrote:

For February 6 there two competitors: International Day for Safer Internet and International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation. The latter being particularly strong potential competitor as it is supported by UN and various other organisations. To be honest, I feel such issues should not be competed against...

My two cents,

Marek

I hear ya' Marek. Thanks for pointing this out. It's also Waitangi Day in New Zealand. Instead of competing against these, maybe a Shakuhachi Day can help with a compassionate awareness, understanding and help to heal with these issues in some small way on that day. A blowing in support of, if you will.

Horst Xenmeister wrote:

Shakuhachi good.
Wurst und Bier beter.
Female genitals BEST WAY!
Not posible Against Female Genitals
End of History.

I see the issues. Perhaps it can be as Kerry suggest, an unofficial day of recognition and awareness.
So far we have the UK, USA, Canada, Japan, anyone else want to commit?

Last edited by Yungflutes (2010-01-12 09:45:12)

The general establishment of 'Days' smacks of half-assed-ness to me. Who really pays attention any of 'em other than for the obligatory
holidays. [ducks head for onslaught]

I wonder if we ever thought about fighting for a real official international shakuhachi day on 6 Feb.....?
The interesting part was thinking about how funny it was that quite a few of us had organised a shakuhachi event that same day.

What-ever we are competing against or not - let's then just play that day and try to pay attention the fact that so many of us love that instrument.

what are the rest of you doing

Watching porn.  This site is merely a distraction during the buffering.

lowonthetotem wrote:

BTW, the mutilation of females is a big problem throughout Africa and other parts of the world.  Alice Walker's Possessing the Secret of Joy is a gut wrenching novel about the subject.  A good way to honor that day would be to get a little more educated about it in order to really have awareness.

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Yes, and also for dumbass European countries to refrain from allowing African immigrants and refugees to practice this in the name of "religious freedom".

What happens in Africa itself is not going to be changed by having a "day" dedicated to it.

Okay, while rest of the Too-Cool-For-School Shakuhachi Forum Dead-enders are off watching porn and sniffing each others lederhosen ...

... some of us, who enjoy life, who value our shakuhachi friends and who are grateful to our shakuhachi ancestors, will on February 6, 2010 be observing a peaceful, joyous and filial International Shakuhachi Day.

--x.

Chris Moran wrote:

Okay, while rest of the Too-Cool-For-School Shakuhachi Forum Dead-enders are off watching porn and sniffing each others lederhosen ...

... some of us, who enjoy life, who value our shakuhachi friends and who are grateful to our shakuhachi ancestors, will on February 6, 2010 be observing a peaceful, joyous and filial International Shakuhachi Day.

--x.

Good one!

But seriously why make a Shakuhachi day? What is the meaning why be so cheap taste as this? Everyday IS a Shakuhachi day you play for yourself and your own development and if you get to play well enough then one day the wife likes to hear your playing instead of wishing that you would choke on that damn flute. hell if we have a Shakuhachi day we should go on Oprah to publicize this wonderful flute that everybody should play.

I don't think awareness and over publication of Shakuhachi can really be helpful in the end. I have seen what Americans have done with martial arts and now it is a freaking joke. Might as well leave Shakuhachi as it is and people that really want to play WILL find the forum, sellers, shops and teachers online it is not that hard in fact it is as easy as finding porn now.


lets not turn Shakuhachi into a movement or fashion statement. I guarantee you all it will only lower the overall tissue of Shakuhachi culture. Already we can see this tendency when we shop on Ebay and witness the list of crapola flutes made by wannabe makers.

Gishin wrote:

Everyday IS a Shakuhachi day

Right! What day is not a shakuhachi day?

Gishin wrote:

I have seen what Americans have done with martial arts and now it is a freaking joke.

And what day is not Hatin' on Americans Day?

Gishin wrote:

lets not turn Shakuhachi into a movement or fashion statement. I guarantee you all it will only lower the overall tissue of Shakuhachi culture.

By all means, let's keep our tissue up.