Comments on: The Funeral http://ericrch.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/the-funeral/ Adventures of a stranger in a strange land ... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:01:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Dale Hinchey http://ericrch.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/the-funeral/#comment-69 Dale Hinchey Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:40:47 +0000 http://ericrch.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/the-funeral/#comment-69 Hi Again Eric, You may not be aware of it, but Boulder Colorado has now become a kyudo Mecca. Koryu Kyudo has been taught there by our Sensei, Shibata Kanjuro, Onyumishi ( retired), since 1985. His international website is: http://www.zenko.org As an aside I am searching for some formal kyudo clothes and in particular a "sayagata" pattern Juban. If you have a web reference, please send it along! My son started kyudo when he was 9 years old. Now he is 27 and kyudo has brought him to live in Japan. Its a wonderful practise for boys, if you can find a kind dojo which is not too rigid in the beginning, with a family style approach. Once a boy learns shichido and after much practise, when that first yah whistles like a speeding hawk in long distance shooting at 28 meters, they are in it for good! Kyudo is about the yumi, but also about "manners". Reisha ( manner shooting). Will visit your site from time to time. Cheers! Hi Again Eric,

You may not be aware of it, but Boulder Colorado has now become a kyudo Mecca. Koryu Kyudo has been taught there by our Sensei, Shibata Kanjuro, Onyumishi ( retired), since 1985. His international website is:

http://www.zenko.org

As an aside I am searching for some formal kyudo clothes and in particular a “sayagata” pattern Juban. If you have a web reference, please send it along!

My son started kyudo when he was 9 years old. Now he is 27 and kyudo has brought him to live in Japan. Its a wonderful practise for boys, if you can find a kind dojo which is not too rigid in the beginning, with a family style approach.

Once a boy learns shichido and after much practise, when that first yah whistles like a speeding hawk in long distance shooting at 28 meters, they are in it for good! Kyudo is about the yumi, but also about “manners”. Reisha ( manner shooting).

Will visit your site from time to time.

Cheers!

]]> By: sky66 http://ericrch.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/the-funeral/#comment-35 sky66 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:27:59 +0000 http://ericrch.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/the-funeral/#comment-35 Recently a friend of mine passed away, and we offered her son a cremation urn. It was a perfect white marble vase style urn, and exactly what this woman reflected to us. Many people touched the urn and had a special connection to her through it. She was a good woman, good friend, and a knowledgeable and active member of our mountain side community. I will miss our walks in the morning with my dogs. We were glad to memorialize our friend through the urn we choose. Cremation urns provide the special opportunity to give a loved one a special resting place just as unique as they were in life.India's hindus cremate as well, but scatter in the their loved ones cremains in their sacred rivers. Recently a friend of mine passed away, and we offered her son a cremation urn. It was a perfect white marble vase style urn, and exactly what this woman reflected to us. Many people touched the urn and had a special connection to her through it. She was a good woman, good friend, and a knowledgeable and active member of our mountain side community. I will miss our walks in the morning with my dogs.
We were glad to memorialize our friend through the urn we choose. Cremation urns provide the special opportunity to give a loved one a special resting place just as unique as they were in life.India’s hindus cremate as well, but scatter in the their loved ones cremains in their sacred rivers.

]]> By: Eric Holcomb http://ericrch.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/the-funeral/#comment-33 Eric Holcomb Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:14:11 +0000 http://ericrch.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/the-funeral/#comment-33 Dale, Thank you for your post and for leaving a link to wedding pictures. Congratulations! Your daughter-in-law is a beautiful bride and your son cut a handsome figure in both hakama and kilt. I would have loved to see a combination of shots of kilt and kimono -- it would have been striking I'm sure! :-) BTW, my son is absolutely fascinated by kyudo. I want to wait awhile yet as I think he would mess around a little too much but I think it will be great fun for him when he finally gets to "give it a shot". I hope to have more for you to read soon. Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu! e. Dale,

Thank you for your post and for leaving a link to wedding pictures.

Congratulations! Your daughter-in-law is a beautiful bride and your son cut a handsome figure in both hakama and kilt. I would have loved to see a combination of shots of kilt and kimono — it would have been striking I’m sure! :-)

BTW, my son is absolutely fascinated by kyudo. I want to wait awhile yet as I think he would mess around a little too much but I think it will be great fun for him when he finally gets to “give it a shot”.

I hope to have more for you to read soon.

Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu!
e.

]]> By: Dale Hinchey http://ericrch.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/the-funeral/#comment-32 Dale Hinchey Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:14:08 +0000 http://ericrch.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/the-funeral/#comment-32 Thank you for your touching writing. I too have many connections with Japan, but alas do not live there. I would love to live and work in retirement in the ISe area! Thank you for your blog. I vivt it often and just now have gotten the courage to write. My sons wedding album: Ichinomiya City, 11 July, 2007 http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=xpfifew.13akl0fc&x=0&y=4znpmd Thank you for your touching writing. I too have many connections with Japan, but alas do not live there. I would love to live and work in retirement in the ISe area!

Thank you for your blog. I vivt it often and just now have gotten the courage to write.

My sons wedding album:

Ichinomiya City, 11 July, 2007

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=xpfifew.13akl0fc&x=0&y=4znpmd

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