Good bye

Good bye dad. I love you.

I will always remember you like this.

Yeah!

How to put on the Bogu

This is how it feels sometimes.

Some kendo today.

Kendo Terminology with Kanji and Hiragana

1. Keikogi: 稽古着 - けいこぎ : kendo uniform (top)

2. Hakama: 袴  - はかま : man's formal divided skirt (kendo uniform bottom)

3. Bougu (Bogu): 防具 - ぼうぐ: protector (general name for kendo equipment)

4. Men: 面 - めん: face mask

5. Kote: 小手 -  こて: gauntlet (used in Kendo)

6. Dou (Do): 胴-  どう: body protector

7. Tare: 垂れ-  たれ: hanging waist protector

8. Zekken: ゼッケン: name marker (from the German word ‘Decken’), worn over the center panel of the Tare.

9. Nafuda: 名札-  なふだ: name marker

10. Himo: 紐 - ひも: string/lacing used to secure equipment.

11. Shinai: 竹刀 - しない: bamboo sword

12. Bokken: 木剣 - ぼっけん: wooden sword

13. Bokutou (Bokuto): 木刀 - ぼくとう: wooden sword

14. Tenugui: 手ぬぐい- てぬぐい: handtowel, used to wrap the head before wearing the Men.

15. Tsuba: つば : handguard

16. Tsubadome: つば止め - つばどめ: handguard stopper

At the start and end of practice:

1) Retsu: 列 - れつ: line, or to form a line

2) Kiwotsuke: 気を付け - きをつけ: (Stand to) attention!

3) Seiza 正座, 正坐 - せいざ: sitting correctly (Japanese-style); sitting with the knees underneath the body.

4) Chakuza 着座 - ちゃくざ: Sit in seiza position.

5) Mokusou (Mokuso): 黙想 - もくそう :meditation; silent contemplation.

6) Yame: 止め - やめ :stop (command)

7) Hajime: 始め - はじめ : start (command)

8) Mokusou-yame (Mokuso-yame): 黙想止め - もくそうやめ : stop meditating

9) ... ni mukat-te: …に向かって - …にむかって : face towards … (command).

   a. There are three different versions of the first bow. They are:

        i. Shoumen: 正面  - しょうめん : the front, façade (secular)

       ii. Shinzen: 神前  - しんぜん: before god, before an altar (Buddhist)

      iii. Kamiza: 上座  - かみざ: chief seat; seat of honor

   b. The second bow:

        i. Sensei: 先生 - せんせい : teacher

       ii. Sensei gata: 先生方 - せんせいがた: teachers

   c. The third bow:

       i. Otagai: お互い - おたがい : each other, reciprocal.

10) Rei: 礼 - れい : Bow

11) Yoroshiku onegai shimasu: 宜しくお願いします - よろしくおねがいします:

12) Doumo arigato gozaimashita : どうも有難うご座いました - どうもありがとうございました : thank you very much (past tense) (formal+)

13) Men (wo) tsuke: 面(を)付け - めん(を)つけ : put on your men

14) Men (wo) tore: 面(を)取れ - めん(を)とれ :take off your men

15) Shinai (wo) mote: 竹刀(を)持て - しない(を)もて :pick up your shinai.

Warm up exercises:

1) Taisou (Taiso): 体操 - たいそう: exercise, warm up exercises

2) (…)Suburi: (…) 素振り - すぶり a cut or stretching movement with a

(wooden/bamboo) sword, usually from a starting position above one's head.

    a. Jyouge suburi (Jyoge suburi) 上下素振り - じょうげすぶり: high to low, up

        and down cuts.

    b. Renzoku sayuu suburi: 連続左右素振り - れんぞくさゆうすぶり:

        continuous left and right. Often abbreviated as “sayuu-suburi” 左右素振り - さ

        ゆうすぶり

    c. Katate suburi: 片手素振り - かたてすぶり: one handed.

    d. Yoko-men suburi: 横面素振り - よこめんすぶり: to the sides of the men.

    e. Matawari suburi: 股割り素振り - またわりすぶり: (lit. thigh splitting cut).

Kendo Terminology

I found a helpful HTML for kendo terminology and posted on my devio.us site. Kendo Terms

Now if I can find the same thing in Japanese.

Blender on Freebsd.

Today I found a link on the blender.org page that show me how to compile blender on my Freebsd box.
SWEET!!! Building Blender for Freebsd. I'm so happy. Thank you Blender team.

Update: Photo.net

I just re-up'd my subscriptions to photo.net. I still have some good photo's on the site that I need to update. One more thing to do. Its all good.

Philki's site

Fast breakfast

Oatmeal in Jars: Make a Week of Breakfast in 5 Minutes

Quick link to MMMM MMM good.

I am

私は フィリップ

Buildworld.

Buildworld Freebsd; a reminder to myself and anyone else building Freebsd from cvsup.

# cd /usr/src

# make buildworld

# make buildkernel

# make installkernel

# shutdown -r now

# adjkerntz -i

# mount -a -t ufs

# mergemaster -p

# cd /usr/src

# make installworld

# mergemaster

# reboot