ghp
02-22-2001, 10:12 PM
I conducted a proxy interview with Otake sensei inside his home this past summer; the results will appear in the next issue of Dragon Times, due out mid-March. My written questions were presented by Carl McClafferty and interpreted by Scott Laking. Otake sensei's responses are recorded on tape.
This is the most recent official interview he has had to date, as far as I know... at least conducted by non-Japanese. He did have some articles/interviews printed in Hiden magazine a few years back, but they were in Japanese.
Although Otake sensei did not disclose any deep secrets, he did have some interesting things to say regarding succession (next soke), why the current soke does not practice, teaching authority, etc. Again, no big secrets ... but I'm sure a few items will be interesting.
The link http://www.dragon-tsunami.org/Dtimes/Pages/Dthome.htm will take you to the Dragon Times page mentioning the interview. If you are interested, please contact David Chambers (publisher) or John Edwards (editor)-- you can find their contact numbers somewhere on the DT web site.
Regards,
guy
This is the most recent official interview he has had to date, as far as I know... at least conducted by non-Japanese. He did have some articles/interviews printed in Hiden magazine a few years back, but they were in Japanese.
Although Otake sensei did not disclose any deep secrets, he did have some interesting things to say regarding succession (next soke), why the current soke does not practice, teaching authority, etc. Again, no big secrets ... but I'm sure a few items will be interesting.
The link http://www.dragon-tsunami.org/Dtimes/Pages/Dthome.htm will take you to the Dragon Times page mentioning the interview. If you are interested, please contact David Chambers (publisher) or John Edwards (editor)-- you can find their contact numbers somewhere on the DT web site.
Regards,
guy