Hi Russ (mekugi), et al...
Quit calling me Mr. Muromoto. It makes me feel my age. Wayne will do fine.
And geez...I better dash off a book and video of the shugyo diet before one of you guys beat me to it. It would satisfy the weight loss, exercise and New Age religious crowd all in one fell swoop, wouldn't it?
Reminds me of the last time I visited one of my sensei in Japan. I wanted to be very nesshin and train real hard. He was so happy to see me that he grabbed a six pack of beer and, being that I was trying to be on the wagon, he ended up drinking nearly all of the beer while watching me train with his senior students, then he fell asleep on the mats when we were talking story. So much for more training.
I've since trained real hard at beeru-ryu and now can drink at least one beer (Japanese sized bottle) for social grace's sake. So maybe come May when I go vist Kyoto, we can go out and have at least one beer. Mie ken? That's close to Kyoto, ain't it? Home of the Iga ninja (chuckle). Or at least some very nice scenery. What are you up to there?
Wayne Muromoto