Hello I Hope you are well and life is treating you kindly . We have been lucky with July in England , the weather has been hot but we have also had some refreshing rain here which the plants in the garden enjoy , also our dogs who are rather elderly don't get on well if the weather is to hot . Maybe this kind of climate is what keeps Britain a nice shade of green .
Thanks for your comment! I checked the weather in the UK and it looks like it's about 10 degrees cooler than Japan, which is nice. The rainy season in Japan has come to an end, and we're now in the midst of a hot summer. I’d love to see the beautiful green scenery of England one day. Let's enjoy the change of seasons together!
@@Yumi_Feino You are welcome . I am glad that you would like to visit our country and I hope that one day you are able to . I hope that you are still practicing Kyudo and that you are enjoying the tranquillity of being able to study such a beautiful artform .
In Britain we have a more gentle rain , it may make things wet but it has a uniquely English style of doing so . There is something so British about our weather , although we are many islands perhaps somewhat like Japan we have long since lost our volcanoes and the gentle currents from the Gulf of Mexico leave us with a temperate climate . Thank you for your broadcast and it is always a pleasure to read the subtitles . Maybe one day I shall learn Japanese time permitting , for the time being it is Chinese language studies . Best wishes from England .
Thanks for watching the stream. I am glad that people from overseas, like you, are interested in watching and commenting on my stream. Japan is also supposed to be a time of gentle rain, but in recent years the rain has become increasingly heavy. I prefer gentle rain.
Hello from England , I hope that you are well and everything is going well . I am assuming that in the summer archery is performed outdoors and maybe indoors in the winter time . Best wishes to you and I hope you are enjoying the archery .
Basically, Japanese archery is practiced in the same environment in summer and winter, so it is hot in summer and cold in winter. But I enjoy it because I think it is one of the reasons why Kyudo is so interesting! Thank you for your support.
And yet you still continue to go to tournaments . I believe in you and that you will get better and one day look back and wonder how you managed it . I remember learning Ippon Seoinage and how everyone seemed to get it quicker than me . I went and learnt from a Dan Grade and we practiced every session this throw , after four years I found the others who had appeared to be so good had seemed to have forgotten the throw but somewhere it had just clicked for me . I had a very patient teacher .
We tend to have worse weather in the autumn , winter and spring , if we are lucky the summer has better weather , but that is not guaranteed in Britain .🤣
@@Yumi_Feino Some of my most enjoyable days have been spent in weather that was less than good . I used to walk the dog in that fine rain which makes you soaking wet and gives a fine misty condition to the South Downs and those were some of my most enjoyable walks . I hope you have a wonderful summer and are able to enjoy yourself , best wishes from England .
I've been watching an anime during the week called "The Time I Was Reincarnated as a Slime . " Have you seen this one ? May I ask if you read Kanji very often ? As I do notice many on the screen in this video . I see you're not having much luck with the grabbing game !😁
I haven't read the original novel of "The Time I Was Reincarnated as a Slime . ", but I have watched the anime from the beginning. It is a very interesting anime! This time we played a game called "Crane Game(claw machine)", which is often seen in Japanese arcades on the Internet. I hope you enjoyed my playing, even though it was mainly for Japanese listeners?
@@Yumi_Feino 1)Yes we have The Claw Game in our arcades too , it is scientifically designed to drive the player insane !🤣 2) I'm so glad that you watched the anime , I really enjoyed it . I always feel that with anime stories that much attention is given to all the characters , often in our cartoons that attention to them is not given , this makes the stories and characters seem much more real . Some great story writers I think .
This time the subtitles were not displayed on the delivery screen, but for some reason the translation function on youtube does not seem to work properly either...（´・ω・｀） The status says "Processing", so you might be able to see it after a while, but I hate not being able to check it right now...
When I have been walking the dogs 🐶🐶during the week I have noticed that the Magnolias are in bloom . This is a sign of spring in England . Also the wild primroses are in flower . It gets light in the mornings much earlier and our cat wakes me up at 4:00 AM and expects me to be awake and ready to play😺 ! Yes summer is on the way !
Thanks for watching the stream in the archives！ I heard that the four seasons come at about the same time in England as in Japan. I think it is very cute that your cat comes to wake you up in the morning! Summer comes before spring!?
@@Yumi_Feino Where we live in England the seasons are quite mild and gentle , these days the winters are rainy and sunny but not too cold . Britain as a collection of islands can have a variety of weather conditions and the mountainous areas can have some colder weather . Apparently scientists tell us that there is a Gulf Stream which keeps the country mild and warm . The seasons here are very mild and sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference between winter and spring . The Magnolias herald the later spring weather and the bulbs like Snowdrops , Crocuses and Daffodils let us know that winter has passed . Then summer comes along and we have the light evenings and much warmer weather . So everything follows the ancient cyclical nature of the Northern Hemisphere seasons , the same seasons as are experienced in Japan .
One of the joys of the English summer is smelling the flowers and then getting a sneezing fit and having eyes running as if I've just watched the ending of a tragic romantic film .😁Joke English humour .
@@Yumi_Feino Yes we have hay fever too . I have suffered for a long time but these days it is not as bad as it once was . I just have to remember to take hay fever meds and then I'm okay . I hope that you don't suffer too badly as it can be quite debilitating .
@@Yumi_Feino The joke translates as meaning "I suffer from hay fever" the symptoms of which are unpleasant such as sneezing and eyes watering . The point at which I write "One of the joys " Is where the joke is as hay fever is not an enjoyable experience . I hope this helps to understand English humour .
This is an interesting idea on how a personality can be described by a game and the programmed responses of what appear to be situational decision based programming . Unfortunately my Japanese is limited . People seem to behave differently on their own as opposed to in groups where the psychological pressures may result in a "group behaviour " . It is a deep and philosophical study which has raised questions on the very nature of what an individual even is for millennia . Best of luck in your quest for answers . From an old fool in England .
Thanks for watching the stream in the archives！ It was nice of you to send me a comment during stream! As you said, this is a game where you can diagnose your personality according to your choices in the game, and your personality is categorized like an MBTI diagnosis. The game can be played in English, so if you are interested in this game, please give it a try!
@@Yumi_Feino (1)There is a famous quote in the English language . "Know thyself ." Not sure where it comes from . (2) I remember reading a book called "In Search of The Miraculous " A strange book of esoteric ideas , probably it could be considered a religious cult from a man called George Gurdjieff . He was teaching a kind of meditative technique where the practitioner would attempt to find their self and yet would find nothing . It was an odd book and I read it because my father owned the book and it was left to me . I found the work intriguing but really understood almost nothing of the philosophy behind the ideas . (3)The idea of the game you are playing is intriguing though , thank you for the reply . (4)Perhaps Kyudo is the best way to find the true self by quietening the noise of the mind whilst firing an arrow and realising in that instant that the arrow travels away on its own course once loosed . A similarity between thoughts being the bow with the potential to lead to actions and the arrow being analogous to the the action which once carried out is separate and has its own consequences . Deeply philosophical .
@@Yumi_Feino Small steps ! I'm sure that you can learn English but it seems overwhelming when too many words and sentences are put together . Isaac Newton apparently had difficulty with learning mathematics and so he learnt the simplest parts of the subject and went on to become the person who is considered England's finest mathematician .
Isn't technology amazing ? To listen to Japanese and translate to English , we are moving closer to a Science fiction society ! And yet I am glad that ancient traditions like Kyudo are being kept alive . I missed the stream as I was walking round the town which has a small remembrance garden which due to the rain lately has a pond which has appeared . Best wishes from England .🙂
Thanks for watching the stream in the archives！ It really is amazing how far technology has come. It's interesting that this latest technology has made it easier to share Japan's ancient culture with people overseas.
Our Aikido instructor showed us an odd phenomena called Unbendable arm . The arm is held relaxed and the thought is to point towards a distant object . The practitioner is then tested to see if the arm can easily be bent at the elbow and it surprisingly does not bend easily . A strange experience . I would guess that the idea of holding the bow loosely follows this idea .
Thank you for watching the video. In Kyudo it is said that it is important to draw with an awareness of one's own skeletal structure. You do not draw the bow by muscular strength alone, but by using your joints. This may make it possible to draw the bow with less muscular strength than is generally imagined! (Translated by Machine translation)
I remember years ago when I used to play darts , the score that all darts players aim to get is 180 , or three darts in the triple 20 . I had never got this score and it has remained illusive . One evening I was with my girlfriend who is now my wife and she got this score . I couldn't believe it and she repeated this again some time later . She did not even seem to be trying , maybe there is a lesson to be learnt from that . 🤔
Thank you for watching the video. In general, it is difficult to throw an arrow in exactly the same form many times, but some people can do it naturally in very rare cases. Such people may improve quickly in darts, archery or Japanese archery. (Translated by Machine translation)
@@Yumi_Feino Have you noticed that people with such talent do not seem to recognise the rare gift and give up an activity that they are uniquely suited for ? Those who struggle to achieve results tend to persevere in the activity . Bets wishes from England and thanks for such interesting perspectives on this activity .
The strange thing is that I feel so strongly for the archer and it is almost possible to feel the small adjustments made to gradually bring the arrows onto the target , the angles are probably less than a quarter of a degree in horizontal and vertical alignment and considering there is no telescopic sight this is remarkable !
We went on holiday once and they had archery , not Kyudo , as an activity . I could not hit the target and it seemed incredibly difficult but I persevered during each session . Then suddenly I was able to hit the target , it was the strangest feeling and I don't understand how it happened . I remember reading an article by T P Leggett on how he was trying to learn Kyudo and he just could not get how to to it , apparently suddenly he no longer cared and just fired the arrow from the bow . At that point his archery instructor said to him . "You've got it !" I am in such admiration for these archers who keep alive an ancient art and make it into a subject of contemplation . Thank you for posting .
