By Bob Roos|2020-07-22T15:51:39+02:0013th July 2018|Categories: Japan|
Japanese: 道場 A dojo is a Japanese term which literally means "place of the way". See also: Koryū
By Bob Roos|2021-03-31T17:29:21+02:0031st March 2021|Categories: Japan|
Honorifics are terms or titles used to address a person, describe a person or address the position a person uses. In the west we normally use the Honorific title as [...]
By Bob Roos|2020-07-22T15:51:03+02:0013th July 2018|Categories: Japan|
By Bob Roos|2020-07-22T15:48:42+02:0013th July 2018|Categories: Japan|
Noren (pronounce by stressing the "e") are traditional Japanese curtains made of cloth used to separate areas. They function as a subtle divider between public and private areas. The print [...]
By Bob Roos|2022-04-16T15:27:32+02:0014th July 2018|Categories: Japan|
Japanese: 流 Simply put a ryū can be described as a style, as in a certain way of doing something or as a school of thought or discipline. See also: [...]
By Bob Roos|2020-07-22T15:44:14+02:0020th July 2020|Categories: Japan|
Japanese: 正座 English: "sitting with a correct posture". Seiza is the formal way to sit in Japan. In a historical context, the correct posture is defined to have neatly-folded legs and [...]
By Bob Roos|2020-07-22T15:47:28+02:0016th July 2018|Categories: Japan|
Japanese: 先生 Teacher, Master, Doctor; he who has gone before. While teaching RopeMarks ryū RopeMarks is the sensei. Keywords: rope marks
By Bob Roos|2020-07-22T15:46:00+02:006th August 2018|Categories: Japan|
Japanese: 標縄 "Enclosing rope". Shimenawa are lengths of laid rice straw or hemp rope used for ritual purification in the Shinto religion. They can vary in diameter from a few centimeters [...]
By Bob Roos|2020-07-22T15:50:57+02:0013th July 2018|Categories: Japan|
Japanese: 侘寂 A Japanese philosophy that extends into all parts of life based in Zen and built on three principles: nothing lasts, nothing ends, and nothing is perfect. "Wabi" means a [...]
By Bob Roos|2020-07-22T15:45:09+02:0020th July 2020|Categories: Japan|
RopeMarks glossary: Zabuton is a Japanese cushion for sitting.
