What´s in a title?
There are many of us who use exotic titles before our names, such as Shihan or Hanshi etc. Are we eligible to these titles or is it that some people just give themselves the title. First what do they mean, perhaps not an easy question because after…
Sayonara Party 1975
Singing was a very popular pastime at the sayonara parties in the early days. The master of ceremonies would call on someone to start and then he would ask the next person to sing etc. Having lived in Japan I was aware of what was going on so I had…