Suganuma Sensei’s instructor’s notebook 4

Suganuma Sensei likes this sentence very much. Sensei says: "The accumulation of small efforts eventually leads to great harvests and development.Neglecting small matters makes it

Quite a few years ago I learned the Japanese sentence: "Ichi-go Ichi-e". It translates directly into: "One instance, one meeting", but I think that "A once in a lifetime encounter " is closer to the true intent and meaning of the sentence…

Suganuma Sensei used to read short passages in the Dojo written by great teachers. One of his favourite teachers was Nakamura Tempu Sensei.