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If You Have Eyes to See: A Dragon’s Tale

My eyes grow dim, I cannot see, I cannot take good ukemi.—Kenshusei summer camp ditty c. 1994, to the tune of “The Quartermaster’s Store,” a WW1 British Army song . . . For here there is no placethat does not see you. You must change your life.—Rainer Maria Rilke Dear Sensei,It doesn’t matter that the […]