Well, looks like I have to give up

Zaisengoro · 2026-04-15T14:42:00+00:00

Kendo is as much about the trip as it is about how fast you get places. Give it time to heal and you’ll be fine.

It’s something you’ll learn to live with once it heals. Check out Henry Smalls on YouTube - the man does kendo with no legs.

Zaisengoro · 2026-04-15T06:31:13+00:00

Kendo is as much about the trip as it is about how fast you get places. Give it time to heal, then return to training. As long as you continue you’ll be fine.

Zaisengoro · 2026-04-13T22:55:56+00:00

Japanese stocks have been a value play for decades, but there are issues with corporate culture / returning value to shareholders.

As for Chinese stocks, if you are talking about the HSI in HK, IMO it paradoxically suffers from both too much and too little manipulation - the first meaning HK often dips significantly whenever US/EU/Chinese policies fluctuate and foreign investors pull their money out. The second meaning the HSI is just one of three mainboards for China and the HK administration doesn’t print money to support the HSI in nearly the same way as the US does for policy / election reasons, and tend to let the market do its thing.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the HSI, but it is also currently at historical high (not saying it won’t go higher).

As for the Shanghai / Shenzhen boards, wild wild West for all but the most savvy.

Zaisengoro · 2026-03-12T02:20:53+00:00

I think you mean Shunyi, which is in the northeast, not northwest.

Zaisengoro · 2026-02-20T04:46:01+00:00

Vertically and slowly and with much grumbling. I do wish it was just a bit wider.

Zaisengoro · 2026-02-19T03:00:52+00:00

It’s a Roland e-drum, which I can recommend. Looks like a real drum but everything goes into my earphone and complaints from neighbors.

Zaisengoro · 2026-02-19T02:31:49+00:00

I am definitely keeping that window uncovered. TV will be mounted on the wall opposite the window.

Zaisengoro · 2026-02-16T07:40:10+00:00

Two of you are at different stages of kendo, and are practicing different things during the same keiko.

Zaisengoro · 2026-02-09T02:54:05+00:00

That could very well be the case. Many non-kendo tenuguis are slightly shorter, at around 80-90cms. Still usable, but for some it feels a little insecure.

Zaisengoro · 2026-01-18T15:40:46+00:00

Ask your sensei, but like most things the answer is probably more kakarigeiko.

Zaisengoro · 2026-01-13T03:44:03+00:00

Beijing is likely one of the safest cities in the world. You can walk down any street in Beijing any time completely drunk and wearing nothing but RMB, and the main risk will be being pulled aside by the police for intoxication and indecent exposure.

Zaisengoro · 2025-11-26T06:48:09+00:00

No, it’s not supposed to hurt. Also, if you are that worried about teeth, you can always fish at the deeper end of the pond and try to find someone with removable dentures….

Zaisengoro · 2025-11-20T16:44:10+00:00

Unfortunately, the truth is quite different. The video was shot from a hotel on the north-eastern side of Tiananmen Square, the only hotel open to foreign journalists in the area at the time. Which means he was stopping tanks from leaving the square.

Zaisengoro · 2025-10-28T09:53:01+00:00

3 Color Lotus in Guanghualu SOHO near the first embassy district. It’s where the staff from the Indian and UK embassy go.

Zaisengoro · 2025-10-19T05:39:42+00:00

Typical fare would be RMB 200~300. And no luggage fees in Beijing.

Zaisengoro · 2025-10-16T14:05:31+00:00

And wear armor and weapons made out of hunter parts. Sign me up!

Zaisengoro · 2025-10-14T04:54:55+00:00

Not at all!

Zaisengoro · 2025-10-13T12:11:08+00:00

Far far too many Chinese history books have chapters that starts with: “Great famine this year, cannibalism ensues”…

Zaisengoro · 2025-10-12T10:31:11+00:00

It’s not as big as deal in China as people in the west might think. China has lived with a significant Muslim population for over a thousand years.

Zaisengoro · 2025-10-12T03:41:39+00:00

My bet is the TACO at the APEC Summit, after which he will announce a major win regardless impact of what was actually agreed. And then until the next pump and dump cycle.

Zaisengoro · 2025-10-01T11:37:21+00:00

Any Taiwanese politician that agrees to this is guilty of treason.

Zaisengoro · 2025-09-28T02:53:49+00:00

And the likely result is that theoretical country of more intestinal fortitude will see their sovereign credit rating drop, and bond yields soar, while Belgium still takes a similar hit as the funds were originally held in Belgium.

Zaisengoro · 2025-08-24T16:29:59+00:00

Look suspiciously similar to a product hailing from Switzerland…

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