Ronin's Blog (2)

[A special shout out to Katrina. You inspire me. Thank you]

I practice kata before I sit zazen.

Jion is very old. Some doubt its kinship to Jion-Ji, but most accept it. I accept it.

Kata connects me to the past and allows me to forget it.

Jion grounds my body and settles my nerves.

Kata points me to the future and allows me to ignore it.

Jion kata embraces my body with the present.

My mind, that violent…

I have been on this site for a while now, but I have not been very active. In fact this is my first blog post here. With Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and all the rest blog posts seem almost archaic and quaint anymore which is probably why I decided to write one now. To anyone bold enough to read this through to the end please do not take offense when I say that I wrote this more for myself than for anyone else. Although if it helps you then I am very happy for that. I have been rather flat…