{"id":9499,"date":"2019-04-05T23:37:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T14:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/?p=9499"},"modified":"2019-04-05T23:37:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T14:37:10","slug":"karate-circle-at-kyoto-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/2019\/04\/05\/karate-circle-at-kyoto-university","title":{"rendered":"John Miller Karate Circle at Kyoto University"},"content":{"rendered":"

This semester I continued attending my CIP from last semester, which was a Karate circle at Kyoto university. It is rather informal group, where attendance is not strictly required. However there is a core group of about six students who regularly attend both two hour sessions each week. After a month break, it was great to be able to reconnect with reconnect with friends I had made last semester.<\/span><\/p>\n

There were several foreign exchange students from other countries, including France, Germany and China. This made the circle approximately half Japanese and half foreign. While this did sometimes weaken the initiative to speak Japanese, there were plenty of opportunities to speak to the Japanese members. I great opportunity I had was serving almost as an interpreter between \u00a0my German friend Henrik, who does not speak Japanese well and the Kyoto University students who do not speak English well. <\/span><\/p>\n

Continuing with the same CIP into the second semester was advantageous in my opinion because I was able to deepen relationships I had made the previous semester. Last semester, I did not spend much time outside of the dojo with the other members, however this year, we went on several outings together, including hiking Mt Atago and going to izakayas. I had a number of memorable conversations with my friend Henrik during those trips. He told me several fascinating stories of his great grandfather who was an officer in the German army during WWII. We were then able to ask Japanese students about their perceptions of the war and how the war is viewed differently between Germany, Japan and the United States. <\/span><\/p>\n

Another aspect of Japanese culture I was able to observe was the importance of gift giving. The club president made cookies for all the members on Valentine\u2019s Day, which was very nice. Last week, we wrote special appreciation messages for those who graduated in March after several years in the circle. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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