February 2012
12 posts
Kagami Biraki
Kagami Biraki means ‘breaking the mirror’ in Japanese. It is a traditional Aikido ceremony held at the beginning of each year when training resumes in the dojo.
The following explanation of Kagami Biraki comes from Christophe, a lone Frenchman who lived for many years in a Zen monastery - as recorded by @roberttwigger in his brilliant book Angry White Pyjamas, tracing the year he...
props to @ftdeluxe for the heads up
Jonathan...
