On September 10, 2016 I attended my high school’s 55th Class Reunion in Placerville, California. Many of these friends I haven’t seen since the 50th Class Reunion in 2011, and some I haven’t seen since our graduation 55 years ago in 1961. In this article I like to share some of my reminiscences from attending this 55th Class Reunion.
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Reminiscence from My 55th High School Class Reunion
September 2016
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Several Examples of Qigong Self Massage Exercises
June 2016
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In the previous March 2016 Release of my website, the article “What Is Qigong?” provides a classification structure of four components of Qigong exercises:
- Lower Abdominal Breathing (also called Dan Tian Breathing)
- Collecting Qi, Dispelling Qi, or Focusing Qi
- Circulating Qi (Standing or Moving Meditation)
- Self-Healing Exercises and Other Integrated Qigong Sets
We also gave a few examples of the fourth category “Self-Healing Exercises and Other Integrated Qigong Sets,” such as Paida Therapy (拍打自愈法), Tuina Massage Exercises (推拿), and Eight Silk Brocade (八段錦). This article describes several examples of Tuina Massage Exercises.
There is a very large number of Tuina Massage Exercises (also known as Qigong Self Massage Exercises or just self massage exercises). We selected half a dozen self massage exercises to describe in this article.
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U.S.-Japan Partnership: Partnership for What?
June 2016
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The U.S. was founded 240 years ago based on freedom and democracy. It is supposed to serve as a beacon of hope for people who want to seek justice and to right past wrongs. However, if we examine the U.S.-Japan relationship since the end of WWII, especially that relationship in recent years, we can only come to the conclusion that the U.S.-Japan partnership is not a partnership that Americans should be proud of. As a matter of fact, it is the opposite of that beacon of hope for people who want to seek justice and to right past wrongs. This article discusses the reason for that conclusion.
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“Torn Memories of Nanking” – A Must Read
As we approach the 80th anniversary of the Rape of Nanking and the time when all the perpetrators and survivors of the Rape of Nanking have passed away, the immense value of recording the testimonies of these perpetrators and survivors cannot be overestimated. Not only that they are needed for historical accuracy, but they provide a cornerstone to build true friendship and peace between China and Japan, as well as for the rest of the world, a cornerstone for perhaps the very survival of humankind.
Faced with conflicting information about the Nanking Massacre when she was a youth and a young adult, Tamaki Matsuoka, a Japanese elementary school history teacher, spent almost 30 years of her adult life, trying to find out just exactly what happened in Nanking, China during the short period of about six weeks to two months during the end of 1937 and the beginning of 1938. Enduring a long, difficult, challenging, and dangerous journey, she exhibited courage, dedication, commitment, and sacrifice to achieve her objective. Among other accomplishments, she interviewed over 250 former Japanese soldiers who participated in the Nanking Massacre and over 300 Chinese survivors of the Nanking Massacre. Through these testimonies, she has presented an undeniable case for the existence of the Nanking Massacre as one of the most horrific atrocities in the history of humankind.
A summary of her life-long project has just been published in the English book Torn Memories of Nanking [1], which should be a must-read book for everyone.
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