One-Line Bio
I'm a Canadian TESOL teacher and student of Budo Taijutsu working in Tokyo.
Biography
Basic Black has many layers of meaning for me - it's the title of Arthur Black's CBC radio show that aired for many years on Saturday mornings. It was a favorite in our family.
In 1999, I first came to Japan as a participant in the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, and lived in Ehime Prefecture for a year. This sojourn, I came in the spring of 2003 to live in the Tokyo area.
Why here? I'm an ESL teacher by profession, and a budoka by obsession, so living, working and training in Tokyo is a good fit.
Interests
Martial arts, japanophilia, drumming, Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs, kimono, Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu, English Language Teaching (ELT), Terry Gilliam movies, travel in Japan, cycling, blogging, reading, needle arts, travelling, cooking Japanese cuisine, origami, neoPaganism, Shinto, Japanese language, French language, climbing, hiking, culture jamming, temple pigrimmage, Japanese history, chambara, Japanese armour, Church of the SubGenius, Discordianism,
