Monday, September 13, 2010
Cultural Resource Books
Hello all, I'm Aaron and this year I'm the JCC's treasurer/law advisor. My focus within the club aside from my official duties with managing and creating out treasury is on Japan's culture from a more historical and martial arts based perspective. If you are interested there are two books I recommend that might open some insights for you that you didn't have before. The first is this one:
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword by Ruth Benedict. An early Anthropologist, Ruth Benedict studied the Japanese culture around World War 2. Though she was never able to visit the country her studies through reading books, letters and accounts are still considered quite valuable and the book is required reading for a number of Japanese school children. Even the title itself speaks to her understanding of the culture, looking at it both through the warrior tradition that helped define the culture and the ideas of beauty and simplicity.
Now here is the second book:
The Book of Five Rings (Go Rin no Sho in Japanese) was written by Myamoto Musashi, a powerful swordsman who in his entire life of 60 duels lost only one and still was not killed. In the book he wrote his personal beliefs on swordsmanship and spirituality as well as his philosophy of winning. The book is still widely read in many parts of the world, has been applicable to business as well as the battlefield and life and is considered in some circles one of the definitive books on dominating your opponent.
Now here is the second book:
The Book of Five Rings (Go Rin no Sho in Japanese) was written by Myamoto Musashi, a powerful swordsman who in his entire life of 60 duels lost only one and still was not killed. In the book he wrote his personal beliefs on swordsmanship and spirituality as well as his philosophy of winning. The book is still widely read in many parts of the world, has been applicable to business as well as the battlefield and life and is considered in some circles one of the definitive books on dominating your opponent.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Hello, Kamilah Here!!!!!!
So I haven't posted on this thing yet lol, so I've decided that I might as well now ^_^; I love love asian music ( K-pop, J-pop, J-trance, C-pop), I mean dance music is my focus but for the sake of this group's ear I'll try to get into J-rock haha. J-pop and K-pop artists are sometimes popular in each others places but their not the same in sound or fashion. Each part of Asia has it's own distinct popular style and though it has some similarities to America's pop the subjects, fashions, and frequently used tempos for pop music are different. .....Gosh, I could talk for days on this O_O, but I'll shut up...for now lol I'll post videos...once I figure out how >_>;
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Yay Meetings!
Hey everyone!
I'm just letting you all know that the meeting on Friday the 10th will be held in DA Media.
Here's a summary of what's in store:
Peace.
-Melissa
NOTE: We aren't allowed to eat in DA media so bring your own food or plan on going out to eat during the break between the meeting and the screening!
I'm just letting you all know that the meeting on Friday the 10th will be held in DA Media.
Here's a summary of what's in store:
- Introduction to the club
- Round table discussion concerning upcoming club topics
- SCREENING!
Peace.
-Melissa
NOTE: We aren't allowed to eat in DA media so bring your own food or plan on going out to eat during the break between the meeting and the screening!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Activities Fair!... also a few words.
To those of you who signed up,
Thanks a lot for joining us! We look forward to seeing all 32 of you at our first meeting on Friday September 10th.even though you all signed up for the japanese "cluture" club apparently...
As a side note: While wandering around the fair and collecting stickers I met up with Michael Shaw who was stationed at the Animation Club booth. I pitched the idea of possibly having joint events since our interests cross over. He said he was very much interested in the idea and is willing to work with us. Don't know about you, but I find that idea rather spiffy, no? You can thank Adrian Duran who suggested it at the officers meeting.
On another note, I would like to just say a few words to returning members who considered not joining us for a second year and to those who are new and may have heard or inevitably will hear some negative things about us:
The club is, in fact, under new management! Year one of the Japanese Culture Club was very rocky, but that is to be expected (no offense to the previous years officers, of course). No one is perfect and I doubt you can name me an organization that didn't have its rocky moments- especially in the beginning. Mistakes were made and yes, there was a fair share of drama amongst the officers and that bled into the overall well being of the group as a whole. I also recall some returning members who scoffed at the fact that we still call ourselves the Japanese Culture Club rather than "Anime Club" due to the fact that it was the only topic we touched on last year. Unfortunetely that's what happens when very few people are motivated to show up and there wasn't enough emphasis put to other topics. Honestly, their irritability on the subject is justified.
Our goal this year is to change that.
We will have more meetings with round table discussions with our members, we will host fun events and we will focus on the culture. Not just anime... However, we can not even hope to accomplish this without our members.
And with that, I say thank you to those 32 that signed up today at the activities fair. You're in for a fun semester.
See you all on the 10th.
Peace.
-Melissa
Thanks a lot for joining us! We look forward to seeing all 32 of you at our first meeting on Friday September 10th.
As a side note: While wandering around the fair and collecting stickers I met up with Michael Shaw who was stationed at the Animation Club booth. I pitched the idea of possibly having joint events since our interests cross over. He said he was very much interested in the idea and is willing to work with us. Don't know about you, but I find that idea rather spiffy, no? You can thank Adrian Duran who suggested it at the officers meeting.
On another note, I would like to just say a few words to returning members who considered not joining us for a second year and to those who are new and may have heard or inevitably will hear some negative things about us:
The club is, in fact, under new management! Year one of the Japanese Culture Club was very rocky, but that is to be expected (no offense to the previous years officers, of course). No one is perfect and I doubt you can name me an organization that didn't have its rocky moments- especially in the beginning. Mistakes were made and yes, there was a fair share of drama amongst the officers and that bled into the overall well being of the group as a whole. I also recall some returning members who scoffed at the fact that we still call ourselves the Japanese Culture Club rather than "Anime Club" due to the fact that it was the only topic we touched on last year. Unfortunetely that's what happens when very few people are motivated to show up and there wasn't enough emphasis put to other topics. Honestly, their irritability on the subject is justified.
Our goal this year is to change that.
We will have more meetings with round table discussions with our members, we will host fun events and we will focus on the culture. Not just anime... However, we can not even hope to accomplish this without our members.
And with that, I say thank you to those 32 that signed up today at the activities fair. You're in for a fun semester.
See you all on the 10th.
Peace.
-Melissa
What's New? - New club page!
Upcoming anime to Japan's television and U.S. shelves as well as previews for future JCC screenings...
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