#Shorin

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Rando (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Name: Rando/Shorin

Series: Yu Yu Hakusho

Gender: Male

Status: Alive

Family: None as of Now

Flower Motif: Dark Red Rose (Rosa)

Flower Meaning: Infatuation

Weapon of Choice: Katars

Associated With: Interdimensional Hero Club

Hero Form Appearance: A combination of a blazing ronin’s armor and YuYuYu’s Hero Form Outfits. The undersuit of the outfit is a glossy jet black to act as a canvas, and while the main outfit is a gorgeous dark red, it slowly becomes a more carmine color when you reach the lower half of the sleeves, the lower half of the pants, and the tailcoat. Accent colors are green, black, white, gray, silver, gold, and navy blue. The boots, gloves, and belt all have patterns of roses on them, and the only other accessory is a dark red rose brooch on his left breast. The flower’s petal shape can be seen in the tailcoat and collar.

Full Bloom Gauge Location: Right Elbow

Guardian: Gotou (Based on the Gotoku Neko)

Favorite Food: Red Bean Buns

Parallel To: None

Bio: Randō, also known as Shorin is the primary antagonist during the Disciple Selection Trials section of the Spirit Detective Arc.

[zenkaze-japan]

Chiang Mai pilgrimage day 3

[huariqueje]

Cousteau - Dmitry Shorin , 2024.

Russian, b.1971 -

Oil on canvas , 90 x 135 cm.

[scarlet--wiccan]

Is Kwannon (the name) wrong? Or not the most accurate? I mean, should it be something else? I still waiting for someone to realize that Da Costa should Really be Roberto da Costa.

I'm not Japanese, and I haven't studied the language in many, many years, so take this with a heaping spoonful salt.

My understanding is that "Kwannon" is supposedly named after 観音, who is a bodhisattva associated with mercy and compassion. In modern Japanese, this name is pronounced "Kannon," or, more formally, "Kanzeon." That "Kwan" sound doesn't make sense, phonetically" for Japanese-- it sounds more similar to the Chinese version, "Guanyin."

I don't know if where the X-Men writers came up with the name Kwannon-- it's possible that, several decades ago, this was the most verifiable spelling of the name. As a modern reader, it feels very similar to "Xian Coy Manh."

I've taken to calling her "Kanon," which is an actual given name in Japanese. Like most names, it can have a lot of meaninings, depending on how it's spelled, but I believe there are some versions that are derived from 観音. I may be wrong about that, but, you know, at least it's an actual name.

[starflesh-moth]

today i achieved a goal i have been working towards for over 5 years

ya boy is OFFICIALLY a first-degree black belt in Washin-Ryu and Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do!!

IM A BLACK BELT BABYYYYYY!!!!!!

[cranekarateacademy]

The 10 Precepts of Anko Itosu

In 1908, Anko Itosu, the Okinawan master responsible for introducing karate to schools on Okinawa, wrote a letter in which laid out 10 precepts for the study of karate. The precepts remain relevant to our study today and highlight that there is a difference between the child's art taught in schools (and often the foundation of the arts taught in the US), and the deeper meaning and intent of Okinawan karate. Itosu was a direct student of Bushi Matsumura, the founder of the Shorin Ryu and Hakutsuru systems.

Note, there is some historical context necessary to understand some of Itosu's points. When he started teaching karate in schools, the intent was to improve the health of students and to provide a clear and efficient path to those students joining the Japanese military - which was important at that point in Japan's history.

Below is the translation of the relevant part of Itosu's 1908 letter.

Karate did not develop from Buddhism or Confucianism. In the past the Shorin-ryu school and the Shorei-ryu school were brought to Okinawa from China . Both of these schools have strong points and I therefore list them below just as they are without embellishment.

 1. Karate is not merely practiced for your own benefit; it can be used to protect one's family or master. It is not intended to be used against a single assailant but instead as a way of avoiding injury by using the hands and feet should one by any chance be confronted by a villain or ruffian.

 2. The purpose of karate is to make the muscles and bones hard as rock and to use the hands and legs as spears. If children were to begin training naturally in military prowess while in elementary school, then they would be well suited for military service. Remember the words attributed to the Duke of Wellington after he defeated Napoleon, "Today's battle was won on the playing fields of our schools".

 3. Karate cannot be quickly learned. Like a slow moving bull, it eventually travels a thousand leagues. If one trains diligently for one or two hours every day, then in three or four years one will see a change in physique. Those who train in this fashion will discover the deeper principles of karate.

 4. In karate, training of the hands and feet are important, so you should train thoroughly with a sheaf of straw (#). In order to do this, drop your shoulders, open your lungs, muster your strength, grip the floor with your feet, and concentrate your energy into your lower abdomen. Practice using each arm one to two hundred times each day.

 5. When you practice the stances of karate, be sure to keep your back straight, lower your shoulders, put strength in your legs, stand firmly, and drop your energy into your lower abdomen.

 6. Practice each of the techniques of karate repeatedly. Learn the explanations of every technique well, and decide when and in what manner to apply them when needed. Enter, counter, withdraw is the rule for torite.

 7. You must decide if karate is for your health or to aid your duty.

 8. When you train, do so as if on the battlefield. Your eyes should glare, shoulders drop, and body harden. You should always train with intensity and spirit as if actually facing the enemy, and in this way you will naturally be ready.

 9. If you use up your strength to excess in karate training, this will cause you to lose the energy in your lower abdomen and will be harmful to your body. Your face and eyes will turn red. Be careful to control your training.

 10. In the past, many masters of karate have enjoyed long lives. Karate aids in developing the bones and muscles. It helps the digestion as well as the circulation. If karate should be introduced, beginning in the elementary schools, then we will produce many men each capable of defeating ten assailants.

If the students at teacher training college learn karate in accordance with the above precepts and then, after graduation, disseminate this to elementary schools in all regions, within 10 years karate will spread all over Okinawa and to mainland Japan. Karate will therefore make a great contribution to our military. I hope you will seriously consider what I have written here - Anko Itosu, October 1908

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"Forbes". 2021.

"Unknown". 2020.

"Cousteau". 2024.

Paintings by Dmitry Shorin. Russian. b. 1971-

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[discardead]

oh ! the request is open again :3

since you have done quite a lot of requests for others, why won't you make one for yourself, self - indulgent maybe ? like something you are associated with in general

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Pronouns ✧ ·· ✦ ·· ✧ yea/yearn. yearn/yearns. lo/love. lov/love. love/loves. love/loving. love/lover. lover/lovers. belo/beloved. ki/kiss. kiss/kisses. chu/chus. affe/affection. affect/affection. hea/heart. he/heart. heart/beat. badu/badump. hu/hug. embra/embrace. cud/cuddle. cuddle/cuddles. luv/luvs. love/lovely. amor/amors. amo/amour. cor/cors. cor/cora. cora/coras. valen/valentine. rom/romance. rom/roms. ro/roms. devo/devote. devote/devotes. devote/devoted. devote/devotion. cher/cherish. cher/cherie. che/cher/cherish. da/date. dae/date. ros/rose. rose/roses. bou/bouquet. bouqu/bouquet. pet/petal. swa/swan. fore/forever. confe/confess. confess/confession. love/letter. lovele/loveletter. <3/<3s. gif/gift. gift/gifts. des/desire. desire/desires. ador/adore. adore/adoration. adore/adored. adore/adores. cou/court. cour/court. fon/fond. fond/fonds. bon/bond. attra/attract. char/charm. care/cares. care/caring. pass/passion. dote/doting. coo/coos. no/note. noe/note. love/lovenote. admi/admire. admire/admires. cu/cupid. cupi/cupid. cupid/cupids. darl/darling. dar/darling. hon/honey. hun/huns. dea/dear. boo/boos. swe/sweet/sweetheart. sweet/heart. hie/hier. hie/hiem. sie/sier. sie/siem. tie/tier. tie/tiem. h♡/h♡m. sh♡/h♡r. th♡y/th♡m.

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[dykesynthezoid]

Still thinking about that person who commented that anyone who thought Johnny was being a jackass to that student had “never been in a martial arts class” and like truly what the fuck are you talking about. Like what are you even on.

My last shihan was a veteran who learned shorin-ryu while stationed in Okinawa and had been practicing for nearly 50 years. And he was a total sweetheart. He was kind and a little soft spoken one-on-one and really really great at explaining things in a way that made them easy to understand.

Your teachers should not be fucking yelling at you outside of, idk, calling out drills and positions and shit. Having to raise their voice to be heard is normal but they should not be berating you. They should not be making fun of your appearance. There may be times where they need to be politely stern in an instructive way but that’s it. And frankly any sensei who has to yell in your face and mock you isn’t someone I would think deserves my respect, nor are they cut out to be teaching in the first place.

I mean what does that say about them as a martial artist? That to me says that someone is uncentered, petty, and insecure. I don’t have anything to learn from that person, regardless of whatever experience they supposedly have.

If you think that’s “normal” for the culture of martial arts, newsflash, but you’re part of the problem. You shouldn’t be excusing that behavior. There’s just absolutely no place for it

[melabea]

merfolk id pack!

includes names, 1stpp, 2ndpp, 3rdpp, genders, alterhuman flags, & other terms!

names:

Abyssal, Alkali, Allur, Bay, Brim, Brine, Brooks, Cecaelia, Cloud, Coastal, Coral/Coralie, Cordelia, Delilah, Dooriya, Flood, Gale, Irv, Jubilee, Lake, Mari/Maris/Marina/Marine, Maritime, Mere, Merrick, Misty, Oceana, Pollyanna, Riverine/Riviera, Seashore, Seaside, Seawater, Serena, Shore, Siren/Syren/Syrin, Storm, Summer, Sylph, Thalassa, Themis, Tide, Whirlwind, & Windstorm

1stpp: (xi/xe/xy/xine/xyself)

abyi/abye/aby/abyine/abyself, ba/be/bay/bane or bine/bayself, bri/bre/bry/brim/bryself, bro/brook/bry/bron/bryself, clo/cloud/cly/clone/clyself, coa/coast/coy/coan/coyself, cor/coral/coray/corine/corself, flo/flood/flooy/floine or floodine/flooyself, la/lake/lay/laine/layself, mari/marine/mary/marine/maryself, mer/me/mery/merine/meryself, oc/ocean/oceany/ocine/oceanyself, ri/rive/rivery/rine or riverine/riveryself, sea/se/seay/seaine/seayself, shor/shore/shory/shorine/shoryself, si/siren/sireny/sine/sirenyself, storm/storme/story/stormine/storyself, thalassic/thalassi/thalassy/thalassine/thalassyself, ti/tide/tidy/tine or tidine/tidyself, whi/whirl/whirly/whine or whirline/whiryself, & wi/wind/windy/wine or windine/windyself

2ndpp: (xou/xour/xours/xourself)

abyss/abyr/abyrs/abyrself, bay/bayr/bayrs/bayrself, brim/br/brs/brself, brook/br/brs/brself, cloud/clour/clours/clourself, coast/coar/coars/coarself, coral/cor/cors/coralself, lake/lakr/lakrs/lakrself, marine/mar/mars/marself, maritime/mar/mars/marself, me/mer/mers/merself, ocean/ocear/ocears/ocearself, rive/river/rivers/riverself, sea/sear/sears/searself, sea/seashore/seashores/seashoreself, seaside/seasir/seasirs/seasirself, sea/seawater/seawaters/seawaterself, sho/shore/shores/shoreself, siren/sir/sirs/sirself, sto/storms/storms/stormself, thalassic/thalassir/thalassirs/thalassirself, tide/tider/tiders/tiderself, whirlwind/whirl/whirls/whirlself, whi/whirl/whirls/whirl, wind/wir/wirs/wirself, & wind/windstorm/windstorms/windstormself

3rdpp: (xe/xim)

aby/abyss, bay/bays, brim/brims, brook/brooks, cloud/clouds, coast/coasts, coral/corals, flood/floods, lake/lakes, marine/marines, maritime/maritimes, mari/times, mer/mers, ocean/oceans, river/rivers, sea/seas, seashore/seashores, sea/shores, seaside/seasides, sea/sides, seawater/seawaters, sea/waters, shore/shores, siren/sirens, storm/storms, thalassic/thalassics, tide/tides, whirlwind/whirlwinds, whirl/winds, whirl/whirls, wind/winds, windstorm/windstorms, & wind/storms

genders: (all terms are links)

merfolk, mereic, mermaidcore, sirenish, merlikic, merblood/merfolkblood, sirenblood, mermonster, sirenmonster, autimeric/autimerfolkic, autisirenic, merplayful, merpuplayful, merplaymate, mergender, phosirenial, merive, gendermerpup, & merenvic

alterhuman flags: (all terms are links)

mermaid constelic, siren, merfolk alterproxy, siren alterproxy, mer/merfolk linosus, & mermaid kin

other terms: (all terms are links)

merfolk 4 siren/siren 4 merfolk, queer mer, mer privawor, siren privawor, merforial, mercollector/merhoarder, merspesque, miscemer/miscemerfolk, merchronal, sirenvior, mervior/merfolkvior, merinurvesi, aldermermic, merane attraction, & mermare attraction

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Chang Mai, Wu…Day 2

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Princess Juliana - Dmitry Shorin , 2018.

Russian, b.1971 -

Oil on canvas , 150 x 97 cm.

[dailydemonspotlight]

Kinmamon - Day 65

Race: Enigma

Alignment: Light-Neutral

July 5th, 2024

Among the scores of demons in the SMT series, the Enigma race is one of the most curious. Made up entirely of demons whose origins are wholly unknown, or otherwise hard to track, the race as a whole is incredibly difficult to even parse, and unfortunately, today's Demon of the Day is one of those that belong to this accursed collection. Welcome Kinmamon, an incredibly strange god of Okinawa with a notable lack of sources. Yep, we have another one of these.

Kinmamom is a purported Okinawan deity originating from Ryukyuan religion, but almost everything surrounding it is vague and murky before its eventual co-opting into the Ijun religion of Ryukyu. While basically everything regarding it seems to paint it as a recent development, a god created for Ijun to be the cosmic deity above all others, there are many other sources that contest this.

Ijun, a Shinto offshoot religion native to Okinawa, is a modern religion created in 1972 to worship Kinmamom, yet there are many other things relating to this deity that make it difficult to parse- for one, a 19th century play called "Strange Tales of the Bow Moon" purportedly references Kinmamom, as this tumblr post by @yamayuandadu goes over, referenced in the Japanese wikipedia page about Kinmamom. However, of course, Wikipedia is far from a reliable source, but something else which almost ensures that this god didn't originate from Ijun is a vintage article in German that references the god by name, despite originating from over 100 years ago.

Past that, though, a good source comes from... hey, they reblogged my Backbeard post! Holy shit! Wow, I didn't expect things to come full circle like this. Anyway, one of the few sources I can work off of for this outside of several deep insights into Ijun itself is this post by @eirikrjs which talks about his role as a god of the sea who brought 'life' to the Okinawan islands. To quote,

Also known as “the God from Beyond the Sea, Marebito”, Kinmamon is an enigmatic and mysterious deity of Ryukyu Shinto, a branch of Shinto obviously practiced in the Ryukyu islands. His/her connections with sea travel and the implication that he/she brought “life” to the Ryukyu islands are thought to imply it was an introduced figure and was quite possibly Amaterasu who was introduced and then changed through lack of continual contact at the time. The kanji used for Kinmamon’s name, “  君真物 ” literally meaning “the true one”, are also thought to have been used as an honorific title for miko (shrine maidens); consequently, there is also a belief that perhaps Kinmamon is simply the evolution of the deification of miko. In addition, the kanji “ 君” is often used to write “ 神女”, megami or “goddess”, in the local Ryukyu dialect which causes even further gender confusion!Bibliography:   『琉球神道記』  袋中著    宜野座嗣剛  訳  東洋図書出版   “Records of Ryukyu Shinto” by  Hiroshi Azuma.  Orient Books Publications/Shorin Ronshu, 2001.  ISBN-10: 4947667737

But, well, you know the lack of sources is bad when almost everything out there has to be choppily translated. In Ijun, Kinmamon is an all-powerful deity who visited the founder of the religion, Takayasu Rokuro, and instructed him to seek out an ancient book called the Ryukyu Shinto-ki, as gone over in this paper by Christopher A. Reichl. As the paper goes into, Takayasu speaks of Kinmamon as a deity who was once worshipped in the very early ages, though was forgotten about after Satsuma rose to power, phasing out the religion in 1609. Of course, I cannot find any source for this, but it could possibly explain why Kinmamon is so obscure, yet still referenced in ages-old articles predating Ijun itself. A lot of the things relating to this deity are obscure, and it's very fitting for its race being, well, that of an Enigma.

Hilariously, almost all of the sources I could find for this were also confused SMT fans trying to figure out the source for this demon. We really are just an ouroboros of hyperfixated nerds, huh. I haven't played Strange Journey, so I can't give much of a take on Kinmamon's portrayal in the series, but I do find the design very cool and unique- I especially love the symbols on its head and arms, though I'm not sure what they could ultimately mean? Overall, though, I'd recommend digging deep yourselves into this demon's backstory. Maybe you all could uncover something I couldn't!

[whiscey]

@pistachiopie and i think that shorter deserves a fandom-given silly little nickname, so we want to share some beautiful ones that we came up with :3

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