Is it possible to spend 20 minutes talking about a 4 letter word and have fun? It is if you're as crazy as we are and the word is Can't. Listen and tell us your stories. Sensei Jay joined us today. At one point, the conversation turned to his dad. Back in 2021, Sensei Jay told us a lot about his dad's military experience. Here's the link:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/8329162

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Yes, talking about a unique and poisonous garden in the UK. Did you all hear our episodes on poisons from 2022? Here's a link:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/10340583

That link does double duty. Yes, it's about poisons, but it is also one of the other times Sensei Lydia joined in the conversation! Enjoy.

We also mention the Yew tree. Both Sensei Jackie and I think it came up in one of our Archery episodes. (We did 3). Here they are. Let us know if we're right and the Yew bark is used in the making of certain bows.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/6125029

And these two are specific to Kyundo:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/6327931

and:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/6422461

This episode is also special because I reached out to a friend and fellow black belt, Sensei Haya, and she wrote us a poem to end the show. I love it so much, I'm copying it here:

Pick Your Poison

The sign says, No touching, smelling, or tasting.

It’s human nature to pick one.

Touch: you’ll get a nasty rash.

Didn’t you learn from when you used Ivy leaves

for toilet paper while camping?

Smell: it will look like botched Botox.

And taste: your tongue is now the size of an eggplant.

Breathing might stop altogether.

I know the plant names are enticing—

Oleander, Donkey tail, Nightshade, Thorn apple.

The intoxicating is often toxic. Pick your poison.

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I want to start by mentioning that Master Hess has books for you to buy. An easy search brought them up in both Amazon and Thriftbooks under Joseph C. Hess. In Master Kelljchian's 365 Days of the Warrior book, he has a quote from Master Hess and today we discuss it.

Speaking of Master Hess, we did an entire episode on Master Hess. Here's the link:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/12516431

Another thought that comes up in this episode and in both fights and arguments is Ego. Here's the first episode we did on ego, from 2020:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/477379/episodes/2985007

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