Bill, Right. In these politically correct days the striker could well be arrested for assault if the sitter didn't consent...
Edgar On Mar 29, 2013, at 8:55 PM, Bill! wrote: > Merle, > > Also in the two sanghas in which I participated the kyōsaku > (encouragement stick) was only used if the sitter wanted it. The jikijitsu > (the one who wielded the stick) would stop in front of you while you were > doing zazen and softly lay the stick on your shoulder. If you then bowed > he/she would strike you with the stick on each shoulder. If you didn't bow he > would just move on. > > I'm sure historically the strikes weren't so voluntary though. > > ...Bill! > > --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > > > Merle, > > > > Tough, yes. As I am. But that is not "insult": that is Compassion. > > > > Not done to harm or embarrass, but to encourage and "cure". There are NO > > exceptions to this, not in classical history of our way, nor now. > > > > --Joe > > > > (note, too: Stick is not for punishment; it is to physically stimulate > > accu-pressure points on shoulder or back. My, what do they teach you where > > you study/practice? And one "receives" the stick only by asking for it by a > > special hand-signal. No worries. Compassion rules, not idiot > > Machismo/Feminismo). > > > > --Joe > > > > > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > > > hey...joe.. i thought they use to use a stick... i heard what edgar > > > heard..they were tough..merle > > > >
