Guest Speaker Tuesday, Nov 8th

Our next guest speaker is scheduled for next Tuesday, November the 8th. Robert Mustard will speak to us on the differences in fundamental assumptions between the anglosphere and Japan, and on the history and spirit of Japan as it is reflected in the uniquely pacifist Japanese martial art Aikido.
Mustard is the world aikido master; having spend over twelve years in Japan as sensei at the main Yoshinkan Dojo in Tokyo. As presented in lecture, Mustard is an important character in Newdigate Prize winner Robert Twigger's essential book on the the relationship between Japan and the anglosphere, Angry White Pyjamas: A Scrawny Oxford Poet Takes Lessons From The Tokyo Riot Police.