Midnight in Tokyo 🗼
I loved those hours I spent practicing alone in aerial studios in midnight Tokyo. There were two studios I used to rent in the dead of night.…
I loved those hours I spent practicing alone in aerial studios in midnight Tokyo. There were two studios I used to rent in the dead of night.…
Spin sequences admit of infinite variation (see the previous article, A Study in Spin), yet once one begins from the purpose of the stage and the demands of the performance, it more or less determines itself what kinds of spin skills ought to be used, in what order, and in what posture, on what axis…
This is a straightforward record of the 13 months from the time I began aerial silks to the time I placed in an international competition, written in the hope that it may be of some use to someone else learning or teaching aerial.…
An aerial competition is no different from any other sport, any other contest, and, depending on how one chooses to see it, from human history itself. Talent and effort may raise the odds of victory, but they do not guarantee it. In the end, the one who wins is not always the most talented, nor..…
私の専門はコンピュータサイエンス、特にAIの一分野の研究開発なのだが、この分野でもエアリアル同様にコンペというものがある。 最も有名な舞台はKaggleという巨大な闘技場だろう。とにかくパフォーマンスが高いコードを書いたものが優勝するというフェアさが爽快で、我こそはと自負する者、つまり優秀なエンジニア・研究者という、不遜さと実力が美味しくブレンドされた人種が、お互いを出し抜こうと世界中で日夜シノギを削っている。…