{"id":3544,"date":"2011-04-20T09:56:51","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T14:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aikidocenterofjacksonville.com\/blog\/?p=3544"},"modified":"2013-01-20T14:06:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T19:06:27","slug":"april-showers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aikidocenterofjacksonville.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/april-showers\/","title":{"rendered":"April Showers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This actually began with <a href=\"http:\/\/seniorsamurai.wordpress.com\/\">Lawrence<\/a>, when he placed fresh flowers on the kamiza for our February kyu tests. Maggie\u00a0then joined in, with several beautiful arrangements of her own. (I understand that she is studying <em>ikebana<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p>Here is our kamiza for the past few weeks, along with a bit of flower taxonomy, for all you closet floriculturists out there.<\/p>\n<p><center><script>\/* <![CDATA[ *\/ portfolio_slideshow.slideshows[190] = {\"timeout\":\"4000\",\"autoplay\":\"false\",\"trans\":\"fade\",\"loop\":\"true\",\"speed\":\"400\",\"nowrap\":\"true\"}; \/* ]]> *\/<\/script><div id=\"slideshow-wrapper190\" class=\"slideshow-wrapper clearfix portfolio-slideshow-centered\">\n<div id=\"slideshow-nav190\" class=\"slideshow-nav\">\n\t<a class=\"pause\" style=\"display:none\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Pause<\/a>\n\t<a class=\"play\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Play<\/a>\n\t<a class=\"restart\" style=\"display:none\" href=\"javascript: void(0);\">Play<\/a>\n\t<a class=\"slideshow-prev\" href=\"javascript: void(0);\">Prev<\/a>\n\t<span class=\"sep\">|<\/span>\n\t<a class=\"slideshow-next\" href=\"javascript: void(0);\">Next<\/a>\n\t<span class=\"slideshow-info190 slideshow-info\"><\/span>\n<\/div><!-- .slideshow-nav -->\n<div id=\"portfolio-slideshow190\" class=\"portfolio-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-next slideshow-content \">\n\t\t<a class=\"slideshow-next\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"psp-active\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.aikidocenterofjacksonville.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/kamiza-1-295x300.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aikidocenterofjacksonville.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/kamiza-1-295x300.jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"295\" alt=\"Slide 1\"><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-next slideshow-content not-first\">\n\t\t<a class=\"slideshow-next\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"psp-active\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.aikidocenterofjacksonville.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/kamiza-2-295x300.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"300\" width=\"295\" alt=\"Slide 2\"><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-next slideshow-content not-first\">\n\t\t<a class=\"slideshow-next\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"psp-active\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.aikidocenterofjacksonville.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/kamiza-3-300x295.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"295\" width=\"300\" alt=\"Slide 3\"><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-next slideshow-content not-first\">\n\t\t<a class=\"slideshow-next\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"psp-active\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.aikidocenterofjacksonville.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/kamiza-4-295x300.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"300\" width=\"295\" alt=\"Slide 4\"><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-next slideshow-content not-first\">\n\t\t<a class=\"slideshow-next\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"psp-active\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.aikidocenterofjacksonville.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/kamiza-5-296x300.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"300\" width=\"296\" alt=\"Slide 5\"><\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"slideshow-meta\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"slideshow-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"slideshow-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"slideshow-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"slideshow-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"slideshow-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\n<\/div><\/div><!--#slideshow-wrapper--><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This actually began with Lawrence, when he placed fresh flowers on the kamiza for our February kyu tests. 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