Michael Chikuzen Gould

Grandmaster Boots: Shakuhachi Renegade or Champion? Dai Shihan Certification
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Grandmaster Boots: Shakuhachi Renegade or Champion? Dai Shihan Certification

Armchair Metaphysics, Respirational Arts

Grandmaster Boots: Shakuhachi Renegade or Champion? Dai Shihan Certification

By Cornelius|2022-12-23T16:28:49+00:00December 23rd, 2022|Categories: Armchair Metaphysics, Respirational Arts|Tags: certification, Cornelius Boots, Dai Shihan, Honkyoku, license, Michael Chikuzen Gould, Shakuhachi Grandmaster, Zen music|

"Every creative thing leaves home and gets into trouble somewhere out there. Me and this bamboo are all about connecting to each other and getting in creative adventures: that’s it." Born in 1974, my Chinese astrological sign is the tiger -- the Wood Tiger to be specific. This year, 2022, is a Water Tiger year, [...]

12+ years of Zen bamboo flute training and my shakuhachi Shihan ranking

By Cornelius|2013-11-12T20:21:22+00:00November 12th, 2013|Categories: Armchair Metaphysics, Respirational Arts|Tags: Michael Chikuzen Gould, shakuhachi, shihan, Taimu, Zen flute, Zen music|

Greetings fellows humans. It has been a long time since a blog post here. It has been an incredible year of cultivation and contemplation as I moved out to the woods in Marin County and have been making lots of Pu-Erh post-fermented dark, earthy tea and playing lots of shakuhachi and Taimu. Today it is also a [...]