Its starting to get hot here in Japan = gasshuku season is upon us.
If you have a look at the kanji for gasshuku its made of two commonly used kanji:
- 合: meaning to combine or fit
- 宿: mean to lodge
In the world of budo it refers to people of the same dojo staying somewhere together for a time in order to practise harder or more than usual.
Because its hot its also mandatory to drink vast quantities of beer/sake/shochu/etc … i’m beginning to think that this is the actual reason for holding a gasshuku anyway…