A Masters Degree in Japanese

[Stone]

Stone,

Hi all I dont know if this is the right place to post this news, but here goe's

Paul Martin has received a "Masters " in Asian studies as part of that he had to pass

"Advanced Japanese" & Studied "Archaic Japanese" Congratulations & Well Done to

Paul.

 

Kind Regards

 

Tony N.

[Gilles]

Congratulations Paul

[Brian]

Well done Paul!

 

Brian

[Bugyotsuji]

That sounds pretty impressive. Congratulations, Paul!

[IanB]

Paul, You have worked so hard to advance your knowledge of swords, you deserve more than a few words of praise that I could give.

Brilliant

Ian Bottomley

[Ed]

Congratulations !!

[george trotter]

Aaah Paul, now you are the master...omedeto gozaimasu! :D

 

I can speak archaic Japanese too

question...(voice all quavery with fear) "doshite kuru ka..?"

answer...(in gruff menacing samurai voice) "koroshi ni kuru yo...!"

 

Well done Paul.

Regards,

[John A Stuart]

Good one Paul, Maybe we can read your thesis?? John

[Jean]

Splendid Paul :D

[David Flynn]

Fantastic! What more can I say.

[cabowen]

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy!

[Paul Martin]

Thank you all for your kind words. It was two years of very hard work that kept me off of the sword scene. I am very grateful to my professors, and really enjoyed my time at UC Berkeley, but I am very happy to be able to get back into swords again.

 

For those of you who have expressed an interest in reading my thesis, I'm afraid that I have even had it withheld from release at the University for two years. The reason is that a publisher has expressed an interest in it. However, it will need to be expanded, and mostly re-written in book format as opposed to thesis format.

 

This would also be a good time to announce that the Japanese publisher Yuzankaku (publishers of Nihonto-Meikan, etc) are going to publish my little booklet on Nyusatsu-Kantei in all languages.

 

Lastly, I am residing back in Tokyo and would like to offer my services as an agent for shinsa, conservation and purchases. If you buy from a dealer in Japan through us, we will send you a small gift.

 

I have some pages on my site with explanations. http://www.thejapanesesword.com/services

 

Thank you again. Happy Holidays to all!

 

Best

[kusunokimasahige]

Yatta ! Omdedetou !!!

 

KM