By Zion Cohen

Alone, being truly alone, not lonely in an emotional sense. How often do we find ourselves alone with no one around, in a place where there are no distractions aside from thoughts?

Most of us do not like being alone and steer away from it. I am not speaking of being alone at home or in the street; there we are still surrounded by everyday distractions of life: t.v., newspapers, telephones and more.

What then, is the meaning of being alone?

It is much like other things that we carry out: first and foremost, it is a physical practice, something that is done with the body, not on an emotional level.

By:Tsion Kohen

In the 1980’s “Enter the Ninja” – The movie, hit the big screens (starring Franco Nero and directed by the great Menahem Golan).

Back then, when there were fewer entertainment options, people were influenced by the movie and the sequels that followed. A new fighter had emerged, a Bruce Lee alternative.

I used to practice Karate, and walked around carrying a Shuriken I hacked from my mother’s blender knife. I was climbing trees, building camps and making weapons like: wooden catapults, a device that shoots darts out of an antenna pipe, a stick that shoots rubber bands or a fork turned into a stabbing device – these were common in the neighborhood where I grew up. Training and fighting with the kids in the adjacent neighborhood were part of everyday life and I was ready for anything, or so I thought…