Talk:Maai
Latest comment: 6 months ago by 2001:14BA:6212:B400:5C87:BCFA:816D:B02C in topic Correctness of translation
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Maai and Zen edit
This article was placed in Wikipedia:WikiProject Buddhism, based on its inclusion in Category:Zen. I don't think that either is appropriate, what is the consensus about this? —Leo Laursen ( T | C ) 13:34, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
- I have now removed template WikiProject Buddhism.—Leo Laursen ( T ¦ C ) 06:22, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Correctness of translation edit
Someone put this in the article. Not knowing Japanese, I can't vouch for its accuracy, but if it is, can anyone correct the article as needed?
- Maai (間合い?), translating simply to "interval", IS NOT REALLY CORRECT:
- Ma ai means: Ma means space and time.
- Ai, means to join, to fit together, meeting or harmony.
- Maai, means the effective, harmonius, or proper distance.
--Luxdormiens (talk) 06:52, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
- Its (Ma)(A)I, so basically "Proper Distancing" would be the better form for the term in English as it refers to the Proper Distance To Land A Strike or an Effective Technique but that is a mouthful as far as a concept goes. 2001:14BA:6212:B400:5C87:BCFA:816D:B02C (talk) 05:17, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
- Proper Distancing/Spacing rather either one works as its a descriptive term. 2001:14BA:6212:B400:5C87:BCFA:816D:B02C (talk) 05:18, 22 October 2023 (UTC)