Yumi Blackwell (Nidan)

What was your original motivation to start Kyudo?

family...

What do you now enjoy most about Kyudo?

meeting new people, always room for improvement

What is your favorite quote?

"Poetry doesn't belong to those who write it; it belongs to those who need it" (Il Postino)
"God made food, the devil the cooks." (Ulysses: James Joyce)

What is your favorite movie?

Rashomon, Amelie, anything Ghibli according to mood, Fight Club

What is your favorite book?

Wind in the Willows (Grahame), If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Calvino), Hocus Pocus (Vonnegut), Tonio Kroeger (Mann)

How would you describe yourself in 5 words or less?

Lit student chasing windmills

What other Martial Arts have you practiced? 

Judo (shodan)

What are your other outside interests and hobbies?

reading, travel, cooking, eating, writing, art museum hopping