The texts I write here reach you each time in English. The translator is always John Breen, an erstwhile colleague of mine.<\/p>\r\n
He is almost the same age as me; a fine old age. And yet, he is to this day a member of an MMA gym.<\/p>\r\n
I rather like watching MMA, and I have on occasion had conversations with Mr. Breen on that subject. In fact, in 2004 I visited a gym in Rio de Janeiro, a famous Brazilian jiujitsu gym. I once boasted of that fact to Mr. Breen. Well, there was no one else who would understand why it was significant!<\/p>\r\n
\u201cWhy don\u2019t you come training with me?\u201d Mr. Breen would ask, but I had to decline. If I were to injure my fingers or arms in training, I would be in trouble. Injuries would interfere with my piano playing. I want to take this opportunity to explain why I declined his invitation. Forgive me: I wrote this disagreeable short piece in order to proclaim my love of the piano.<\/p>\r\n
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