Title: Himu Retsu do: an art for Hackers

* Re-tsu:

Sooner or later, you're either going to make a second mistake, or you're going to repeat the previous process. Doesn't matter. Before you continue braiding, NAME the first mistake "Ai"... Say it as if you're training Aiki right now! say "Ai!" {you can even shout out it like "Aa-a-a-yi!" with all your lung's might at "a-yi!", and increasing "aaa")

  One mistake, one KNOT  {on a random side of the Humi)
  One Glyph: Ai (A/a or Aa/aa, short A)
  One Gesture: {up-left, to, down-right} hand opened as if chopping.
    Meaning:
    "Ou..." "ah!", "Owye!", "I say,... is ...", etc.

After some more braiding, and your impetuous "Ai!" battle cry (if retsu-do.ing, always check for people nearby ;)), Wait for a second, meditate, fix your breathing (you shouldn't be breathing w/ ?presekulki? interruptions and breath-holding)

Then braid out a "Ki" inside your Himu:

  One mistake on a random side & one mistake on the other
  One Glyph: Ki (K-hh-yi, "khi")
  One Gesture: {up-left, down-right, up-right} hand opened as if chopping.
      Meaning: "Matter/Energy/Inner/Outer Force?... my ass..." 
      Ki means many many things with your _intent_ in mind
      "Does", "Do", "Doing", "This", "this-doing", "this-does?", "what?", "what is that?" "Queee?" "ke-pasa"

Continue braiding without any mistakes for now. Increase your technique, when you feel ready, BRAID out a DO (method, The Way, way, Way) Random. Opposite. original side.

Now you're ready. For Kimu-retsu-do (or mindful Aiki)

Once you catch the basic Language you can "upgrade it" with combinations of knitting and mistake knots.

First, Grammar (sorry bout that, syntax rules comes from Grammar, and I am still learning & earning my Humi-retsu-gi)

The best Grammar I can come up with is contained in the following poetic passages:

    Everything is a String, and Knots are tied on it.
    Two knots and you've got a Knit going on, but you never know if there is a knit, 
                                                          behind your  untying knot.
    A single String is enough, but you cannot be sure if it is. And this statement is called Versumi.
    Some think there is Only one Versumi, and they call it Versuni, and you are free to be one of them...

    You can always knit into a splice, and you should know that a splice is at least one knot away from a different knit.
    
    And you can always split, but you never know if a split is also a cut.

    When you see the String, you call it Verse, and be sure that there is always a space with a visible string, the verse.
    
    Tie a knot, but before you squeeze hard, form a loop with the other part. That's your heart.

    Form a loop, start closing, put another loop inside it, and squeeze hard! That is you.

    Once you run your fingers, your mind start fingering. 
    Once you encounter a knot, your mind knows what.
    Then you notice other knots, your mind refers to them as difference.
    You start seeing patterns, and you go on with joy,
    until you meet that unwitting knitted end 
        of a simple String. 
       The end.

    And then you know, if you're alive or dead...