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Archive for September, 2006

Surfing at Tatado beach in Shimoda

9th September 2006

tadaSM.jpg Tatado beach in Shimoda on the Izu-peninsula is a good place to practice surfing. The waves are short and not very big. “Beach break” in surfese. This way you get to catch many small waves, a good thing when you are learning “the pop”. That is, to stand up on the board. Read the rest of this entry »

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Review: Esthetic TBC K-1 WORLD MAX 2006 in Tokyo

5th September 2006


Monday September 4, 2006 it was fighting time again. Another middle weight K1 event in Tokyo. This time I stayed home and watched it on TV. It’s mostly very good fighting, but I am waiting for the K1 Grand Prix to see the heavy weights. The event will be held in Tokyo end of December. Read the rest of this entry »

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Book review: Understanding Japan

4th September 2006

There are many books on this subject. Some claim to help you understand Japan by using strange archaic language and others by taking you deep inside the bushido warrior culture. Non of this helps very much. Here is an author with a different approach. Read the rest of this entry »

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Japanese online learning resources

3rd September 2006

As you might have found out there is a lot of free online resources for learning the Japanese language. Their just too numerous to be listed, but I’ll tell you about a few that I have found so far that works for me. Read the rest of this entry »

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