Archive for November, 2006

Easy and fun way of learning the colors in Japanese!

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Yes, finally it’s time for the heavy weights in K1 World GP 2006 in Tokyo! December 2 in Tokyo Dome, and your humble narrator will be there to watch. This is the once a year heavy weights fights. The others don’t really count. Here it’s more money, more glory and more power. Full report will be posted here as usually. Let’s look at the fightcard: Read the rest of this entry »

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Found this video with World War II veteran Les Loken. He was stationed in Japan in the 1940:s and 1950:s and worked with re-building. His witness is very interesting. Imagine for example that all officers were forced to quit the Japanese army. Where did they go? I assume into the industry, that is part of the reason the why the Japanese industry was so military like. When the samurai era finished many samurai became school teachers, maybe the same happened to the WW II officiers? Even the Japanese schools have some of this in its organisation. Well, these are just my theories. Listen to Loken instead. He was here at the time.

More of Les Loken here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5

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Fight time again. This time the tournament was in Nagano. Got up at four in the morning to go with the crew from my Dojo in a chartered bus to the former Olympic city. This was big. Fights on eight mats at the same time in the Olympic arena. Mostly Zendokai clubs taking part, but also a few other full contact styles that I couldn’t determine the name of.

Japan Open 2006 Vale Tudo Acces Real Fighting Karate Tournament in Nagano
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Some things in Japan are well known like the Tokyo tower or the temples in Kyoto. There are also many famous bridges in the world. Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco, the Brooklyn bridge in New York or the bridge over the river Kwai to name a few. Now, the worlds largest suspension bridge is right here in Japan. If you are in the Kobe area it is definitively worth a visit.
Akashi Kaikyo bridge from the Maiko side. 1991 metres center span and 3911 metres total. Read the rest of this entry »

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