Everything You Never Knew You Wanted to Know About Me
How's your Italian? Thanks to The Coolidge and Robert Benigni , I've got, "princess" down pat. A few months working in an Italian deli and I can bust out with, "toothpick" in Italian faster than in Japanese. I'm sure both words will get me far. *sarcasm*
So Ama's posted a three part (four if you count the translation) interview with yours truly. It covers a bit of my childhood, reasons for coming to Japan, photography, outlook on life and my business.
Part 1 - Living in Japan and Kendo
Part 2 - International Inclination and Photography
Part 3 - Helix Industries and Outlook on Life
And for those of us with limited - read no - Italian there's an English version
London Cup Kendo Tournament Team Photos
The London Cup Kendo Tournament 2008 Medalists proudly display their medals, awards and team trophy.
Photos from the inaugural London Cup tournament are ready for your viewing pleasure.
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American Adventure in Calais
I'm down to the lint in my pockets and hundreds of kilometers from Paris.When I Was Small
Trick'r Treating Pop - My father and his sister out and about for Halloween
I finally got around to scanning in photos from the album that I've been carrying around for well over a decade and maybe two. Many of the photos are of me as a short legged terror, but more than one are of my parents and their parents when they were small.
Joey Lives (in Boracay, Phillipines)
Just got back from Boracay, Phillipines to visit Joey after his temporary escape from KVH. He is alive and well and in the middle of opening up a Crepe shop on the beach. He's also quickly building up a reputation as a good photographer. The day I arrived he took me along on a shoot for the Miss Boracay Beauty Pagent.
55th All Japan Kendo Championship
Select photos from the 55th All Japan Kendo Championships are up. Teramoto Shoji took the day’s top prize defeating Takanabe Susumu in the final round. Take a gander at those photos and others in the Gallery/PhotoStream. In the near future you'll be able to order a print of your very own in sizes ranging from 2L to A3+.
Last Publishers Tournament at Noma Dojo
It looks like this past Saturday’s Publishers Tournament will be the last held at Noma Dojo. Kodansha is set to demolish the awe-inspiring hall towards the end of this year. Get a keiko in while you can.
France Places First, Second and Third(shared) in the 21st EKC Mens Individual Tournament
I've uploaded fifteen photos from the Mens Individual Tournament of the European Kendo Championship.
21st European Kendo Championship Day 2 - Ladies Individual and Mens Team Tournaments
Yesterday the German ladies set the tone for the day by handling nearly all of their opponents with ease and capturing the title. Their success seemed to carry over to the German men early on as they manhandled the Austrians and overcame an early deficit to the Hungarians in order to advance to the semi-final round. Unlike their long haired teammates they advanced no further due to the equally confident French team. To be sure it was a frenetic semi-final that required all five matches to determine the winner with players on the ground at various times. France eventually won through and went on to face Spain at the end of the day.
Germany Wins Ladies Team Division at the 21st European Kendo Championship in Lisbon, Portugal
The German Ladies Team (Safiya Fadai, Sabrian Kumpf, Susanne Aoki, Dance Yokoo, and Kei Udagawa) soundly defeated the Polish Ladies Team to capture the 1st European Ladies Team Championship this afternoon. As they did with all of their opponents, except the French, the German's dominated Poland nearly from start to finish. Even Sweden, which had managed to defeat Great Britain in three rounds, was only able to score a single kote (Komaki/Kumpf) and men (Gustavesson/Yooko) against the Germans. The French, however, caused the Germans a little bit of consternation and forced a stalemate in two of their matches (Kumf/Brunel and Yooko/Garcia). In the end the German Ladies Team remained poised and dominant advancing quickly past all their opponents to capture the day.