Day 2 at Yoshida Dojo, met Yoshida himself today, shook his hand, he joked about my name, it was cool. Kazuhiro Nakamura (guy above in blue shorts) was there training for his fight in Prides USA show Feb 24 in Vegas, along with a few other pro's. Ryan is fighting in Bowdog Fights Feb 17 in Costa Rica so I'm kinda his official training dummy. His ground game is slick and precise, his striking is way better than mine, takedowns are solid but I can fight them off (haha).
At the Dojo I can kinda hanging with everyone sub grappling, which is good (we'll see how ugly boxing is tomorrow). Rolled with a Pride heavyweight, he was mostly fooling around, yelling crazy shit and allowing me to pass his guard, he tapped me with a heel hook. Then roled with the guy who fought in pride but now fights in Deep (smaller guy about 155 (which I'm getting very close to), then I went with a Judo gold, took him down twice, almost hit a pinch body lock on him, but I missed and gave up the takedown, he subbed me once. I did alright I guess. Then went with Ryan and we were all over the place, but nothing happened (he actually might have taken me down, but it was cheap). Tomorrow is boxing day (which was supposed to be today so we'll see how that goes) then sprints afterwards.
Everyone from the gym is cool, the instructor said he can hook me up with a cellphone, which was awesome. Apparently they get a little worried when I run to the bathroom to throw up, but Ryan told them it's normal so it's cool. The instructor speaks English but his accent is so heavy that I can't tell when he's speaking English or Japaneses, I always ask him to repeat himself, and I feel bad...plus he's a big guy and I don't want to get my ass kicked so for the most part I smile, laugh and nod.
After practice we ate Thai again, this time in Shinjuku. Then I went off on my own to go get a donut at the new Krispy Kreme that just opened in Shinjuku (first one in Japan). Apparently it's a couple days later and still at least an hour wait for a donut. So I said f that and grabbed one of those crepes filled with ice cream (they are god damn delicious).
At the Dojo I can kinda hanging with everyone sub grappling, which is good (we'll see how ugly boxing is tomorrow). Rolled with a Pride heavyweight, he was mostly fooling around, yelling crazy shit and allowing me to pass his guard, he tapped me with a heel hook. Then roled with the guy who fought in pride but now fights in Deep (smaller guy about 155 (which I'm getting very close to), then I went with a Judo gold, took him down twice, almost hit a pinch body lock on him, but I missed and gave up the takedown, he subbed me once. I did alright I guess. Then went with Ryan and we were all over the place, but nothing happened (he actually might have taken me down, but it was cheap). Tomorrow is boxing day (which was supposed to be today so we'll see how that goes) then sprints afterwards.
Everyone from the gym is cool, the instructor said he can hook me up with a cellphone, which was awesome. Apparently they get a little worried when I run to the bathroom to throw up, but Ryan told them it's normal so it's cool. The instructor speaks English but his accent is so heavy that I can't tell when he's speaking English or Japaneses, I always ask him to repeat himself, and I feel bad...plus he's a big guy and I don't want to get my ass kicked so for the most part I smile, laugh and nod.
After practice we ate Thai again, this time in Shinjuku. Then I went off on my own to go get a donut at the new Krispy Kreme that just opened in Shinjuku (first one in Japan). Apparently it's a couple days later and still at least an hour wait for a donut. So I said f that and grabbed one of those crepes filled with ice cream (they are god damn delicious).
Line at Krispy Kreme
4 comments:
"he joked about my name"
Joseph "son"? We are guessing?
You must be getting skinny if you're close to 155......is it lack of food or puking? You should be in great shape for Empires this summerK!!!!
xoxox
Mom
This is getting downright entertaining. Love the Krispy Kreme photo. Keep up the good work in the gym and on the blog. Good luck with the striking next time: knees, knees, knees.
Hi Michael - it's Madame - glad to hear you found some crepes over there! What's up with the vomitpalooza?
"Day 2 at Yoshida Dojo, met Yoshida himself today, shook his hand, he joked about my name, it was cool. Kazuhiro Nakamura"
You met Yoshida!!& Nakamura - so freaking awesome!!!!
mmm...krispy kreme
love you <3
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