4.09.2007

Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone. I had the greatest Sunday, if yours is half as good it'd be the day of the year, but more on that later. I'm sure that everyone from my family is getting together at my grandparents, you'll be sick of me soon enough as I come home in a week.

It's been a while since the last update, I've gotten a lot of complaints...I've been busy.

I have a stack of postcards I bought and was going to send out, but it looks like it isn't going to happen.

I'm a week from my flight back, it's mixed emotions.

Been training for Ryan's fight, it's the 13th so it's almost here. I'll be cornering him with the trainer from Yoshida Dojo. We've gone to our usual gym's plus Pride Dojo, where I saw Chonan and was able to meet Dan Henderson, Sokoudjou, and their Team Quest crew. They were all really cool guys.

Went out with the guys from my building last Friday, we were about to call it a night when I saw Chonan and he dragged me with him back to a club (wasn't like I put up much of a fight). After feeding me so much liquor even Saturday was to become a blur he took my hat and ran off, and I was left with his. Which presented a problem for me today since I need a haircut so bad I have to wear a hat...yea yea yea, fag...ok whatever.

So on to tonight...Went to pride and first off I have to thank all the guys from Yoshida Dojo, they are the greatest group of guys. It was one of the greatest nights ever for me. The place was electric, and since it was the last Pride under the DSE management (UFC just bought Pride) it was even more meaningful to the fans and fighters. I got to meet Dan Henderson again, Wanderli Silva, Mark Coleman, Pe Da Pano, Fujita, Arona and a ton of other fighters i can't even remember. I was back stage with Takimoto and the rest of the Yoshida crew. The second best part of the night was being able to walk out behind Takimoto when he was introduced. Walking out to 34,000 screaming fans is...surreal. You look up and all you hear is a roar with flash's going off as far as you can see. I don't posses the ability to accurately describe what it feels like so I'm not going to try any further. But the best part was Takimoto pulling out the submission for the win. He showed so much heart it's ridiculous. After the fight the tension in the dressing room was completely gone and everyone was just joking around. Chonan showed up said he'd give me my hat back so that was a bonus.

After Pride was over we went to Takimoto's after party and cut loose. The food was great and the liquor was flowing, Kazuhiro went from not drinking to the loud cheerful drunk, and Yoshida wasn't too far off. I didn't really drink, have work tomorrow.

If you want to see Takimoto's fight you can watch it here



I'll update with pictures and video in the morning.

1 comment:

TomJ said...

Happy Easter!
You're right, we're over at Grammy & Da's for Easter Dinner and watching the Masters. Da got an HD flat panel, and I must admit, Augusta looks fabulous on high def. Christina came by and reminded us you were still alive.

Had dinner over at Marc & Lynn's last night. Jimbo and Brita were there also with their families. Good times and you were missed at both gatherings.

Enjoyed the fight. Your mother picked you out of the entourage immediately. See in about a week. Hard to beleive the 'Adventure' is coming to an end.