japan – Eliot Kelly

Japanese Physical Culture: Ko Uchi Gari with Fujii Shozo

4x World Champion, Fujii Shozo never got the chance to compete in the Olympics. His first opportunity was in 1972 but he was unable to compete due to a knee injury. In ’76 he dislocated[…]

Japanese Physical Culture: Se oi nage with Fujii Shozo

4x World Champion, Fujii Shozo never got the chance to compete in the Olympics. His first opportunity was in 1972 but he was unable to compete due to a knee injury. In ’76 he dislocated[…]

Japanese Q&A: Where does しまった come from?

A student asked if しまった (the English equivalent for “oh shit”) is the past tense Ta-form of the word しまう. In lesson 18 of the Japanese textbook Genki, the grammar point Te-form + しまう in[…]

Japanese Q&A: あと or 後 to use Kanji or not

I had a student ask about the use of the kanji 後. He noticed that it is not usually used when people would write something like 「あと５秒」In the moment I wasn’t able to give a[…]

Tokyo Trial mini series of post World War 2

I recently came across a Netflix series called “Tokyo Trial” in Japanese, 東京裁判. The Netflix original series is about the Tokyo Trial that took place in Japan after World War Two. Another movie that outlines the controversy[…]

Having good manners in Japan

A friend of mine is touring Japan, and he sent me a message asking about eating on the train. He didn’t see anyone around him doing it, and was wondering if it was bad manners[…]

Finland and Japan: Some common grounds

I was in Helsinki and Espoo this last week competing in the ADCC World Championships and I got to take some time with the locals and see things in and out of the city. It[…]

Japan and sleep

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160506-the-japanese-art-of-not-sleeping I came across this article by Dr Brigitte Steger the other day when I was looking for some information on Japanese studies. I always noticed that the work culture in Japan, specifically the big cities, were[…]

Lunch with Icho Kaori

I had the opportunity to talk with Icho Kaori this summer. For those that don’t know about her, she is a 4x Olympic Gold medalist. She was gold at 4 consecutive olympic events starting in[…]

Particier Sugino

“What’s important is what’s obvious.” While learning about desserts in Peltiers’ in Paris, Sugino realized that “doing what’s obvious, many times over, is what makes things special.” Sugino Eiji, a particier, is able to bring[…]

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Tag: japan

Japanese Physical Culture: Ko Uchi Gari with Fujii Shozo

Japanese Physical Culture: Se oi nage with Fujii Shozo

Japanese Q&A: Where does しまった come from?

Japanese Q&A: あと or 後 to use Kanji or not

Tokyo Trial mini series of post World War 2

Having good manners in Japan

Finland and Japan: Some common grounds

Japan and sleep

Lunch with Icho Kaori

Particier Sugino