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Walking

2009-08-03T17:16:00.001+09:00

Today I went for a walk around the neighbourhood. This is the local park.

Buzz Buzz Buzz

2009-07-31T22:19:00.001+09:00

Ouch！

Go the Eagles！

2009-07-26T20:19:00.001+09:00

Hmm the Shinkansens really full tonite. It must be a Sunday nite thing？

Geeks

2009-07-26T19:46:00.001+09:00

Serious Geeks！！！

Tohoku

2009-07-25T19:00:00.001+09:00

Ive had a great day！ We went to the beach in Shichigahama. It was great but not as beautiful as N.Z.
(^◇^)┛

＼(^ー^)／

2009-07-25T09:01:00.001+09:00

I travel by Pokemon！！

48hrs of food

2009-07-20T21:58:00.001+09:00

WOW Ive been eating the most amazing food and drinking the best nihonshu this past 48hrs. Last nite I dined at a great sakana restaurant. Kokubunji has some of the best places to eat and drink. Tonite Shihan nd Miyuki Sensei had a little party. We ate a pigs face from Okinawa and some of the finest shochu and about a million pieces of sushi. Im so full I might explode！
It was so delicious
＼(^ー^)／

Thats just weird！

2009-07-18T20:53:00.001+09:00

Huh？ What are they advertising？

Champion

2009-07-18T00:00:00.001+09:00

Tonite Ryo had a great fight at Korakuen. It was a great fight and we are all very proud！ We had a great celebration in some izakaya in Suidobashi and now everyones a little drunk
＼(^ー^)／

Today was a good day

2009-07-12T20:57:00.001+09:00

I had a really nice day today！ Walking in the sun，drinking coffee and 2hrs at the day spa！ Yay Im such a princess

Ill vote for him

2009-07-08T17:20:00.001+09:00

The election is very serious in Kokubunji！？

Soft Porn

2009-06-23T15:38:00.001+09:00

What the hell is this？？
It looks like some soft porn for salarymen！

Hello

2009-06-21T20:52:00.001+09:00

Im back and badder than ever... On Friday I got my claws out！
Tonite I went to an Izakaya w my friend Rita

Matsushima

2009-02-19T20:21:00.004+09:00

Last night I had a great dinner with my policemen friends. We went to a fantastic restaurant in Shinjuku on the 49th floor, it was such an awesome view. If you guys are reading this I hope you have such a wonderful time in your new exotic locations. Email me lots.

Here are some photos of my trip to Sendai and Matsushima.......................the snow, the sun and the food.

Fuchu Tournament

2009-02-16T07:56:00.001+09:00

Hi
yesterday I helped out at a Josai Branch Tournament in Fuchu. The morning was adult men only fighting-no women. My friends Terashima Sempai and Yuta won the lightweight and middleweight divisions. We had lots of kids fighting from Minami O-one broke his arm！ I have seen many injuries in Kyokushin but its always hard to watch a child get hurt. Its pretty sad.
Heres a photo of Terashima Sempai and some of the boys from Minami O.
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Wed training

2009-02-11T14:08:00.001+09:00

Today Mike and I trained for 3hrs at gym. We started with mits then weights. Lots kettlebells and core training. I can now do all my cable exercises while kneeling on the swiss ball：）
This photo is of Miyuki Sensei and Eguchi Shihans daughter-Yumi-
Maybe she will be the next world champion just like her Mum！
OSU

Hello from the snow

2009-01-31T15:57:00.001+09:00

Its 0 degrees and snowing hard！ We were at Zao Eboshi Snow Park and are now driving back to Sendai
Ive never seen it snow so hard

Bye Bye Sashi

2009-01-26T18:08:00.001+09:00

Sashi goes back to Kiwiland 2m
Bye bye
Ill miss you

Mikes House

2009-01-24T22:46:00.001+09:00

Tonite we had a dinner party. Olivia cooked delicious Jamaican curry
Now everyones playing games with ipod touch and Im playing Tetris
Geeks

Im addicted

2009-01-21T20:47:00.001+09:00

Tonight Ive spent the last couple of hours getting new irezumi. Im in pain right now but it looks fantastic. ＼(^ー^)／

Minami Osawa Dojo

2009-01-16T19:05:00.001+09:00

Tonight Im teaching karate to small monsters. Every Wed and Fri I help Kawasaki Sensei teach the kids. Their pretty cool. I love Kaito hes the smallest but the bravest.
Tonight there were just over 80 kids from 3yrs old-16yrs. We have many small champions in this dojo
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Sat morning training

2009-01-10T14:12:00.002+09:00

Todays training

2009-01-05T14:39:00.003+09:00

Sorry it's been ages since my last blog. I got really sick and had to hide in the dark for a week but have finally recovered and am back to my happy self. I had a great New Years Eve with my Shihan at the temple. The Monks kept us really busy but it was really enjoyable and good for my soul. On the 2nd I went to The Imperial Palace and listened to the Emperor's New Year speech. The palace is so beautiful, it was a great day.
Here are some photos- my Shihan and I on New Years Eve and some photos of the Imperial Palace.

Happy Birthday to me

2008-12-18T23:47:00.001+09:00

Yay I love cake and champagne :）

Crazy Bee

2008-12-16T21:55:00.001+09:00

Yay
Me and Crazy Bee in the Soba shop
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Sat morning training

2008-12-13T13:40:00.002+09:00

Osu Today I trained with Mr Kouichi Petas. It was a tough circuit training with Mike focusing on speed. Lots of kettle bells and medicine balls. Mike loves them. I really hate Turkish get ups I think it has to be the worst exercise ever invented. They really suck.
Then to finish us off we had hill sprints. Kouichi and I raced each other but hes too powerful. I have little legs so kept losing :（

Merry Christmas

2008-12-09T21:24:00.005+09:00

All I want for xmas is a new tooth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Santa has a part time job in Shibuya handing out tissues, poor Santa! Times are tough.

Sat night 12/06/08

2008-12-09T21:09:00.006+09:00

HI
It's raining cats and dogs tonight. A perfect night to update my blog. Here are some photos from The K-1 World Grand Prix at Yokohama Arena. It must have been sold out, I couldn't see a spare seat anywhere.
Also on Sat night we had Bonenkai. An end of year team party. I joined the crew later after K-1, they had already been to dinner and were well on their way. We went to a karaoke bar in dodgey Kabukicho. All you can drink for 2 hours!!

K-1

2008-12-06T21:34:00.001+09:00

What a major upset and anti climax
Badr Hari tried to turn the final into an MMA fight and stomped Bojanskys head. He kept punching after the ref yelled stop and the ref had to pull him off. Bojansky was given 5min to recover but couldnt. Hari got a red card and disqualified.
In other news Texiera lost Ray Sefo is still the man and beat the Korean monster and Le Banner broke his arm.
Stink man

RRR

2008-12-03T21:36:00.007+09:00

I learnt an important lesson today.

Don't mix Hydroxycut (weight loss supplement) and red wine! I have the biggest hangover, someone put a bomb in my head. Oh my God!!!

These are some photos of Kokubunji, my neighborhood. It's a nice night tonight.

Photos

2008-12-01T18:43:00.003+09:00

Just a few photos from the last few days

Monday's Suck

2008-12-01T13:23:00.004+09:00

I hate Monday's, I definatley have Mondayitis today. It's hard to come back to work after such a fun weekend. I really enjoyed being back at training and yesterday was so great. Korematsu and Ryo fought so well. I think Ryo's fight was one of the loudest and hardest of the night. The crowd was screaming so much and they both gave each other standing 8 counts. It was a really good fight and Junpei was lucky to win. I am sure they will have an excellent revenge match in the future. I also thought that Mr Pegasus had the best looking "seconds". Why did everyone happen to have the same hair??
And i have never seen so much blood before. A guy got an elbow to the forehead and it was a real mess. He looked like he was from Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
We all went for Yakiniku last night as a team. It was great. I think we are lucky to have such a great team, everyone is so friendly. It's like a big family.
I will post some more photos tonight
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It was a big day

2008-11-30T22:16:00.001+09:00

It was a great battle. I had a lot of fun and Im glad I was part of the team. I am very proud of them. Even though they didnt get trophies today they both fought so well
Otsukaere

Sat Morning Training

2008-11-29T21:43:00.004+09:00

Sat morning means training. Every Sat we get together for some stamina training. It was a hard one for me as I've just come back from a break. I know tomorrow I will be in pain. Lots of kettle bells, medicine balls, step and speed work. Afterwards we played paparazzi and all had our photos taken for our blogs.
After lunch Mike and I went for a Korean lunch and then mucked around designing blogs all day. Shock horror he even baked a cake!!
Were all very excited about tomorrow`s fights. Korematsu fights at about 1am and Ryo Pegasus at 7pm. Its gonna be a busy day. I`ll be in Yokohama in Korematsu`s corner during the afternoon and then we will rush to Korakuen to see Ryo.
I hope they both win. I am crossing my fingers and toes for them.

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Korematsu, Mike and Me

2008-11-28T19:10:00.002+09:00

Just finished training. Tonite I sparred with Korematsu and then had weights session with Mike.....lots of kettle bells and core work. I have accepted the challenge to drop bodyfat and am on special supplements. I have to stop drinking coffee OMG Its gonna be tough

RRR

2008-11-27T20:22:00.004+09:00

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First I'll introduce myself as this is my first blog. My name's Rachael Ray and I am the only female on this team. I am a Kiwi from Wellington, New Zealand. My background is Kyokushin Karate and I have been training in Tokyo for the last 2 years and in NZ for about 3years. I represent Kokubunji Dojo, Tokyo and am fighting regularly in and around Japan. I have been training with Mike since I arrived and he is keen to get me into MMA and some boxing. I hope to fight for Roof-Top very soon and bring us home some new trophies :)

This weeks news...........

Mike and I trained with Korematsu tonight. He's fighting on Sunday and is looking good. Lots of sparring tonight and some clinching. It felt good to be back. I've had a short break and am back and ready to kill.

Went to The Shootboxing World Tournament on Monday in Saitama. It was interesting, my first time to watch Shootboxing. Andy Sower took the tournament title and is again the new Shootboxing World Champion. There were some great K-O's and the final between Sower and Ogata was great. Ogata has a big heart and just kept on getting up.

Next Sat I will be at the K-1 World Grand Prix so I will post some updates and photos

Keep watching........