Countdown: Day -5 - first blog ever

Well this is my first blog entry in my first blog. UM. What to write? Ok, perhaps:

My Goals for the trip

1. Train Judo in famous places

a) The Kodokan in Tokyo
b) Newaza-Kenyukai dojo in Tokyo
c) Kyodai Judo Club at Kyoto University
d) Ochiai's dojo in Tokyo ... an introduction to Go-no-kata?

2. Visit our friends in Japan

a) Takashi in Saitama
b) Tomohiro in Toyama

3. Train other martial arts when possible.

a) get a first-hand experience of internal strength at the Aunkai dojo with Akuzawa-Sensei & Gernot
b) some daytime training Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu, hopefully with Yuki Nakai at Paraestra, or at Axis-BJJ

4. Normal tourist stuff

a) Visit the Tokyo fish market
b) visit Butokuden (old Busen dojo in that kick as Kyodai Judo team video)
c) visit a famous bamboo grove forest
d) attend the Budokan to watch a Police Judo Shiai1