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Yudansha

Hello there again

I can't send you a message because it tells me your inbox is full,
but in reply to your question on whether he uses Jodan still,

Not so much anymore, he has a bad shoulder now and has to take time off every now and again to rest it. I actually can't remember a time where I have seen him use it in the last couple of years D: I wish I had the privilege to see him when he was competing.

Can you tell me how to load an avatar?

Sorry, since you lived in Japan I assumed you were joking about your knowledge of the language. My mistake. "Crouching Dragon" is the most accepted translation of fukuryu I see in English, and since I like to read a lot about martial arts (more than practice, I am ashamed to say... Medical issues notwithstanding), the play on words came naturally to me.
Thank you very much for your encouragement, you can be sure I sweat a lot. In fact, reiho is not even finished and I am already covered in water!

It's impossible to recover what is written with rep, but here it is: "Though my Japanese illiteracy prevents my pronouncing his/her avatar name, comment about Google Earth and America was great!". I found the part about your "japanese illiteracy" funny, given what you say about yourself in your profile, hence the "sense of humour" commentary.

And I am a him, by the way... The one in the middle in this pic. Did you imagine me that way...? It's okay,me neither...

The "Couching Dragon" thing pretended to be a play on words with the meaning of my nickname... I see it didn't came out that well...

Thanks for the reputation... and your sense of humour.

Looks like your inbox is full.

Not only did it accept me, it accepted me for free. Fortune smiled indeed.

Shodan, but it’s just a question of physics
She’s about shoulder-high for me, at least 20 Kg lighter. And she did learn, I guess, because I was never able to get that close to her since then

I did the same thing during practice. The girl is my sempai but is much smaller and lighter then I and I crashed into her without realizing. She didn’t fell but… well... let’s just say that I felt like crap the whole day

Nah, not a mobile phone. Too slow and zoom aint great. You need a fast lens (f1.8 is good) good iso at iso 800 or 1so1600 and then the lens size is a matter of choice, some people like an 85-300mm as it gets close in for the people, I like a 50mm as it gets both kendoka's actioni (and its cheap) good luck and show us your results!

Tokyo. I've been in Nakano for the last four years, minus two six month stints in the US (mostly Philadelphia and Jackson, MI).
Moving to Waseda next Sunday (still in Tokyo). You coming over?