I was on the last train from Ono tonight at about 10:30pm and some guy staggered onto the train and started doing Karate show stances. After about 20 minutes of warming up with a nice variety of holds, throws and punchs he really started getting into it.

In a sheer stroke of innovative martial arts brilliance, he began pivoting on the overhead handholds in order to gain greater leverage so that he could kick his imaginary adversaries with far greater force. This impressive display of prowess was only interupted by a regular 5 minute break in which he would clean his glasses, sway a little, and then check his phone for messages.

I’m thinking of taking up Karate.

Posted in Japan on Thursday October 2, 2003.

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