Dream 13 Daily Journal 3/13/10
Daily Journal
3/13 – arrived in NRT airport after flying for 12 hours. It took me a while to get through immigration, and customs. I was them met outside by a tall Australian fellow by the name of Sean Few. Both of us where worried about how we’d meet up since we had never met before. Sure enough, he picked me out of the crowd, and we started running for our train. We had to time it right or we’d be waiting for 30 minutes at the next stop. So while running he mentioned that he looked up my picture on facebook in order to recognize me. Thank god for that or we might have never connected. He also mentioned that he’s the striking coach for Miyata (K-1) fighter.
Well we eventually did make it on to the train, and then misses another at a transfer down the line. Now if you ever experienced public transportation you how offsetting it can be. Long story short we got to where we needed to be only 15 min late. We then hopped into the van and headed Mach (pronounced Ma-Ha) Dojo.
As soon as we got out we where greated by Mach’s wife, father, and friend. Then from a distance I saw a light when a door opened. In the doorway was Joachim, and his girl friend Celina. Celina is also an MMA fighter that is here to fight in Jewels on 3/19/10. It was good to see Joachim. He’s looking like himself and still really f’n strong at 65kg. A few weeks ago we exchanged emails about dieting, and increasing fiber. He said after only 3 days he dropped a lot of weight and got shreaded up, not loosing any strength.
Celine was then getting a message, and Joachim and I started horsing around. He showed me some very good “Top Secret” techniques from the clinch, and started describing his training methods. It really inspired me, and made feel so validated on making this trip. Joachim is a timeless individual. No matter if today, or 500 years ago he’d be the same person. It’s great too, when you see a friend that you haven’t seen over a year, but it feels like no time has passed. Joachim is the truest Champion I have ever met, regardless if he has a belt or not.
I’ll post something new tomorrow. Sorry for any grammar mistakes. I’m just jotting stuff down.
