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Mente, espírito, físico e tradição em artes

Conheceu as artes marciais por meio de seu pai que praticava judo e começou a treinar com 10 anos de idade. Conquistou o diploma ...

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Crônicas Nikkeis #2 — Nikkei+ ~Histórias sobre Idiomas, Tradições, Gerações & Raças Miscigenadas~

O Diário de uma Judoca Hapa Pirada

Ser artista marcial não era para ter acontecido na minha vida. O plano era para eu me concentrar nos estudos e ganhar boas notas ...

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Vozes de Chicago

Aprendendo a Cair

Como o retorno ao lar após uma longa viagem, pisar no tatame no dojô é um dos momentos mais relaxantes pelo qual aguardo ardentemente depois ...

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Steveston Community Society and the Nikkei Community

Steveston, at the southern end of the city of Richmond, had long been home to a large and active Japanese community—until 1942, when all ...

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Interview with Hiroshi Onaka, Design Executive Officer of EnLinx Partners

On July 30, Japanese martial art Shorinji Kempo will hold its world championships in the U.S. for the first time. We talked with Hiroshi ...

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Nisei: Sports Brought “Wa” (Harmony)

The famous Vancouver Asahi baseball teams have been well-documented and the latest, a movie made in Japan called Asahi was the “icing on the cake ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #5 Killer Fingers: "Hi-Yaaaah!..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Guilty Pleasures, Part II”… Check back every weekend for ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #5 Venoms: "Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fightin'..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Guilty Pleasures (Kung-Fu Movies Edition) Part I"… Check back ...

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Dr. Joe Takehara and Chicago Aikido

Dr. Joe Takehara, D.D.S., a second generation Japanese American, has trained with the legends of aikido during his fifty-three years of studying the ...

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Japanese American National Museum Magazine

Japanese American Sumo in the Continental United States, 1900-1941 - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>Japanese American Sumo in the New Era: From Issei to Nisei The 1924 Immigration Act was an important turning point in the ...