By Donald Ash | Articles
Page 1| Page 2| Page 3| Page 4| Page 5| Page 6| Page 7 BACK TO MY SOUTHERN ROOTS Going back the U.S. meant going back to where I was born, to where my parents were born, going back to my roots. I remember going to Florida seeing those relatives I hadn’t seen in years. […]
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Page 1| Page 2| Page 3| Page 4| Page 5| Page 6| Page 7 My Martial Arts Training Begins My father was serving time the year I was born… GOTCHA!! No my father wasn’t in prison. He was serving in the U.S. Army, stationed in Korea, the year I was born. Little did I know […]
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Page 1| Page 2| Page 3| Page 4| Page 5| Page 6| Page 7 What are you doing in Japan? This is one of the most common questions I hear when I’m talking to people back home or when I run into foreigners here in Japan. I often answer by telling them that I’m an […]
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TSUKUBA SUMMER FESTIVAL 2010-まつりつくば Last weekend I had the chance to check out Matsuri Tsukuba. First off, what does Mastsuri (まつり) mean, anyway? Although I’m still learning as I go, Matsuri is the Japanese word for festival. Every year, in late August, Tsukuba holds it’s Summer Festival. From what I understand, most of the Japanese […]