My guests today are Jason Harai and Byron Redditt of Ippon Judo Club in Lakewood, Washington. They are my Judo senpais from my days of growing up in Washington State. Jason is the founder and head instructor of Ippon Judo Club. Both Jason and Byron were also the former coaches of Travis Stevens, who is the -81kg silver medalist from the 2016 Rio Olympics. Jason’s Judo club just recently celebrated 20 years since opening in February of 2001. He also released an online Judo tutorial on BJJ Fanatics titled “Fundamental Judo for Kids”. Enjoy the episode.
Ippon Judo Club
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Website: https://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=ipponjudodojo
Judo Fanatics: https://bjjfanatics.com/collections/jason-harai/products/fundamental-judo-for-kids-by-jason-harai
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Intro Audio/Music by musician David Ralston
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My guests today are musical artists Tone Drew aka Shamanic Ape, and Sunny Haze. Together they have co-created a comic series titled “The Carnyverse Saga”, and a graphic novel. The comic is forecasted to come out tentatively this spring. Enjoy the episode.
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IG: @shamanicape
IG: @sunnyhaze241
IG: @veffokinawa
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Intro Audio/Music by musician David Ralston
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My guests today are my dearest friends David Ralston and Merry Gushi of Okinawa Americana. Okinawa Americana creates amazing music by fusing both Ryukyu folk music, known as Minyo, and American Blues together. In 2017 they released their first album together and most recently in 2020 they released their second album titled Tachi. Both albums are brilliant and I highly recommend you add those albums to your collection. They even created this background music that they were even so nice enough to let me utilize for the intro. Please go check out their social media pages and their website which is posted on the show notes. As always we had an amazing time recording this episode. Enjoy!
https://okinawaamericana.com/home
IG @okinawaamericana
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IG: @okinawa_merry
Facebook Page: @okinawaamericana
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Intro Audio/Music by musician David Ralston
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In today’s episode I am joined by Jeremy Miller who goes by the musical artist name Klassickemcee. He is a hip hop artist from Arizona. Years ago back in 2004 we both met in the Marine Corps in Okinawa Japan. During the episode we did a lot of reminiscing of our Marine Corps days and being stationed in Okinawa, Japan. His recent album titled “A Turning Point for a Late Bloomer” dropped this last October and is available on all streaming platforms. Enjoy the episode.
IG: @klassickemcee
Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/klassickemcee
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Intro Audio/Music by musician David Ralston
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In today’s episode I am joined by Colt Amborn of the Judo No Mi Podcast. Colt is living in the Kanagawa Prefecture near Yokosuka Naval Base. I had the pleasure of being a guest on his podcast a couple of months ago. You can go check out that podcast on iTunes and Anchor. Enjoy the episode.
IG: @dojoratz319
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Intro Audio/Music by musician David Ralston
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In today’s episode I am joined by Alice who lives in Tokyo, Japan. Alice works in a maid café in Akihabara and she recently formed an idol group named Maidoremi. The group is an all female idol group made up of all foreigners which is most likely the first of its kind. Enjoy the episode.
IG: @_shiopan
Twitter: @_shiopan
Idol Group Twitter: @maidoremi
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOKbMd20gGKS_ldeAuoDiDQ/featured
This episode is produced by our Patrons on Patreon. STACEY BELL, KAZU DAVIS, TARO BREWER, and DANIEL OLSEN. If you would like to be a producer of the Shima Gaijin Podcast go to the Patreon page at PATREON.COM/SHIMAGAIJINPODCAST . Become a producer by contributing each month and you will receive public recognition on each episode as a producer of the podcast.
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Intro Audio/Music by musician David Ralston
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I am joined by Alonzo Mori who is a rap artist living in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a featured guest artist and member of the musical group ALI (Alien Liberty International). You can listen to Alonzo’s music on SoundCloud and YouTube.
The group ALI is from Tokyo and their music is a mix of Hip Hop, Funk, Soul, Jazz, and Latin. Alonzo was recently featured on ALI's new single title "MUZIK CITY". You can watch it either on their website or on YouTube. Enjoy the episode.
IG: @alonzo_mori
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/alonzo-tomohiko-anderson
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZYYbd2ZgZYidCtzby_6hNw/featured
ALI Website: https://alienlibertyinternational.com/
New Music Video, Muzik City: https://youtu.be/8kN9nQFxHW0
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Intro Audio/Music by musician David Ralston
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I am joined by friend and Personal Trainer Ryan Anastoplus. Ryan lives locally in Okinawa. He recently started hosting a podcast called F.A.R.T. which stands for Fitness Advice Review Telegraph. You can listen to his podcast on iTunes and Spotify. He also has a website and app called PoundCake.Fit.
IG: @cake.and.ryan
Website: https://poundcake.fit/
Email: ryan@poundcake.fit
IG: @cake.and.ryan
This episode is produced by our Patrons on Patreon. STACEY BELL, KAZU DAVIS, TARO BREWER, and DANIEL OLSEN. If you would like to be a producer of the Shima Gaijin Podcast go to the Patreon page at PATREON.COM/SHIMAGAIJINPODCAST . Become a producer by contributing each month and you will receive public recognition on each episode as a producer of the podcast.
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Intro Audio/Music by musician David Ralston
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In today’s episode I am joined by Chuck Jefferson who is the creator and host of Judocast, a podcast for Judo Enthusiasts. Chuck is also a 2 time Pan American Judo Champion, Entrepreneur, a San Jose State Judo alumni and former SJSU coach. You can check out his podcast by going to Judocast.com.
IG: @judo.cast
Judo Cast: www.judocast.com
Chuck Jefferson Judo Club: www.cjjudo.com
This episode is produced by our Patrons on Patreon. JIM MOSER, CHRIS LUNA, STACEY BELL, KAZU DAVIS, TARO BREWER, and DANIEL OLSEN. If you would like to be a producer of the Shima Gaijin Podcast go to the Patreon page at PATREON.COM/SHIMAGAIJINPODCAST . Become a producer by contributing each month and you will receive public recognition on each episode as a producer of the podcast.
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Intro Audio/Music by musician David Ralston
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A halfbreed, Japanese/American, living in Japan.