I had not as much sleep as I would have liked the night before, and I was getting a little rest on the tatami mat when Juri startled me, “Mike, get up, earthquake.” I sat up a little confused. An earthquake? I didn’t feel anything at all. I think I had just started drifting off. […]

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While coming back from our two-week train trip around Japan, Juri and I stopped in Shimokitazawa before heading back to Juri’s parents house. The reason we stopped? Before we left the states, I sent out a cold email to author and instructor Tony Mullen. He wrote an instructional book on my favorite […]

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The other day, my boss said, “Mike I don’t know how you do it, being married to someone from another country, with the language barrier. Communication is hard enough for married people from the same town and background. It has to be tough!”
It’s hard to address that kind of comment or compliment when you’re […]

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