The French Gang with the Hiroshima Judo Team

Hiroshima Judo Team - Group Pictures

After each practice, the captain of the judo team debriefs.

Today we did 9 Tachi waza (standing) randori for 5 minutes each and

7 Ne waza (ground) randori for 3 minutes each.

Followed by 5 minutes of Nage Komi.

Le capitaine de l'équipe réuni son équipe à la fin de chaque entrainement.

Aujourd'hui, nous avons fait 9 randori debout de 5 minutes chacun et ensuite

7 randori au sol de 3 minutes chacun.

Nous avons ensuite terminé par une série de Nage Komi (chute) de 5 minutes.

The Kendo Practice at the University

Cédric and Kevin toujours sur les mains

Kevin sur une main.

Cédric is posing.

Miyajima Island - the temple on the water

We were very fortunate to have low tide and to be

able to walk underneath the gate.

This temple was built in the 12th century.

Deguchi Sensei invited us to eat an Okonomiyaki

Nous faisons cuire notre repas.

Les profs de judo de l'université d'Hiroshima

Fred sous l'oeil attentif de Cédric prépare son okonomiyaki.

Kevin y met beaucoup d'amour.

We are mixing our bowl first.

The movie of our cooking.

Le film de notre cuisine.

We arrived at the Hiroshima University Dojo

Fred is resting before getting ready for 2h30 of practice.

On our way to Hiroshima

We are waiting for our bullet train.

Le TGV Japonais rentre en gare.

Here it is - le voilà.

Cédric prend des forces.

Training at Kodokan - Randori Time

Cedric is doing Randori with an experience judoka.

Un combat de Cédric avec un judoka expérimenté.

Kevin is fighting with the #8 in Japan in the 73kg category.

Le No. 8 Japonais s'échauffe avec Kevin.

They crossed it on the hands

Cedric

Kevin

Famous Cross Walk - Célèbre Passage Piéton

Ils voulaient manger au McDonald Japonais

They did it - they went to McDonald in Tokyo

to check if it is the same than in the US.

La tour de Tokyo - et un temple

Nous nous sommes ensuite rendus dans un temple

près de la tour de Tokyo.

Visit of the Imperial Garden

Cedric and Kevin were in charge of organizing the day;

They decided to visit the Imperial Garden.

Fred is posing for an eternity

House of the Samouraï.

Kukuchikan High School - Judo Training

One of the toughest high schools in the nation.

Training starts at 3:30 pm and finishes at 6pm

The intensity is quite amazing and high school students

are very strong.