island. earlier i met james at a public market in okinawa s largest city, naha. that s the tasty one. we re going to take that one. what are these? these are puffer fish. so we got some deep fried fish for us. the unofficial national fish of okinawa, and porcupine fish, both battered and deep fried. going to do sashimi. okinawans eat any fish sashimi fish. served raw and still twitching in the shell. we re going to get some sea grapes as well. good, good, that s super traditional. sea grapes. the classic regional side dish dressed in rice vinegar. what you buy downstairs from vendors, for a small fee
martial arts. he acts as translator for most of the karate sensei on the island. earlier i met james and hokama sensei at a public market in okinawa s largest city, naha. that s the tasty one. we re going to take that one. what are these? these are puffer fish. so we got some deep fried fish for us. gurukun, the unofficial national fish of okinawa, and porcupine fish, both battered and deep fried. they re going to do sashimi. okinawans eat just about any kind of fish sashimi style. served raw and still twitching in the shell. we re going to get some sea grapes as well. good, good, that s super traditional. sea grapes. the classic regional side dish dressed in rice vinegar. what you buy downstairs from
the classic regional side dish dressed in rice vinegar. what you buy downstairs from vendors, for a small fee restaurants will cook it for you upstairs. wow. wow. so okinawa s most famous export, perhaps, is karate. uh-huh. when most of us think of karate, we think of striking. exclusively. is that an accurate representation of what you re doing? from the basis of okinawan karate, it was used primarily as defensive art. in other words, being able to, you know, control and subdue the opponent. usually if you could in a humane way, but then if you had to finish them, then you had the ability to finish them. the striking is important, but a lot of the technique is not about striking. it s about submission
he acts as translator for most of the karate sensei on the island. earlier i met james at a public market in okinawa s largest city, naha. that s the tasty one. we re going to take that one. what are these? these are puffer fish. so we got some deep fried fish for us. the unofficial national fish of okinawa, and porcupine fish, both battered and deep fried. going to do sashimi. okinawans eat any fish sashimi style. served raw and still twitching in the shell. we re going to get some sea grapes as well. good, good, that s super traditional. sea grapes. the classic regional side dish dressed in rice vinegar. what you buy downstairs from
earlier i met james at a public market in okinawa s largest city, naha. that s the tasty one. we re going to take that one. what are these? these are puffer fish. so we got some deep fried fish for us. the unofficial national fish of okinawa, and porcupine fish, both battered and deep fried. going to do sashimi. okinawans eat any fish sashimi style. served raw and still twitching in the shell. we re going to get some sea grapes as well. good, good, that s super traditional. sea grapes. the classic regional side dish dressed in rice vinegar. what you buy downstairs from vendors, for a small fee restaurants will cook it for you upstairs.