fighting tradition. a history of ferocious resistance. but it s nothing like what you might think. not at all. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: this is okinawa, just south of mainland japan. for all the relative rigidity of the mainland, okinawa answers in its own unique way. don t eat the same thing each day. that s boring. there s even an okinawan term for it. chanpuru, something mixed. bits borrowed from all over served up for anyone to eat. but maybe you re more familiar with the name okinawa from this. as the setting for some of the most horrifyingly bloody battles of the second world war. how horrifying? for the allies there were more than 50,000 casualties with around 12,000 killed, or missing in action, over nearly three months of fighting.
anthony: what does it mean to be strong? it implies hardness, inflexibility. okinawa is a place with a fighting tradition. a history of ferocious resistance. but it s nothing like what you might think. not at all. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: this is okinawa, just south of mainland japan. for all the relative rigidity of the mainland, okinawa answers in its own unique way. don t eat the same thing each day. that s boring. there s even an okinawan term for it. chanpuru, something mixed. bits borrowed from all over served up for anyone to eat. but maybe you re more familiar with the name okinawa from this. as the setting for some of the most horrifyingly bloody battles of the second world war. how horrifying? for the allies there were more than
anthony: yeah, sure. man: yes. james: go on, anthony. nicely done. anthony: in the end, it s a less than smoothly executed judo move, kosoto gake i believe, that brings my opponent to ground.
now it will age. it s been in here with the snake maybe, like, three years. so all of the essence of the snake has gone out into the alcohol. anthony: there seems to be a conflict of interest here. you train, uh, karate very seriously. i mean, should you people be drinking? this is why i m asking. where is the point of diminishing returns? james: there are not many teachers who don t drink. awamori is intrinsic to the okinawan culture. anthony: right. james: most enjoy awamori as part of their lifestyle in the same way that karate is part of their lifestyle. they re saying please eat. less talking, more eating. anthony: well done. sashimi of, well, let s just say
more protective deposits around the bones. basically weaponizing even your weakest and smallest extremities. and it hurts even to watch. brutal. james: it s bad, it s bad. anthony: james pankiewicz, brit and black belt in shorin-ryu karate, moved to okinawa in 2009 to study budo, or the way of martial arts. he acts as translator for most of the karate sensei on the island. earlier i met james and hokama sensei in makishi public market in okinawa s largest city, naha. james: that s the tasty one, right, we ll take that one. anthony: and what are these? james: so these are puffer fish. so, we got some they re gonna do some deep-fried fish for us. anthony: gurukun, the unofficial national fish of okinawa. and porcupine fish, both