Archive for 'Japan'
Interview with Magician Cyril Takayama
Posted on 22. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
Humble, determined, talented, skilled, engaging, personable, creative, motivated, and a thousand other favorable words can be used to describe this incomparable magician. In an art too often plagued by arrogance and conceit, deception and deprecation, envy and a self-induced sense of entitlement, Cyril embodies all of the positive traits that makes him one of the best diplomats America has ever had representing magic to the masses.
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I Think I’m Turning Japanese
Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by James L. Clark.
The last time I stepped foot in Japan was nearly 20 years ago. I was a young soldier serving in the US Army and had a fascination for all things I perceived to be military, including traditional Japanese Daito-ryu Aikijujustsu and Aikido.
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