{"id":1709,"date":"2009-05-25T01:38:53","date_gmt":"2009-05-24T16:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori3.sakura.ne.jp\/kirbyfukunaga\/2009\/05\/25\/dreams-are-possible-the-karate-kid\/"},"modified":"2009-05-25T01:38:53","modified_gmt":"2009-05-24T16:38:53","slug":"dreams-are-possible-the-karate-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=1709","title":{"rendered":"Dreams are Possible:  The Karate Kid&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>good morning.  6:15am sunday morning.  got the surf into summer going on at bowls and the nssa at kewalo&#8217;s today.  the waves are chest\/head high and looking super fun.  i&#8217;ll probably go by and check out the contest for a while, then surf the same place i did yesterday.  it&#8217;s sunday so everywhere will be crowded, except there.  but first, going to the airport&#8230;  have a great day!!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/20090524192359.jpeg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nlast night was exciting.  i went with some friends to watch the UFC fight.  rashad evans(champion) vs. lyoto machida.  i&#8217;ve been watching these two fighters fight for the past 2 years.   i don&#8217;t like evans because he is cocky.  talks shit too much.  machida on the other hand is humble.  he&#8217;s a karate expert that is half japanese\/half brazilian.  i like his style, his power, his speed, and his humbleness.  so this was a fight i wasn&#8217;t going to miss&#8230;.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/20090524192753.jpeg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nwhen the bell rang, i was excited.  here are 2 fighters that are  both undefeated.  that&#8217;s a first in UFC history.  although i don&#8217;t like evan&#8217;s, he can freaking fight.  and he beat the best of the best in the UFC.  but machida is part japanese so i was cheering for him&#8230;.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/20090524192937.jpeg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nround 2, lights out!!  evan&#8217;s got knocked out by machida&#8217;s karate punches&#8230;.  i was freaking yelling my head off.  i haven&#8217;t seen such awesome karate since mr. miyagi in the karate kid.  i&#8217;m going to go outside and wax my car.  &#8220;wax on, wax off, wax on, wax off&#8221;&#8230;..<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/20090524193026.jpeg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\nmachida is the new light heavyweight UFC champion. i don&#8217;t think anybody can beat this guy&#8230;.   after he won, they interviewed him and although he can&#8217;t speak too good english, this is what he had to say.<br \/>\n<font color=\"red\">IF YOU HAVE A DREAM IN YOUR LIFE, GO AHEAD.  IT&#8217;S POSSIBLE&#8230;.<br \/>\n<\/font><br \/>\nthese words stuck in my head all night long.  i feel the same way.  now i&#8217;m going to start training karate.  i took it when i was in 2nd grade at haleiwa elementary school.  now i&#8217;m ready to return into the dojo&#8230;. and when i get my black belt, you better not drop in on me.  haha&#8230;.  but yeah, no matter what your dream is, you can do it&#8230;..  machida did it and so can you&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>good morning. 6:15am sunday morning. got the surf into summer going on at bowls and the nssa at kewalo&#8217;s today. the waves are chest\/head high and looking super fun. i&#8217;ll probably go by and check out the contest for a while, then surf the same place i did yesterday. it&#8217;s sunday so everywhere will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1709","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-go-naminori"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}