Well, my niece departed, and my Mom comes in for a visit. She is also from Hawaii. With her are two kids whom are also my niece and nephew that I met for the first time. They are both from Hawaii. Hesitant at first, but kids are a matter of warming up. Once they get to know you I am sure we will have fun. They are attending a karate tournament in Texas from Wednesday. The kids` names are Rick and Lilia. This is Rick`s first time to mainland us. I heard that even between mainland, and hawaii there are cultural differences. I am not sure how Rick is feeling about all this. He had his camera to take record of his whole trip.
My mom teaches karate in Hawaii. She also had a dojo (a karate classroom) in Japan. My mom and dad met through karate. After a while of absence my mom went back to it, and got her teaching license for it. She started teaching karate in Seto, Japan, and spent about 6 years teaching. She opened her dojo, and acquired some students, and her karate life took off. I took some lessons from her as well. Karate then became our family sports. All of my family member has done karate. A few of Japanese culture has made it`s way into my life, and those are tea ceremony, and karate. These practices has taught me the very important aspect of Japan, and what Japan means to me.
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