nekotnedlogeht:1008@TumonBay
May 29, 2010 by admin
Filed under Nekotnedlogeht, Special Forces
V is forVinnie.Without a Doubt–GodIsReal.
GoodVibrations from the goldentoken
nekotnedlogeht:AboutFokai
May 29, 2010 by admin
Filed under Nekotnedlogeht
> 1. How did “Fokai” begin, and who were the important names behind the start of your brand.
Fokai Started as a seed planted in surfing and sprouted in Martial Arts. Important names were Roman Dela Cruz, Patrick Fleming, Steven Shimizu, and John Calvo
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> 2. What year did you start up, describe how you started up and why, and what was the look of your first piece of merchandise?
We were conceived circa 1991 but started mid 1997. A bunch of guys looking to put a quality local label behind quality Guam ventures
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> 3. How much did they sell for? Who bought them?
15dollars a tshirt. Friends and family, friends of family, and a family of friends
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> 4. What influenced the brand then, and what continues to influence it now?
Perseverance and Intiative for sure but largely–The positive landmarking of Guam, the cultivation of Guam, The growing standard of quality apparel. ithink now were also raising our standard of product. years int he industry and exposure to the world industry have us paying attention to finer details as well as setting higher goals for our merchandise. partly for the brand and just as importantly for our supporters.
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> 5. Where has Fokai reached out to? California? Japan?
Saipan, Philippines,other parts of Asia, Japan, Bali,Hawaii, California, Ireland,Different sports and athletes? anything that involves sacrfice and spiritCompetitions and charities? Have had some ventures into the Hip-Hop subculture and Drift Racing , Have taken a larger role with the Cocos Crossing, Marianas Open, Rollapalooza in the Philippines, and some Martial Arts events in Europe, Hawaii, and Californiaetc.
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> 6. When did you establish the first Fokai shop, and how have you guys grown now? i.e. fokai femme.
Moved inthere October of 2003. Put a stronger team behind the label establishing Grasshopeer Inc and Started a Japan office and shop in 2005. Opened up a Shop in San Diego in 2006. Opened our second flagship store in 2008. Most recently opened FokaiFemme in december of 2009
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> 7. how does it feel launching the fokai femme brand and the new location?
The financial pressures are definitley there. But our main shop in Tumon was a bit too small. we had merchandise in the back that we couldnt even display in the front. We wanted to give more attention detail to our womens and childrens line and thought it would best happen by the beach. FokaiFemme needed to grow in its own light so we thought moving it not too far from Home base would help the situation.
Loving the new location. the structure itself is a reverse layout of Shop1 and its on teh opposite side of the same building. so in a sense, in this new venture,we can literally express another side of Fokai.
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> 8. whose been a big help for you the last few years?
God imminiently. but Carlo Dela Cruz, Stephen Roberto, Tony Anderson, HideakiShiina, enson Inoue, Wayan Kurniawan, Ryan Johnson, Steve Shimizu and Families,Richard Chou, Kie SusuicoGuam Shipyard, PurebredLloydIrvin,Undisputed,Spike22,WaveHouse, Ralphy’s,Marty’s,etc. with a Capitol ET and C.the list goes on.
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> 9. what is the target trend of the brand (customer wise: i.e.: college kids on vacation, military personnel leaving the island, tourists) and what is something most people may not know (sponsorships of sports, japan brand/cali brand, etc).
No target trend. we just try to do what we love and celbrate the human spirit as best in fashion and function under proper inspiration and at our capacity.in the end we want to deliver a sincere and quality product and label that well represents our movement and island
something to know? we want to help save the world
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> 10. Contact information on the locations. other information you’d like to throw at us.
www.fokai.tv
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> mainly using the new fokai femme location opening to run the article, and how fokai is a staple souvenir for people from guam.
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20thAnnualCocosCrossing: FokaiAmphibiousDivision
May 29, 2010 by admin
Filed under Special Forces
2.5 mile Ocean Swim from Cocos Island to Guam.
0545 – Check-in at Merizo public pier
0615 – Ferry departs for Cocos Island resort pier
0650 – Safety briefing prior to start
0700 – Race start
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*No swim aids are allowed.
*No personal escorts on surfboards, kayaks, or boats are permited.
*No floatation devices, snorkles, fins, or wet suits of any kind.
*Official swim caps must be worn properly.
*Swimmers will be pulled from the water if they have not passed the halfway point within one hour of the start or if they repeatedly swim outside the course markers.
*Boats and kayak operators will patrol the course.
Medical personnel and certified lifeguards will be present along the course and at the finish area.
*Swimmers are responsible for their own physical training.
Questions = manukaiathleticclub@gmail.com
$30.00 per adult entry
$20.00 per student 18 and under
$50.00 per off-island entry
$50.00 per late entry**
**Late entries must check-in by 0530 at Merizo peir on race day.
GoodVibrations:CongratulationsIsseiAndEri
May 25, 2010 by admin
Filed under FokaiJapan, Special Forces
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs. Toshikazu and Eri Isseno for their weddding on May 24th, 2010. the decision to Christen your relationship has expanded the Fokai/Bonds Family and Experience.It Truly Is A Family Thing. Welcome to Paradise 13N/144.e. So not just a sincere congratulations on the Bond you made for life–but a sincere congratulations for the step forward youve made in living.
A special welcome to Guam for Iseeis and Eris friends and supporters. Hafa Adai All Day and GoodVibrations Until the Death.
Yahbro!
Fokai360:PurebredOmiya
May 24, 2010 by admin
Filed under BJJ Stuff, FokaiCombatUNit
WordsOfWisdom:PhilBaroni
May 21, 2010 by admin
Filed under FokaiCombatUNit
http://www.bjpenn.com/profiles/blogs/bjpenncom-exclusive-deep
Check this link for an in-depthe interview with Phil Baroni on his return to MMA, on his return to 185lbs and on his return to Phil Baroni on UFC118
ONRA:May20th,2010
Hafa Adai,
Guam grapplers recover from another successful Marianas Open on May 8th as Saipan Welcomes Korea back to Mariana Islands MMA with their triple main event for Korea vs. The Marianas inTrenchWarz12:BattleBrawl at the Saipan World Resort this Friday May21st.
While on the same day a host of MMA fighter athletes and Jiujitsu Instructors from the Pound, Spike22Academy, CarlsonGracieGuam, and the Guahan Top Team place the backdrop of a youth outreach program to host a brief Brazilian Jiujitsu and Submission Grappling instructional for the 2nd Annual JourneyTo TheWorlds YouthActivities Exhibition 2010 from 11am to 4pm at the Dededo Sports Complex this weekend.
“Tsumayooshi”—to us it might sound like a strange word but its actually the Japanese translation for the word “toothpick”. I guess theres more than one way to communicate An idea.
I’d like to offer any due apologies to anyone who might have felt disrespected from a statement I made in the most previous ONRA that the last PXC was a stain for Guam MMA.
I think I could have chosen my words more carefully and I may have let my often-unprofessional opinion get in the way of courtesy. Many people—the promoters, the commission, the staff, the fighters, and fans put their time aside in hopes for a flourishing event; And for all the hard work and commitment to consistently reinvite this development in athletics and entertainment should not go unsaluted. Afterall Korea is reminded that GuamMMA is real and the commision made a respectable showing with a sizeable staff uniformed not just iwithclothing but apparentlywith intention.
In reality, there are so many dynamics involved with Guam Combatives that we all have different ways to do our part for what we feel might be productive for a lifestyle, sport, and industry that we hope to be around extensively.. Beit in the now-quite-different BJJ scene, or high school wrestling, Olympic Judo, —these all seem to work with a mutual benefit in what could be our greatest world athetic potential—competitiveMartial Arts.
We are fortunate to see the extents that industry and athletic venture capitalists are going to in implementing Martial Arts as a staple and finding a way to weave it into our extended life experiences. We have seen public-speaking, event-fundraising, large scale entertaining, fitness-enhancing, world-traveling, and landmarking episodes in what seemed to start In the early days as the pursuit of reliable self-defense.
Heres a question—Is Martial Arts the same as Mixed Martial Arts? You know, previously we could have so easily said yes but we have to realize that both are no longer necessarily practiced with the same core-philosophies. Though Martial Arts can arguably be labeld the bigger umbrella of the two.. They have, these days, seemed to have grown in a different light.
One might say that martial arts is the philosophy of defense and that Mixed Martial Arts is the philosophy of offense; another might say that Martial Arts Code of Honor is replaced in MMA with a code of victory.
So , after figuring out what those differences might bethen we might also want to ask ourselves “Which philosophy do we want to move forward with?”
When looking at the very real and very proficient fight-athletic abilities that our young are achieving so early in life—we really need to pay attention to where were going with this and we really need to pay attention for the direction we might want to steer them.. The popularity of televised MMA, Video-games, Youtube, celebrity endorsement, the fighter intraining who might not stay too far away from home…It is inevitable that many of our youth will gravitate towards the pursuit of success in this arena.
So maybe, it might be beyond our control that many will naturally gravitate toward MMA, but we are blessed with the ability ( and different methods) to enhance the Martial Arts and Mixed Martial Arts product so that we can move confidently knowing that people gravitate towards a positive thing, plan with a positive perspective, and aim for a positive direction.
Not everyone is into competitive Martial Arts to save the world (so to speak). Not everyone is in for the glorification of our islands. sometimes people just want to compete or sometimes people just see it as a way of having fun. Fine, dandy, and well-respected.
But for those who might be in it for any type of bigger purpose—it is sure to be a blessing for an island that works diligently to enforce, enhance, and encourage a positive and formidable framework for this bigger picture; In what can be for many—a world and host, not of caution; but a world and host of opportunity.
Thanks for dropping by.
Proven:TeamLloydIrvinBJJ
May 19, 2010 by admin
Filed under BJJ Stuff, FokaiCombatUNit
JT “Spiderman” Torres submits his first
four opponents at the 2010 Brazilian
National Tournament this past weekend
and secures his biggest win to date
over Lucas Lepri.
FokaiVietnam:StrengthAndHonor
May 18, 2010 by admin
Filed under Special Forces
It is amazing at the lengths that people will go to deliver a message. more amazing is the message thats so important. The greatest of sacrifice from the humblest of fsouls. RestInPeace/LiveForever.
FokaiUK:PulpFiction!
May 18, 2010 by admin
Filed under EthicAndEtiquette, Familia, Special Forces
In thYou know-for the most part, we try not to post anything here BUT Fokai-related stuffs. But something disturbing came to our attention and that is THIS–
In the movie PulpFiction, Samuel Jackson told si John Travolta that, in the UK, a Quarter Pounder was called a McRoyale with cheese– simply because the UK used the metric system and measured weight in kilos and not pounds. Fair enough.We found this to be educational and enlightening. Truth to tell–even our souls felt smarter. But after a brief visit to Bristol England a few months back, much to our dismay we discovered–
Broken hearts Bruh!
But Ronald recovered well keeping us safe and sound knowing that McD’s UK is down with the Black and Gold!
And truthfully speaking–this is a part of Fokai becasue McDonald’s is a part of everybody!
You deserve a break today…
