The Effect

Para I Onra: The Ana Varu

During a trip visiting Ireland in 2010, I was with Tony Susuico(another Guam native) enjoying the view from a cliffside overlooking the famed Cliffs of Moher. There we met an old Shepherd (who at one time was a sailor) who was also walking the Cliffs and, in the midst of a hello and good conversation  had given him a Fokai Sticker with the coordinates... [Read more of this review]

Cultivate the Spirit: The Sling

SLING AND SWORD DEFENDER TEE! Fokai Sling and Sword Tee     What is the ” Sling” in ” Sling and Sword”? and what is fokai’s connection to it? The sling is a weapon used across the planet from thusands of years ago. Its not certain who had been the first ones to do it; its theorized that it might be one of those... [Read more of this review]

Sling&Sword

The Sling is Guams native weapon, the sword is Japans native weapon. Sling and Sword is a collaborative campaign between fokai and yamato damashii to celebrate the bridge between Guam and Japan through martial arts and a statement of fokai’s connectivity with Yamato Damashii through  martial arts principles and service to defend and protect... [Read more of this review]

Team Matao , Invigoration, &The Inifresi

via www.guampdn.com Less than 24 hours before their match against the top-ranked team in Asia, the Guam men’s national soccer team is focused and confident. After touching down in Tehran, Iran on Tuesday, Team Matao met with local media and acclimated themselves to the local conditions. During an interview with the Guam Football Association media... [Read more of this review]

Fokai,The Force, & Legends: Fernando “Terere” Agusto

    Photo and story from Gracie Magazine Alan “Finfou “Do Nascimento just brought the venue to tears. After conceding the win to Fernando Tererê in their middleweight match, he handed Fernando Tererê his black belt. He later explained his actions: Fernando Tererê made what I am in Jiu-Jitsu. He taught me since the white belt.... [Read more of this review]

Foundation: Rebuild Marianas

By Katy Galimberti, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer August 7, 2015; 10:00 AM ET More Sharing ServicesShare | Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Once-Super Typhoon Soudelor pummeled the island of Saipan in the Western Pacific ocean on its path to Taiwan and China this week. Soudelor slammed Saipan with the intensity of a Category 2... [Read more of this review]

Cultivate the spirit: The Wim Hof Method

Something to share for serious life enhancement and for the good of mankind. Wim Hof convincingly and selflessly reminds us that breath is truly the key to life THE WIM HOF METHOD Summary 30 times balloon blowing Breathe in fully Breath out fully and hold until gasp reflex Inhale fully and hold for 10-15 seconds. Repeat until finished Take 5 minutes... [Read more of this review]

13N/144E:

Often folks will ask what this abbreviation is for and why we often place it into design. For the educated ,its obvious –this is an abbreviation for Guam’s latitude and longitude for 13 degrees North 144 degrees East. We added this to our campaign as a recommendation from a longtime surfing brother,  founder of Freedom Surf clothing cmpany... [Read more of this review]

FSharp:Hafa Adai Authentic

We got into the clothing venture because we saw that Guam needed a dedicated label and tasteful product that could present Guam to the world  Respectfully.  That was in 1997. Time has flown and almost 20years later, we have seen more than 100 local clothing label s rise  since then with over 60currently  in operation, 30 of these still extremely... [Read more of this review]

What is 1008?

1008 is  the physical manifestation of the guiding and overseeing forces at work in the unfolding of  Fokai’s call-to-duty.  Read More →

ONRA: FOKAI & THE MARIANAS OPEN

ONRA: Fokai&theMarianasOpen    Hafa Adai,   Brazilian Jiujitsu arrived on Guam at a time when No Holds Barred Fighting and Gracie Jiujitsu were virtually synonymous. It was a time when fighting proficiency was previously defined almost exclusively by kicks and punches. It was a time where the surprise onslaught of Jiujitsu’s combat worth had... [Read more of this review]

Onra,TheForce,&Frank”TheCrank”Camacho

We have watched Frank grow tremendously through his career in combat sports and his life as a martial artist. Making headlines from Saipan to Maryland, throughout Guam and the Philippines, Camacho has carried the flags of our islands proudly across podiums with title victories through Submission Grappling, Braziian Jiujitsu, and Mixed Martial arts in... [Read more of this review]

Onra:AbuDhabi Pro Qualifiers

Guam is almost 20 years into its timeline with Brazilian Jiujitsu and Mixed Martial Arts. From humble beginnings in the garages of Jiujitsu admirers lookign to learn the gentle art–the momentum has since spiraled above and beyond producing a  growing submission grappling community, a by-product of a resurgence in Guam wrestling, Regional Champions,... [Read more of this review]

“F” is for FreestyleSessions:

Heres a video edit from the Fokai SoCal Project with Cros One of Freestyle Sessions, one of the World’s most recognized and established breakdancing / B-Boy events. Watch this breakdown as he talks about the elevation of the game, its past, present, and future, and bringing the big show  to his backyard, San Diego.  Read More →

Missing in Action/Found in Adventure

Hafa Adai, Not too sure if anyone follows this blog anymore –with good reason. Its been more difficult to maintain than anticipated. Tons of things have happened since our last post and the reality of it is that while we wanted to created ablog that would share everythign from product development to life adventure.we got so caught up in deveopling... [Read more of this review]