Strong Legs

Today was exhausting. I went on a mission with a friend to meet up with Shuki. Shuki was the elderly man who helped me find my way to my dorm. (Refer to Lost in Translation Post).I found his card in my wallet with his address. It read Shuki Mayarmam Intenational Match Maker Boxing.  A friend of mine was interested in taking up boxing, so we deciced to give him a call and visit him at his gym. 

Previous to leaving we met up with our dorm Manager AKI to get directions. It would take us bout a 30 minutes from school according to him. This was the route:

Tamachi (Jr line) to Tokyo station- Transfer at Oetmachi to the Tozai Subway Line and get off at Monzen Nakacho. From here we were post to be able to walk to the gym.

Well we made it, but it took MORE LIKE TWO HOURS PLUS. Neither one of us had the luxury of wearing walking shoes. OUCH! But our legs are now stronger than ever been. We were soooooo lost. We were walking every where and every which direction.  Not to mention when we transfered stations, it involved extensive walking. Each person we asked it seemed like they were sending us in circles.  

We eventually walked back to Monzen Nakacho trainstation one last time to the very next stop where we were directed to go. The language barrier was the worst but, we found that them pointing us in the direction was the better than trying to fully explain. Along our "mission" we came across a station manger, a mother, police officier, and a delivery man. At one point, we ended up circuling the block of our destination for a good 15 min. 

We finally arrived at Shuki's HOUSE...OOPPPS. I Thought the address on his card WAS HIS GYM. 

It wasn't a total lost cause, I just didn't feel comfortable showing up at someone's house. I thought that a business card was your business address....anyways.. Come to find out he didn't actually train anyone. 

Thats doesn't credit his prestige though. I just misinterpreted what he actually did. He was a Match Maker. He basically scheduled fights for fighters all across the world. 

He keeps his album of celebrity boxer with him at all times. He shook hands and took pictures with Muhammed Ali, Mike Tyson and many more.

I ended up taking a picture with him.  Overall he's a cool old dude.