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Adrift in Tokyo, Robert Twigger came to a revelation about himself: he had never been fit. Guided by his flatmates, he set out to cleanse his body and mind, getting involved in Japanese martial arts, and undertaking a course of budo training normally taken by the Tokyo Riot Police. In this book, he blends the ancient with the modern - the ultra traditionalism, ritual and violence of the dojo (training academy), with the shopping malls, nightclubs and scenes of everyday Tokyo life in the 1990s - to provide an entertaining glimpse of contemporary Japan.
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Angry White Pyjamas, Robert Twigger
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- Released
- 1997
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- Title
- Angry White Pyjamas
- Subtitle
- An Oxford Poet Trains with the Tokyo Riot Police
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robert Twigger
- Publisher
- Indigo
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 0575401249
- ISBN13
- 9780575401242
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Maps & Travel, True Stories, Biographies, Travel, Sports, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Sport & Outdoor, Japan, Sports Biographies, Martial Arts
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- Adrift in Tokyo, Robert Twigger came to a revelation about himself: he had never been fit. Guided by his flatmates, he set out to cleanse his body and mind, getting involved in Japanese martial arts, and undertaking a course of budo training normally taken by the Tokyo Riot Police. In this book, he blends the ancient with the modern - the ultra traditionalism, ritual and violence of the dojo (training academy), with the shopping malls, nightclubs and scenes of everyday Tokyo life in the 1990s - to provide an entertaining glimpse of contemporary Japan.