J.A.F.O wrote:chokonen888 wrote:If it's anything like hockey, the worst skaters and the best are the ones with an open, international mindset....everyone in between is Nipppppppon this and Japaneeeeeeze that, totally blocking out the rest of the world when it comes to the sport...unless there is some sort of Nippon/Nipponjin connection.
I get that sometimes. I'm not saying they are wrong for their beliefs, I'm just endlessly amused at how circular their logic is at times. The same ones who cryptically are holier than thou are the same ones that I know would go to a love hotel with me should I ask for a personal phone no. (One of them even got my phone number from my kid and called me) They have money and time to gossip because their husbands are away all the time working their asses off. Many are still in Tokyo working while they send the fam of to "safe" little oki.
Hahahahaha, show them the helicopter axel!!!
Yeah, nothing wrong with supporting your fellow countrymen, it's just the whole "yappari" and "nihonjin dakara" shit that accompanies it from many of them. I guess it's easier to look past when you know they want some private lessons from a gaijin with you. Usually I'm dealing with guys that have their heads so far up their asses, they fail to realize what their own local players with actual international experience are always saying the local sport lacks...size, physical play, and up-to-date tactics.