Early Christmas present to myself.....and some cool city pictures.

I know this is a pretty late post...but on "Black Friday" I only bought one thing...the Beats by Dre Headphones....and i can't take them off... :) I got them for $149.99 at the NEX. It's my early Christmas present to myself...haha.

My friend/co-worker Issac took some sick pictures this weekend...check them out.

 Lucky to Live in Paradise.

*MUST WATCH-The Brent Yamada Experience Part 3!!!

Hello there everyone! I hope everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving and got some great deals on "Black Friday". So here is the final part of the Brent Yamada Experience...Part 3...enjoy. :)

*MUST WATCH!!! (The Brent Yamada Experience)

So this past weekend we went to the UH vs. SJSU football game and i got to catch Mr. Brent Yamada on camera so you all can enjoy his comedy...This is Part 1 of a 3 part series...stay tuned.

WALKING TO THE GAME (Parking Lot)

BLACK EYE UPDATE!!! :) (Day 2)

I FOUND A TEMPORARY SOLUTION TO KEEP MY EYE OPEN!!!

Training Blog. 11-11-10. (HMC Academy) Sparring.

Today was my first day back to sparring...and i got a good WELCOME BACK! haha. got beat up and also got kneed right on the forehead by Mr. Justin Konia!!! J Wong and Konia-san are getting ready for their fights on Dec. 17th...so i'm trying to do all i can to help my brothers out. That's one thing i love about MMA...you can punch, kick, knee, choke out your buddy then laugh about it and do it all over again. :-p
But here's some pictures of my training scars. I'll update the pictures of my eye because you can't really tell. enjoy. Happy Veteran's Day!

ALSO....I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MY COACH KEVIN "PERFECT HAIR" YOSHIDA for cold pressing all the blood from my eye!!!!! I appreciate EVERYTHING you do!!!

View 1 (eye)

View 2 (Eye)

Back of my ear from D-Train.

Featured Fighter...(Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto)

Well it's about 9:10 pm Hawaii time and i'm relaxing after a long day of work then training. I'm back in "training mode" or "VANIMOde" LOL. whatever you want to call it. Now that i'm back in it...i want to feature a slightly unknown fighter every week to people who don't really watch ALL of mma besides UFC. So of course if you know me...Nori is one of my favs...so its only right i feature him first. He is probably one of the MOST influential fighters to me, just because of his attitude, wrestling background, and killer instinct. He never wants a "Dec." He wants to knock you out or tap you out or just beat you until you tap. haha. seriously. And he's only about 5' 4". He's been fighting for awhile now...most people know him from his 4 sec. flying knee knockout. Anyways...here is some clips and highlights. Enjoy.

NORIFUMI "KID" YAMAMOTO

FEATHERWEIGHT

Record - ( 18-3 and 1 no contest)

CLICK for his blog.



4 sec. K.O.!!!!!



Highlight...watch it.



Another pretty dope highlight.

DRILL weekend. Nov. 6th-7th

Loooong drill weekend. Saturday we had to qualify with our M-16's at Puuloa Range. We didn't get done until 7 pm, which is late considering we usually get out around 4 pm. Aaaaaahhh but they got my ass on contract. hahaha. Below is some pictures from this weekend. Now back to work.

HALLOWEEN 2010!!!

Happy Belated Halloween everyone. I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween. For those of you who don't know what i was for Halloween, look right above....i was THAT guy. His name is Tai Tran. LOL. He has long hair, GSP tattoo, wears a headband, high retro shorts, fanny packs, and tight tank tops! Anyways, here are some pictures from my night. See yah!