June 30, 2007

Yamato Damashii

Roughly translates to "Japanese Spirit". It is a nickname given to Enson Inoue, a Japanese-American Mixed Martial Arts Fighter. Nick of Purebredusa sent me these shirts and they're cool. Thanks Nick!
Translation (from purebredusa) Left to Right: Fall seven times get up eight. The harder you work the sweeter the victory. Pain is temporary but pride is forever. To really try is to try when the time is hard. At least once in your life train with the will to die. Blood is nothing but red sweat.

4 comments:

benj said...

"Fall seven times get up eight."

and i thought wade's converse sneaker ad was new. apparently, it's an old japanese proverb. :)

meekerz said...

blood is red sweat. i love that! :D

Loopy said...

hahaha! naunahan ako ni Mika! blood is nothing more than red sweat - love it!

brymac said...

miks & loopy: yeah, although the saying is rooted in mixed-martial arts, it applies to a lot of things :)