This week's guest is Professor Stan

Russell, expert on Japanese architecture and carpentry.  Stan is an Associate  Professor at the University of South Florida in

Tampa, Florida. He is also the founder of One Corner Architects, a full service

Architetural design studio in Ybor City, Tampa Florida. One Corner Architects

specialize in creative contemporary design solutions for residential,

commercial, and institutional projects.  

Stan is very experienced in

international architecture, having worked in the offices of Balkrishna Doshi in

Ahmedabad, India, Team Zoo in Kobe Japan and he also apprenticed with a

Japanese master carpenter in Hyogo, Japan.

Russell

has presented and published papers in international, national, and regional

conferences and journals.  His work has been

featured in the Japanese periodicals Jutaku Tokushu, Kenchiku Bunka, The Japan

Architect, Kazi, Shonan Style and Kenchiku Chisiki. His work in the US has been

featured on the Architectural Record and Archdaily websites and has received

numerous design awards.  

 I first

met Stan about 10 years ago while I was attending Miami University in Ohio for

my Master's degree in Architecture.  When

I found out he was offering a class on Japanese architecture, I signed up right

away.  He also became an advisor on my

graduate thesis project, which focused on Okinawan Architecture.  Stan organized and taught a Japan Summer

Studio ,  Where he took about 15 students

to study architecture in Japan for 6 weeks.  This was an incredible experience for me and

my classmates, and was the first time I had been outside of the US. This experience

a big influence on my life and helped convince me to take a shot at living

there. A few years later, Stan began running the same program for the

University of South Florida, and since I was already in the country, he  was nice enough to let me tag along for a few

days with the group again. To find out more about Professor

Stan Russell, you can visit his website www.stanleyrussellarchitect.com

If you are interested in finding out

more about his architectural work and Japanese carpentry, you can find his

contact information on his website.

This week my good friend, Ezra Scott, joins us again by phone from Nashville. We start off the show by talking about the kicking techniques popular in Okinawa, then compare notes on the kicking of different styles of karate. At the end of the show, Ezra shares a few anecdotes about his teacher, James McLain.

For those of

you interested in learning more about Ezra Scott, and McLain's Kosho School of

Karate in Nashville, you can visit www.koshokarate.wordpress.com

To learn

more about Ezra's Ju Jitsu teacher Eric Silver, visit www.zanshindojonashville.com

This week my good friend, Ezra Scott, joins us by phone from Nashville. I start the show by complaining about inconsiderate Cincinnati joggers, before getting into this week's topic of kicking for self defense. We wrap up the show by sharing a few self defense and kicking anecdotes.

For those of

you interested in learning more about Ezra Scott, and McLain's Kosho School of

Karate in Nashville, you can visit www.koshokarate.wordpress.com

To learn

more about Ezra's Ju Jitsu teacher Eric Silver, visit www.zanshindojonashville.com

This week, I continue my discussion

with our guest,  Hideki Harada.  Hideki is the co-owner and executive chef of

Kaze, a Japanease Pub and Sushi bar located in the Over the Rhine neighborhood

of Cincinnati, Ohio.

In today's show we get into what

took Hideki to Japan and his experiences studying sushi at it source, we then

compare our different experiences of being a 

foreigner living in Japan, talk about a few run ins with the Japanese

Yakuza, and wrap up by discussing the amazing new development in Cincinnati's

Over the Rhine District and how his restaurant, Kaze, has grown over the last

few years.

For More information on Kaze and executive

chef Hideki Harada, visit the restaurant at 1400 Vine Street in Cincinnati, Oh,

go to www.kazeotr.com, check out KazeOTR on Facebook.

This week we explore the world of Japanese Sushi with guest Hideki Harada,

co-owner and executive chef of Kaze, a Japanease Pub and Sushi bar located in

the Over the Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Hideki is an experienced chef, who

has worked at numerous fine dining establishments in Cincinnati and abroad. From

2009-2011, He honed his sushi skills training in Japan After returnig to Cincinnati in 2011,

he opened Kaze along with his business parnter Jon Zipperstein. Kaze combines three

venues into one: a contemporary dining room, a hip bar/lounge, and a

year-round, landscaped beer garden. Kaze has become a local favorite for the

neighbors as well as the destination for foodies aroud cincinnati. It has

played a big part in the revitalization of the Over the Rhine district.

In today's episode we talk about

Hideki's experience growing up in a Japanese household in Cincinnati, as well

as his early early experiences in the restaurant industry. He also talks about

the difficulties of managing a restaurant and the events that took him to

Japan.

For More information on Kaze and

executive chef Hideki Harada, visit the restaurant at 1400 Vine Street in

Cincinnati, Oh, go to www.kazeotr.com, check out KazeOTR on facebook.