Snapshot of the Day: Akiyama Opens Team Cloud Tokyo
by Chris Nelson on May 30, 2009 9:43 AM EDT
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Yoshihiro Akiyama's Team Cloud held an opening ceremony for its new school in the center of Tokyo (Hiroo, Shibuya-ku - home to many foreigners) on Saturday, just a few days after Akiyama announced its completion on his blog. The gym includes 30 tatami mats for judo and jiu jitsu, a six-meter square boxing ring and three octagonal cages; Akiyama told reporters that he selected the orange color scheme to make the gym more inviting to all comers. It officially opens to the public in September.
Other fighters attending the ceremony included Bernard Ackah, DREAM Featherweight Grand Prix semifinalists Hideo Tokoro and Hiroyuki Takaya, plus Caol Uno, who recently ended his 12-year association with dojo Wajyutsu Keisyukai and, like Akiyama, is UFC bound.
In his latest blog entry, Akiyama calls the school a dream come true.
More pictures in the extended entry.
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Tangerine gym FTW!
Sexyama just don’t stop.
by a tommy point on May 30, 2009 10:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
(courtesy of Bulletproof aboard the Sexwagon)
by a tommy point on May 30, 2009 10:38 AM EDT reply actions 13 recs
Dead. Fucking. Sexy. Team Cloud for the win!
I love me some Sexyama!
by pud333 on May 30, 2009 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure,
but I think I’m pregnant.
"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR
by Rundownloser on May 30, 2009 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
The UFC should use this and run it in japan.
by DirtyML on May 31, 2009 12:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What a sexy bitch.
I poop rainbows.
by Blackout612 on May 30, 2009 10:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Fap, fap, fap, fap, fap…
www.mma-elite.com
by Brad Ackerson on May 30, 2009 7:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Someone tell the dude on the left
you dont wear white socks with a suit… ever.
by ryanwk628 on May 30, 2009 8:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Even the building is sexy
Well, I’ll just take my pants off then.
I poop rainbows.
by Blackout612 on May 30, 2009 9:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If you want to be friends with Akiyama you must wear a suit.
When he notices his friend is wearing white socks, he will be out of the circle.
And does that gym look like it is on the 3rd floor of an apartment building or is it just me?
by DirtyML on May 31, 2009 12:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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