Enson Inoue has embarked on a 1,200 kilometer spiritual journey...by foot

[Kebal]

het is weer tijd voor een Enson-update


http://middleeasy.com/images/stories/organizations/japanesemma/ensontravel.jpg

In that Kung-Fu show, Caine wandered the earth looking for crime to solve that would fit in a one-hour episode. Eventually he found a closest in downtown Bangkok and died by autoerotic asphyxiation. They would never show that episode, probably because it was already leaked on the internet via gruesome autopsy pictures. RIP David Carradine and his highly underrated filmography. Fortunately, we have Enson Inoue to continue his voyage across the earth, only this time it will be a spiritual journey and hopefully not involve any form of autoeroticism.

As of yesterday, Enson Inoue embarked on a 1,200 kilometer spiritual journey on the island of Shikoku off the coast of Japan. The six-week journey is called the '88 Temple Pilgrimage', a voyage that most people travel by bus. However, there exist that select few of hardcore fanatics that circumnavigate the entire island by foot. According to Wikipedia, people who decide to walk the pilgrimage have to wear white jackets with the words Dōgyō Ninin on their back which means 'two traveling together', the other person is a spirit of a monk named Kōbō Daishi.

According to his blog (which he will be updating daily), the day before his spiritual journey, elder monks warned him that the heat on the island was unbearable and that it would be impossible for any human to withstand.

I just arrived at Reizanji. Tomorrow morning this is where I will start my journey.

The people at the temple said the heat is really bad now and that it was impossible to make it without staying at a hotel.

When I heard that it became a challege for me. When I told the old man that I wasn't going to stay in a hotel he replied,「There is no way you can make it without staying in a hotel.」 I then responded by saying that there was no way I was going to stay in a hotel and he repeated it 3 times that it was impossible. At that moment I decided in my heart that even if I were at the brink of death, I wasn't going to stay not even 1 night in a hotel.

Of course Enson Inoue is going to do it without a hotel. On his blog, he also mentions that he added an extra twenty temples which will extend his travel time by a few more days. The only items Enson will bring is a 50lb backpack, walking stick, hat and an epic fanny pack. Have a safe journey Yamato Damashii, be sure to bring us back something. Props to The Grappling Dummy for the tip.

Measy

[Kebal]

Enson Inoue’s 750-Mile Vision Quest is Off to a Rocky Start

http://cdn.cagepotato.com/www/sites/default/files/4904407539_d04f8d454e.jpg

(Enson Inoue, shown here during a rare outpouring of genuine emotion. PicProps: Tune-In Tokyo)

In case any of you missed the reports this morning that former Pride fighter, weed enthusiast and rumored Yakuza Enson Inoue has embarked on a 1,200-kilometer spiritual journey on the Japanese island of Shikoku, here’s the Spark Notes version: Inoue is attempting to complete the island’s celebrated “88 Temples Pilgrimage,” in which travelers don white clothes and sedge hats in order to retrace the steps of a famous Buddhist monk said to have made the journey in the latter stages of the eighth century. Given that it’s now 2010, most people do it by bus, but that’s apparently not old-school enough for Inoue. He plans to walk the nearly 750 miles, even though he’s been warned that he might die from the heat.

Also, since no 21st-Century spiritual journey would be complete without continuous, near real-time commentary from the pilgrim himself, Inoue is going to be updating his blog the whole way. Anyway, it’s now day two of the walk and so far, things don’t seem to be going so well …

For the most part, it’s probably best to let Inoue tell it in his own words. On day one he reported an encounter with an elderly local monk, who advised him it was impossible to make the trip without at least laying up at a hotel at night. Assumedly because he is an MMA fighter, Inoue summarily ignored that advice:

“The people at the temple said the heat is really bad now and that it was impossible to make it without staying at a hotel,” he blogged. “When I heard that it became a challenge for me. When I told the old man that I wasn't going to stay in a hotel he replied, ‘There is no way you can make it without staying in a hotel.’ I then responded by saying that there was no way I was going to stay in a hotel and he repeated it 3 times that it was impossible. At that moment I decided in my heart that even if I were at the brink of death, I wasn't going to stay not even 1 night in a hotel.”

After that, kind of predictably, it sounds like things went downhill in a hurry.

“My treak (sic) to the 1st of the new 20 temples, Daizanji was horrible,” Inoue wrote at the end of day one. “ I got lost and ended up walking an extra 7 miles. My shoulders and legs are cramping. I then barely made (it) before the temples closing time at 5pm.”

As if that weren't bad enough, on his way up the mountain to the temple Inoue reported being unnerved by a giant pile of shit on the trail. He said he was unsure if the feces was from bear or boar, which seems to me like an important distinction to be able to make when undertaking this kind of thing. Oh well. Once safely inside the temple, Inoue was feted with tea and doughnuts (exactly what you want to eat as you embark on a 750-mile hike) and says he left the locals some spaghetti and a notebook in exchange.

Inoue’s next blog entry, which was time-stamped just 40 minutes or so after his report about the end of his first day, was simply titled, “Oh No.” From the look of it, we’re left to assume he perhaps departed from Daizanji a bit too late in the day. Blogs Inoue: “Shit! It got dark before I could make it out of the mountain. Can't see a thing. What am I going to do...”

Yeah, it sounds bad, but I’m sure he’ll be fine. Right? Well, about 20 minutes later Inoue followed up the message with another one simply titled, “Shit!”

“Shit I lost my map in the dark,” he reported. “Don't now (sic) my way out. Shit!”

At some point, we suppose we should become legitimately worried for the fighter’s safety. Then again, a more cynical part of us is inclined to think that when you ignore the heartfelt advice of an aged local clergyman, you kind of get what you deserve. Seriously, have we learned nothing from horror movies? Anyway, three hours after sending word that he was lost on a mountain in the dark without his map, Inoue published a report titled “Safe.”

“Finally found a landromatt (sic),” he wrote. “I didn't eat anything since breakfast. Oh wall... I'm going to get some rest. Sorry for making you all worry.”

Having never been to the island of Shikoku and therefore not knowing the lay of the land, I have no idea how one can go from being stuck on a mountain to showing up at a public laundry facility in three hours’ time. Also, since Inoue seems to be able to update his blog (I assume, via his cell phone) pretty much every step of the way, it feels like a good bet that if he runs into any serious trouble, it will be a simple matter of someone rescuing him.

Seriously though, given that Inoue is just a couple of days into this madness and already seems to be kind of dragging ass and making one rookie mistake after another, I don’t see it ending well.

[I_LOVE_KNOCKOUTS]

Nou Yara, dat wordt hopen dat ie de toch overleeft, anders kun je 't wel shaken.

[Kebal]

Van de blog

Einde dag 1
http://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/20100818/19/enson-inoue/89/51/j/o0480080010700701353.jpg

Enson in paniek
http://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/20100818/19/enson-inoue/98/7c/j/o0480080010700726785.jpg

Enson opgelucht dat hij aangekomen is
http://stat001.ameba.jp/user_images/20100818/23/enson-inoue/38/e8/j/o0480080010701261884.jpg

Enson begint opgewekt aan dag 2
http://stat001.ameba.jp/user_images/20100819/05/enson-inoue/69/78/j/o0480080010701531121.jpg

[chief108]

Fucking Baas is het.

[Goro]

Update van the master himself: Shikoku's heat isn't no joke. It feels like a sauna. I have mixed feelings right now. Half of me is excited to start while the other half of me feels uneasy. However I will begin my journey with the same approach as my fights、Kill or be killed. In my head I will keep in mind the words written on my new t-shirt…
「No mat...ter how scary or hard the road may be...I will push forward until all my power is gone」

[Kebal]

Fucking Baas is het.

FC108: unofficial supporter of Enson 2010

[Kebal]

gast heeft het trouwens overleefd

de zware reis
<object width="853" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sT6xadAIwDo?fs=1&amp;hl=nl_NL"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sT6xadAIwDo?fs=1&amp;hl=nl_NL" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="853" height="505"></embed></object>

en terugkomst
<object width="853" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YHGJ1TJQ0MU?fs=1&amp;hl=nl_NL"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YHGJ1TJQ0MU?fs=1&amp;hl=nl_NL" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="853" height="505"></embed></object>

om weer training te geven

<object width="853" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/06nvFmxrGbk?fs=1&amp;hl=nl_NL"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/06nvFmxrGbk?fs=1&amp;hl=nl_NL" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="853" height="505"></embed></object>

[chief108]

Fucking baas is het.