Angry White Pyjamas: A Scrawny Oxford Poet Takes Lessons From The Tokyo Riot Police

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Adrift in Tokyo, translating obscene rap lyrics for giggling Japanese high school girls,, “thirtynothing” Robert Twigger comes to a revelation about himself: He has never been fit nor brave. Guided by his roommates, Fat Frank and Chris, he sets out to cleanse his body and mind. Not knowing his fist from his elbow, the writer is drawn into the world of Japanese martial arts, joining the Tokyo Rebellion Police on their yearlong, brutally demanding course of budo training, where any ascetic motivation soon comes up against bloodstained “white pyjamas” and fractured collarbones. In Angry White Pyjamas, Twigger blends, the ancient with the up to date–the ultratraditionalism, ritual, and violence of the dojo (training academy) with the shopping malls, nightclubs, and scenes of on a regular basis Tokyo life within the 1990s–to offer a brilliant, abnormal glimpse of life in up to date Japan.

Adrift in Tokyo, “thirtynothing” Robert Twigger came to a revelation about himself: He had never been fit or brave. Guided by his roommates, he got down to cleanse his body and mind. Not knowing his fist from his elbow, the writer is sucked into the world of Japanese martial arts and joins the Tokyo Rebellion Police on their year-long, brutally demanding course of budo training, where any ascetic motivation soon comes up against blood-stained “white pyjamas” and fractured collarbones. On this entertaining book, Twigger blends the ancient with the up to date–the ultratraditionalism, ritual, and violence of the “dojo” (training academy) with the shopping malls, nightclubs, and scenes of on a regular basis Tokyo life within the 1990s–to offer a brilliant, abnormal glimpse of up to date Japan.Adrift in Tokyo, “thirtynothing” Robert Twigger came to a revelation about himself: He had never been fit or brave. Guided by his roommates, he got down to cleanse his body and mind. Not knowing his fist from his elbow, the writer is sucked into the world of Japanese martial arts and joins the Tokyo Rebellion Police on their year-long, brutally demanding course of budo training, where any ascetic motivation soon comes up against blood-stained “white pyjamas” and fractured collarbones. On this entertaining book, Twigger blends the ancient with the up to date–the ultratraditionalism, ritual, and violence of the “dojo” (training academy) with the shopping malls, nightclubs, and scenes of on a regular basis Tokyo life within the 1990s–to offer a brilliant, abnormal glimpse of up to date Japan.

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