Wow….while traveling to the Far East in search of New Ways to improve our Dojo and to reinvent and better the Kai I encountered many interesting things about China. First, as you may or may not know China is a Communist country and thus the government likes to control the media so their people don’t get the wrong information…..or find out that $300 a month to work in a factory sucks. Secondly, for this reason web sites like Facebook, US Today, and even Google are blocked . However, rest assuredly knowing that at a local computer I was still able to pull up the Dojo……..and then went to set it as a favorite on every computer I encountered….so expectt an increase of Chinese visitors to our site. Side note………what the hell is going on with the Cobra Kai?????? I bragged about our site to everyone I met while in China and the first comment I would get the next day is…..Boy your team is not that good huh? Cmon guys we are waaaaay better than 1-4…..Let’s get back on track Friday!

Next, with all the government filtering it was tough for me to stay abreast of local endeavors and hard to get any NBA scores or other sports news. In a strange way it was actually refreshing not hearing about the NFL labor lockout. However, Koko and friends need not to get worked up as the local ESPN channel (don’t think it was affiliated with ESPN just think they stole the Name) broadcast every Yankee game morning noon and night with a Chinese announcer. I don’t know if Asia likes the Yankees that much cause of Matsui’s stint or they just like fellow Communist style run teams. I wonder if Gorbachev was a Yankee fan as well.

Anyway, nothing beats watching a brutal Yankee/Orioles 11 inning 1-1 game as there is nothing else on TV. However, after the Yankee game it was fun to watch Sumo wrestling and this pretty cool game called arena ball. Sumo wrestling is very entertaining and I really think it could take off in the U.S. if it ever tried to become Americanized. Also, Ping-Pong is pretty cool to watch on TV as well, but don’t try to even pick up a paddle as you will get smoked over there…….trust me I tried and got mercy’d pretty quick.

Also, China is proud of their recent human rights movement. They just invented and now use these high tech “Death Vans” that are used to humanely execute convicted criminals on the spot. In the past they simply shot them allowing blood to run into the streets. Now, with the Death Vans they inject a lethal shot into convicted felons and the best part is that they get to use the criminal for organ donations….so it’s a win-win. One of the locals told me about this and they actually believe this is a step in the right direction. If only the Yankees brass could use this somehow. “Oh, Jeter grounds out into another double play……uh-oh Girardi just called out the Death Van for Jeter, Folks that’s not a good sign.”

Lastly, the Cobra Kai are more popular in China than Mr. Miyagi and Daniel and thus my love of the Chinese. On that note……we must restore the Cobra Kai back to our high standards of winning as we are a historic and proud franchise and we are much, much, better than 1-4. We are still very capable of winning the whole damn thing…….so let’s turn on our inner (Indians from Major League) heart and turn it around in time to win the WHOLE DAMN THING. Tune in tomorrow for Part II of the Ministers trip to China and the secrets I learned about winning for the Cobra Kai.