During the official visit of the Philippines President
to Japan, radio listeners and Face Book Live Feed’s viewers were treated about
my narration with co-anchor Harold Barcelona on my nephew (father was Japanese)
who was anointed by Japan Emperor Akihito to be the lead samurai or powerful
military caste of the Imperial House or Koshitsu of the Nippon.
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| JAPAN VISIT. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Photo Credit: GMANetwork.com |
Here’s what I told Harold when I went with my nephew
at the Koshitsu for the contest where my kin Maraki Akin-ari, 21, was pitted
with contestants from Tokyo and Nagasaki about their slick, quickness, and deft
in handling a samurai’s sword.
When Akihito threw a fly above, the Tokyo guy
unleashed his sword and struck the fly by slicing it into two pieces.
Spectators applauded.
When the Sun-God of Japan, threw a fly above, the
Nagasaki guy rapidly hammered it twice with his sword and the fly was sliced
into four pieces.
Spectators went wild.
When it was the turn of my nephew who grew up in Tondo
and not Tokyo as previously described by the media, the Emperor threw the fly
above and Maraki Akin-ari attempted to hit the fly 20 times but to no
avail. The fly still flew and nagalit si Emperor Akihito.
“Wala kang kuwentang Samurai, 20 times mong tinaga ang bangaw, walang nangyari. Hindi ka puweding maging Lead Samurai dito sa Imperial Palace,” he chided my nephew.
Maraki Akin-ari whom I trained, during our drinking spree with Kuatro Kantos, on the Art of Reasons, emphatically told the Emperor in Filipino that was immediately translated into Japanese:
“Mahal na Hari, hindi ibig sabihin na sa 20 times kong pag hampas ng espada ay pumalpak na ako. Kumuha kayo ng microscope o magnifying glass para makita ninyo kung paano ko tinuli ang langaw”.
