Kawajiri and Takaya prepare for Dream 9

Tatsuya Kawajiri and Hiroyuki Takaya put on an open training session for the press prior to their matches at Dream 9. “Session” is probably an over statement actually. For some reason, their trainer Takeshi Yamada chose to keep the media locked out of the gym and only let us in for one three minute round at the end. Also there was about 5 people in one small ring so getting shots of Kawajiri and Takaya was extremely difficult. Contrast this with Kid’s training session and you’ll see that these guys have something to learn about getting themselves press…

The one round we were allowed to see had one minute of mits,

one minute of low kicks,

and one minute of grappling

After their highly intense single round they just kind of sat around and talked. We couldn't hear what they were saying though.

So I’m sure you can tell that I didn’t really enjoy this training session. I was really excited going into it but it simply didn’t provide many photo opportunites at all. Ahh, well. That’s the way they go sometimes I guess.

You can see the rest of the Kawajiri and Takaya galleries at Sherdog.