Just train. It’s not like you have to get somewhere or be someone else.
About Jon Ochiai
Blame No One
It's always and only on me.
It’s always and only on me.
The Greatest Joy of Life
I love you so much.
In Director David Ayer’s Heart of the Beast, Brad Pitt plays Retired Green Beret Master Sargent James Belmont, and Uber plays his retired combat dog Odin. In the poignant narrative arc, James is mortally wounded. James looks at Odin and says, “The greatest joy of my life… I love you so God damn much.” I…
Stay in the Game
Just train.
77-year-old Singer Songwriter Actor Rick Springfield was the guest on the Joe Rogan Experience with Host Joe Rogan. Grammy Award Winner Rick discussed his career and life. I’ve been a fan of Rick Springfield since college. In 1985, I saw Rick in concert in Honolulu at the zenith of Rock Stardom. He looked great. He…
Nobody Is a ‘Nobody’
When you stop dreaming, you stop living.
In the GQ Interview with Zach Baron, Actor Tom Cruise said, “I’ve never met a ‘nobody’ in my entire life. Everyone has a story. Everybody’s life has a journey and a story.” Like Tom, I’m 64 years old. I also get that it’s not all about me. It’s about others. About them. Tom loves asking…
Get Out of My Own Way
"It's your time to get yelled at."
I discussed the difference between Dad yelling at me and Mizukami Sensei yelling at me with my therapist Lance Miller. Yeah, on the surface, yelling is yelling. The effects could have been the same. Yet, there was profound difference in purpose, in intention. The effect was in the nuance. Growing up as a kid, Dad…
Letting Go in ‘Street Fighter’
A movie about the way of the warrior.
A movie about the way of the warrior.
‘Digger’ Is Self-Conscious, Not Self-Aware
“Things can change forms as they go through life.”
Writer and Director Alejandro G. Inarritu’s Digger, starring Tom Cruise as billionaire oilman Digger Rockwell, is the satirical cautionary environmental parable that is self-conscious, when it needs to be more self-aware. Get out of its own way. There’s innate genius underneath Tom Cruise’s prosthetic fat suit and Jerry Jones like Texas swagger, Alejandro Inarritu’s provocative…
The Love Story of ‘Heart of the Beast’
“It’s not who you live for. It’s who you die for.”
“It’s not who you live for. It’s who you die for.”
Calm
Mushin. Mushin.
I have no control over what happens to me. I can be quiet inside amidst what happens to me. Calm amidst the storm. Many years ago, the late Mizukami Sensei said, “When you feel the most pressure, that’s when your mind is the most calm.” Sensei taught me the koan: Mushin. Mushin. In Japanese, mushin…
Happy, Not Right
I give up being right that "I'm not good enough".
I give up being right that “I’m not good enough”.
They Do It
We bring everyone up.
The New York Knicks are the 2026 NBA Champions. They defeated the San Antonio Spurs 4 games to 1. After 53 years, the Knicks are NBA Champions, again. Jalen Brunson is the 2026 NBA Finals MVP. Billionaire, NBA Hall of Fame, 5-time NBA Champion Earvin “Magic” Johnson was guest on ESPN First Take with Hosts…
Bad Objects
Things have a way of working out.
Things have a way of working out.
Getting Back Up in ‘Coyote vs. Acme’
"Fall down seven times, get up eight."
As Director Dave Green’s Coyote vs. Acme opens, cartoon Wile E. Coyote wears his Acme magnetic glove and pours bird seed over Acme metal pellets to catch his arch nemesis cartoon Road Runner. Road Runner eats the birdseed and metal pellets. However, something goes wrong with his magnetic glove. Instead, Coyote’s glove attracts a speeding…
Normalize
"When someone attacks you, they are asking for your help."
“When someone attacks you, they are asking for your help.”
I Was Weak…
Just train. It's not like you have to get somewhere or be someone else.
In Director Travis Knight’s Masters of the Universe (2026), young Prince Adam, played Artie Wilkinson-Hunt, embarrassed his father King Randor, played by James Purefoy, watching his warrior training. The angry King challenged his son raising his sword. He mercilessly attacked Adam until he surrendered on the ground. The grown man beat down the little boy…