New Japan Dojo in US opens

[chrom]

New Japan Pro Wrestling announced today the opening of their Dojo in the United States today which is being held at Los Angeles California and have announced their first camp sessions which will be held next month.

It'll be a five day session held through March 19-23rd and again on March 26-30th. It costs 500$ to attend and participants must be 18 or older to be allowed entry.

There is more info to be found here

www.njpw1972.com/njpwdojo/

[Joe Neglia]

They should turn away anyone who shows up wearing a Bullet Club t-shirt.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

The original us dojo was a clusterf***. They made them compete in mma fights were they got their asses kicked.

[chrom]

Feb 9, 2018 19:39:53 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

They should turn away anyone who shows up wearing a Bullet Club t-shirt.

States that guys must be in excellent condition and have athletic background. So guys you'd see in schools like OVW won't be there

[Reflecto]

Feb 9, 2018 20:17:25 GMT -5 chrom said:

Feb 9, 2018 19:39:53 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

They should turn away anyone who shows up wearing a Bullet Club t-shirt.

States that guys must be in excellent condition and have athletic background.

So you're saying they WILL turn away anyone who shows up in a Bullet Club T-shirt, then.

[This Player Hating Mothman]

Looks like a very no-nonsense kind of crash course rather than a proper long-term dojo set up, which is good for a multitude of reasons. Last thing they need is to open up just another wrestling school. I imagine if anyone really impresses here hard enough for New Japan to want them that they'll be told to pack up and go overseas.

[Larryhausen]

Feb 9, 2018 20:30:25 GMT -5 Reflecto said:

Feb 9, 2018 20:17:25 GMT -5 chrom said:

States that guys must be in excellent condition and have athletic background.

So you're saying they WILL turn away anyone who shows up in a Bullet Club T-shirt, then.

Be even better if they had The Bucks be the ones turning people away in full gimmick.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Feb 9, 2018 20:41:04 GMT -5 This Player Hating Mothman said:

Looks like a very no-nonsense kind of crash course rather than a proper long-term dojo set up, which is good for a multitude of reasons. Last thing they need is to open up just another wrestling school. I imagine if anyone really impresses here hard enough for New Japan to want them that they'll be told to pack up and go overseas.

Yep. That's how Karl Arnderson and Devitt got into New Japan.

[honsou]

They'll probably open with having everyone do an absurd amount of squats, which should eliminate anyone who isn't already in great shape.

[Deleted]

Feb 9, 2018 20:41:04 GMT -5 This Player Hating Mothman said:

Looks like a very no-nonsense kind of crash course rather than a proper long-term dojo set up, which is good for a multitude of reasons. Last thing they need is to open up just another wrestling school. I imagine if anyone really impresses here hard enough for New Japan to want them that they'll be told to pack up and go overseas.

It's definitely a pretty cool idea. Cover all the basics, athletic gut check, and all within 5 days. My buddy's son has been wanting to get into wrestling forever, and this seems like the perfect way to get a headstart before committing to a 2-3 month school.

[Natural Born Farmer]

Feb 9, 2018 20:17:25 GMT -5 chrom said:

Feb 9, 2018 19:39:53 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

They should turn away anyone who shows up wearing a Bullet Club t-shirt.

States that guys must be in excellent condition and have athletic background. So guys you'd see in schools like OVW won't be there

How do you quantify something like that though? Not like everyone on the NJPW roster is cut af. Also 500 smackaroos sounds insanely cheap for a world class program like this.

[chrom]

I think the plan for the first camp session is to have whoever they deem the most impressive to appear at Strong Style Evolved as a new Dojo trainee

[This Player Hating Mothman]

Feb 10, 2018 0:27:31 GMT -5 Natural Born Farmer said:

Feb 9, 2018 20:17:25 GMT -5 chrom said:

States that guys must be in excellent condition and have athletic background. So guys you'd see in schools like OVW won't be there

How do you quantify something like that though? Not like everyone on the NJPW roster is cut af. Also 500 smackaroos sounds insanely cheap for a world class program like this.

They're talking physical condition, not necessarily aesthetic. The demand on the athletics in particular is where I think that comes in most of all; they're looking for people who have involvement in something that would demand physical fitness to be involved in right then and there. Nobody's playing pro football being an out of shape nothing, even if their body isn't cut. Same way WWE fields tryout participants from outside of the wrestling world by looking for people involved in sports, martial arts, and powerlifting.

[Deleted]

Ah the old tried and true pro wrestling scam of having a big time promotion run a camp where guys pay to get their asses kicked and cardio’d until they completely gas out. Well played, New Japan.

[dreamer75]

Feb 10, 2018 17:37:07 GMT -5 @akeemresurrection said:

Ah the old tried and true pro wrestling scam of having a big time promotion run a camp where guys pay to get their asses kicked and cardio’d until they completely gas out. Well played, New Japan.

Get Suzuki be the guy in charge of this and their new trainer Bob Holly

[chrom]

Applications are now being accepted

[Fundertaker]

Feb 10, 2018 17:37:07 GMT -5 @akeemresurrection said:

Ah the old tried and true pro wrestling scam of having a big time promotion run a camp where guys pay to get their asses kicked and cardio’d until they completely gas out. Well played, New Japan.

In New Japan that's the tryouts.

Then they go into the dojo.

And they wish they were in the tryouts.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Feb 10, 2018 21:54:17 GMT -5 dreamer75 said:

Feb 10, 2018 17:37:07 GMT -5 @akeemresurrection said:

Ah the old tried and true pro wrestling scam of having a big time promotion run a camp where guys pay to get their asses kicked and cardio’d until they completely gas out. Well played, New Japan.

Get Suzuki be the guy in charge of this and their new trainer Bob Holly

[Allie Kitsune]

Feb 10, 2018 15:38:33 GMT -5 This Player Hating Mothman said:

Feb 10, 2018 0:27:31 GMT -5 Natural Born Farmer said:

How do you quantify something like that though? Not like everyone on the NJPW roster is cut af. Also 500 smackaroos sounds insanely cheap for a world class program like this.

They're talking physical condition, not necessarily aesthetic. The demand on the athletics in particular is where I think that comes in most of all; they're looking for people who have involvement in something that would demand physical fitness to be involved in right then and there. Nobody's playing pro football being an out of shape nothing, even if their body isn't cut. Same way WWE fields tryout participants from outside of the wrestling world by looking for people involved in sports, martial arts, and powerlifting.

I would think they'd mostly be looking for martial artists and gymnasts. Skinny, flexible types. Mass is probably a negative.

[This Player Hating Mothman]

Feb 14, 2018 17:15:16 GMT -5 Allie Kitsune said:

Feb 10, 2018 15:38:33 GMT -5 This Player Hating Mothman said:

They're talking physical condition, not necessarily aesthetic. The demand on the athletics in particular is where I think that comes in most of all; they're looking for people who have involvement in something that would demand physical fitness to be involved in right then and there. Nobody's playing pro football being an out of shape nothing, even if their body isn't cut. Same way WWE fields tryout participants from outside of the wrestling world by looking for people involved in sports, martial arts, and powerlifting.

I would think they'd mostly be looking for martial artists and gymnasts. Skinny, flexible types. Mass is probably a negative.

It can depend. They definitely want people who can go and who can move, but Japan loves its hoss gaijin. Mass isn't a factor like it's a factor to Vince, but historically speaking big American dudes have always been very welcome.