Greetings!
It’s been quite awhile since we last spoke and my how the world has changed in such a short span of time. We’ve seen entire countries on lock down as well as the continuation in the delay of the J league until May (at least).
While we wait for the restart, it is important that I reiterate the advice that has circulated the globe over the past few weeks to combat the COVID-19 pandemic:
1. Practice Social Distancing
2. Wash your hands frequently & use hand sanitizer
3. If you feel sick, isolate and alert the proper authorities immediately
This is not a time to be cavalier nor to down play the gravity of the situation. Defeating this particular enemy requires a group effort and you must understand how your individual role plays a much larger part in the overall campaign to combat, and ultimately defeat COVID-19.
Many of us have yearned for football, or sports in general for that matter, during the hiatus throughout many professional leagues these past weeks, so, with that in mind, I reached out to my fellow English Bloggers in the J League and asked them to conduct a written interview while we wait for the leagues return.
This side project represents a tremendous opportunity to gain some exposure to the rich English content that exists within the J league circles as well as increase our knowledge for the overall J League landscape. Many of the top bloggers, tweeters, authors and possibly pod-casters (fingers crossed they agree) have agreed to participate in this side project which means we are in for a real treat.
Make no mistake, many of the people that will appear throughout the series have been writing, blogging or podcasting far longer than I have and I would consider them the foremost experts on their club and the J league.
Throughout this series I’ve done the best I can to formulate some questions that are outside the normal ‘milk toast’ Q&A we may have become accustomed do on regular basis from J League sites, but also keep in mind, I am not a professional journalist and still learning how to conduct an interview so some areas require the old ‘wash, rinse, repeat treatment.’
Also, it maybe considered best practice that you view these interviews on your PC/iPad/Lap Top browser instead of your phone if you wish to use the language converter tool incorporated into this blog if English isn’t your language of choice.
Regardless, I hope you enjoy this series as much as I do.
First up, Gamba Osaka!
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