{"id":2239,"date":"2015-01-07T12:19:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T03:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephta.me\/?p=2239"},"modified":"2016-01-10T16:58:04","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T07:58:04","slug":"tv-art-of-running-introduced-on-nhk-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/josephta.me\/en\/2015\/01\/tv-art-of-running-introduced-on-nhk-education\/","title":{"rendered":"TV: Art of Running Introduced on NHK Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/josephta.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2350-950x713.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2350\" width=\"950\" height=\"713\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/josephta.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2350.jpg 950w, https:\/\/josephta.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2350-590x443.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you start seeing little children running the streets of Japan whilst carefully checking their routes using a GPS tracker, it&#8217;ll be thanks to NHK&#8217;s morning kids show &#8216;Shakiin&#8217; which today had a section all about funny ways of running.<\/p>\n<p>Featured alongside a backwards running race in the UK and the legendary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/video\/2013\/nov\/14\/japans-monkey-runner-four-legged-sprint-record-video\" target=\"_blank\">Ito Kenichi<\/a> (he spent 9 years studying how animals run to become the Guinness World Record holder for running 100m on all four limbs), they included a certain Brit who draws pictures on the streets of Tokyo. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1FtbqcQAx6A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Ricky checking out Daddy\u2019s snowman<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/josephta.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2358-950x713.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2358\" width=\"950\" height=\"713\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/josephta.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2358.jpg 950w, https:\/\/josephta.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2358-590x443.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/josephta.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2345-950x713.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2345\" width=\"950\" height=\"713\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/josephta.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2345.jpg 950w, https:\/\/josephta.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2345-590x443.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/josephta.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2346-950x713.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2346\" width=\"950\" height=\"713\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/josephta.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2346.jpg 950w, https:\/\/josephta.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2346-590x443.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/josephta.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2353-950x713.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2353\" width=\"950\" height=\"713\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/josephta.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2353.jpg 950w, https:\/\/josephta.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2353-590x443.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you start seeing little children running the streets of Japan whilst carefully checking their routes using a GPS tracker, it&#8217;ll be thanks to NHK&#8217;s morning kids show &#8216;Shakiin&#8217; which today had a section all about funny ways of running. 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