The Asian championships have begun! 11:00 06/25/2014 Watch us every day, morning to evening, on armpower.net! Not what you were looking for? Search for other text. After about 30 hours of travel by various means of transport, including 9 hours in the last plane, after riding on one of the fastest trains on earth – the WAF officials and our reporters have finally arrived in Sendai, Japan. The impressions from the trip are incredible. If anyone thinks that Japan looks like it’s shown in samurai movies or “Karate Kid” – they’ll be disappointed. Suburban houses don’t differ much from European architecture. Cities also look alike. The only real difference is … indecipherable writings and messages. That and the bamboo forest on the other side of the window. We expected the championships to be high – level, and they are. Preparations were in motion since Tuesday. The stage, the background, the sound and light were ready on Wednesday. That was also the day when registration of contestants