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Often, in underground, bare-knuckle matches, where you fight until someone gets beaten to the ground. this style, yasuda practiced, was about beating your opponent as quickly and as aggressively as possible. speed. every second is important. rice is getting cold. seaweed is getting soggy. fish, less than perfect temperature. look at his posture. a fighter's stance. distance, knowing the perfect spot to be. moving in and out as needed. never out of position. timing, reacting to his customers' pace of eating. their ever-changing desires, always ready for the next move. most people who don't unde...

And complex man, who constantly surprises. >> yasuda: tony-san, this wasabi is one of the most expensive wasabi. so, i wait, wait, wait. uh, finally, this one goes to the, uh, discount box. then, i bought this. >> anthony: that's very french of you. [ laughter ] so many things separate yasuda-san from other japanese sushi masters. the most noticeable is his hands. they're huge. look at the knuckles, enormous from years of pounding cement walls during repeated daily practice in kyokushin karate. he first trained and competed in tokyo. and when he came to new york, he continued to practice. ofte...

This style, yasuda practiced, was about beating your opponent as quickly and as aggressively as possible. speed. every second is important. rice is getting cold. seaweed is getting soggy. fish, less than perfect temperature. look at his posture. a fighter's stance. distance, knowing the perfect spot to be. moving in and out as needed. never out of position. timing, reacting to his customers' pace of eating. their ever-changing desires, always ready for the next move. most people who don't understand sushi, who go to a sushi bar and say, "oh, i had the best sushi last night. the fish was so fre...

Sushi masters. the most noticeable is his hands. they're huge. look at the knuckles, enormous from years of pounding cement walls during repeated daily practice in kyokushin karate. he first trained and competed in tokyo. and when he came to new york, he continued to practice. often, in underground, bare-knuckle matches, where you fight until someone gets beaten to the ground. this style, yasuda practiced, was about beating your opponent as quickly and as aggressively as possible. speed. every second is important. rice is getting cold. seaweed is getting soggy. fish, less than perfect temperat...