Kenichi Ito
Appearances
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Learning to play the guitar one handed
I think it's utterly ridiculous for any government to think of banning quadrobics, something that has so many benefits as a sport.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Learning to play the guitar one handed
When I went to the zoo and saw patas monkeys running, I was struck by how agile and fast they were. I wanted to be able to run just like them. When I got home, I started researching running on four limbs on the internet. It looked like nobody had thought of doing it competitively yet. I started training and researching because I wanted to turn it into a competitive sport.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Learning to play the guitar one handed
When people asked, hey, dude, what are you doing? I told them that I wanted to be able to run quickly on all fours and was training for that. They'd encourage me once they learned that. Even police officers encouraged me after I explained to them what I was doing.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Learning to play the guitar one handed
There was a major cultural shift in the way I was perceived. People would report me to the police, or they'd avoid me on the streets.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Learning to play the guitar one handed
I went to go and stay with a friend who was a monk, as he owned a hut in the mountains. I thought I'd be able to roam around freely on all fours, 24-7.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Learning to play the guitar one handed
One day when I was going about my business on all fours, I heard a loud rustling noise in the distance. And when I looked up, I could see the muzzle of a gun pointed at me. I sprang up and yelled, I'm human!
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: Learning to play the guitar one handed
Quadrobics is such a beautiful thing that shouldn't be stopped by any government. I want you to be able to keep doing the quadrobics that you love despite all this.