Business and fighting are, I believe, two sides of the same coin.
In 2001, when I began my professional career, I worked in Tokyo in a sales and consulting role. It was a results-driven environment, a high-pressure cookpot of an office that saw a high turnover of people. During a visit to one of my company’s prospects, Mr. X, a formal, serious marketing director to whom I had been pitching our services for several months, remained peculiarly silent while looking at me carefully.
“I saw you on TV yesterday, Asensio-san. Fighting,” he said finally.
I had started training in martial arts at age 13. It was originally a hobby that became more serious as I grew, and I spent my high school years obsessed over judo and moved later into other ...
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