Glenn Lambert is a kiwi who has been living and working in Japan since 2002, initially in Saitama, but can now be found in Tokyo itself. Glenn founded Fun with Touch and is an active sportsman having played basketball, OZ Tag and rugby union in Japan.
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- A Sports Road Trip in Asia
- February 18th, 2011Category: Outdoor/Sports
- The biggest advantage for the development of touch footy in the Asian region is road trips! By this I mean tournaments that invite overseas teams to participate. The tournaments that we have been invited to in the past have been in Seoul (Sept) and Shanghai (Nov). ... » Continue Reading
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- Touch footy in Asia
- January 21st, 2011Category: Events, Outdoor/Sports
- Touch football is a fast growing sport in Asia. It’s played in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Korea and Japan amongst many other countries in the region. Some of the countries are quite established as the touch football governing bodies have introduced touch ... » Continue Reading
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- Interviews with Touch Rugby Players in Japan (Part 2)
- October 25th, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- Here are the final two interviews from players of Touch Rugby in Japan. The two give a great insight into what playing touch in Japan is all about. Check part one of the interviews here. Name: Yoko Nationality: Japanese Yoko has been playing rugby for a long time ... » Continue Reading
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- Interviews with Touch Footy Players in Japan
- October 1st, 2010Category: Uncategorized
- For the next couple of articles, I am going to introduce you to four FWT regulars. They all come from different backgrounds, but all enjoy playing touch football on Saturday afternoons with us! The first two people we will meet are Shigeru and Linden. Name: Shigeru ... » Continue Reading
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- Fun With Touch Rugby – the social scene
- September 3rd, 2010Category: Events
- There are a number of reasons to join a sports club in Japan. Keeping fit is important, but if you don’t find running much fun, then playing sport is a great alternative and fortunately for foreigners, one that is easy to get involved in. One of the biggest reasons ... » Continue Reading
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- The Touch Rugby Season in Japan
- August 20th, 2010Category: Events
- At Fun with Touch (FWT), many of the regulars are first timers, so the referee ensures that the game is always free flowing and fun. Weather permitting, games are played every weekend from March through to December at Tatsumi, with a 4-week break in August as it’s a ... » Continue Reading
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- The basics of Touch rugby and starting in Japan
- August 6th, 2010Category: Events
- If you are interested in playing touch rugby, but have never seen or heard from it before, this will provide you with some background to the sport and how you can get involved while living in Japan. Touch rugby originated from rugby league in the 60s and since has de ... » Continue Reading
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- Fun with Touch – Rugby in Japan
- July 23rd, 2010Category: Events
- I started my touch rugby career in Japan in 2007 and only last year took up the challenge to start up a social touch rugby club which is called Fun with Touch (FWT). The touch rugby club is based in Tatsumi, which is approximately 10 minutes away from Yurakucho stati ... » Continue Reading
