Traditional Japanese Tebori (hand-poked) Tattoo

Here is a short clip of traditional Japanese Tebori technique done by my good friend Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato of the Horitoshi Family.

The sound that the needles make when they poke the skin is like nothing I've ever heard before. I don't think it hurts as bad a conventional tattoo using a machine...but some may argue that point.

(The music in the background is just the radio. We are not ravers.)

Read the entire story here about Japanese professional MMA fighter Kotetsu Boku of "Krazy Bee Gym Tokyo" getting a tattoo of a spider web on his elbow.