Deep South Martial Arts Championship 2010

This afternoon I will be competing in a martial arts tournament. This will be my 9th tournament. Like last time I will be competing in empty-hand kata and grappling. Last time I got 4th place in kata, and 3rd place (out of three!) in grappling. I plan to do better this time.
As usual, I'm nervous. This is what I feel like today.

Shingo Yamamoto, Sasuke 23. Picture from Rambling Rican

I'm more nervous than usual today. On October 14th, I promoted to black belt.

Me with Sensei Stanley on the day of my black belt promotion.

This will be my first time competing as a black belt. The adults (18 and up) compete in the afternoon, and the colored belts compete first. I've still got a few hours before I compete.
In all of the tournaments I've competed in, I've never won a 1st place trophy. Today I plan to get first place in at least one event. As I've said before, these tournaments are my version of Sasuke, and winning first place is my Kanzenseiha. Like my hero, Shingo Yamamoto, I will keep trying. I won't give up. I will win.

Sasuke Posters

I haven't been on in a while, so I decided to do a new post. I often make Sasuke posters and collages in Photoshop. I did a couple of blogs about some of the collages. This time I'm going to do one about the posters. Please note that the pictures come from Pam at the Sasuke All-Star Fans site, from Arsenette at Rambling Rican, and from Makoto Nagano's site, Takasui. I usually come up with the captions for these pics when I'm tired. Most of the posters are funny ones. You can click on the pictures to enlarge them, if necessary.

The first poster isn't really a funny one, but I thought the caption fit. This picture comes from the Sasuke All-Star Fans site.


I believe this picture comes from Rambling Rican. I was watching Mythbusters right before I went to bed one night, and I made this poster the next day.


This one is another one I made recently. The pic comes from Rambling Rican. The expression on Shingo's face made me think of this.


The next couple of pics come from the same original pic, which comes from Takasui. This is the original one.

This is from the 2008 Maguro Festival. L to R: Katsumi Yamada, Shingo Yamamoto, Toshihiro Takeda, Kazuhiko Akiyama, and Makoto Nagano. Note that Bunpei Shiratori isn't there.

This is one of the modifications I made to the pic in Photoshop.


I wanted a picture with all six of the All-Stars, but I couldn't find one, so I made one. There was another pic with Bunpei in it, so I used the lasso tool in Photoshop to copy and paste the image of him onto this pic.

I later used that pic to make this poster.

I don't know what made me think of that. I was probably tired. Or bored.

I made a poster from the original pic, too. I've put these posters on my site on Multiply, and linked to them on the Sasuke All-stars Fans site. This one seems to be one of the favorites.


I think I got this next pic from Rambling Rican, but I think it originally came from the Muscle Park site. I don't think it's there anymore, though.

Again, I think I was bored when I made this one. The caption fits, though.

This pic comes from Rambling Rican. I got the idea from LOL Celebs. There are pics similar to this on there.


This pic comes from Takasui. The expression on Shingo's face is what made me think of this caption.


This one is one I just made a few minutes ago. I got the pic from Rambling Rican, but I believe it originally came from a fan who received it from Makoto Nagano.
Edit: This one makes more sense and is funnier if you read it from right to left.

I always have fun making these posters. After I make some more of them, I'll do another post about them. I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed making them.

Sasuke Posters 2

This is the second set of Sasuke posters I made.

Sasuke All-Stars

Shingo Yamamoto

Makoto Nagano

Katsumi Yamada

Bunpei Shiratori

Kazuhiko Akiyama

Toshihiro Takeda

Best Buddies

Hope y'all enjoy the posters. I made some Sasuke tribute videos, too. I'll put those up soon.

First Blog

This is my first time blogging. A little information about me: I'm an 18-year-old girl. I live in Haughton, LA. I love Sasuke/Ninja Warrior. Shingo Yamamoto is my hero. I also love martial arts. I've been studying Isshinryu karate and Half-Circle jujitsu since February of 2006. Currently my rank is ik-kyu, first level brown belt. I'll probably test for sho-dan, first level black belt, this summer. I'm also a student at Bossier Parish Community College. In the fall I'll transfer to Louisiana State University in Shreveport (LSUS) and will be doing a double major in history and geography. Most of the time I stay up at the school all day, so I usually take my laptop with me. When I don't have any homework, I like to play around in Photoshop, and I've made several Sasuke posters. I'll post some of them soon. Well, that's all I've got for now. I'll post again soon.