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P E R S O N A L

Real Name: Lani
Nickname: Cupcake, Babe, Chook
DeviantArt Name: Tiger-angel
Country: AUS
Gender: Female


F A V O R I T E S

Colour: Green and Purple
Food: Fruits
Drinks: Herbal Tea
Movie at the moment (1only): Death Proof
Song at the moment (1 only): Coming Home Soon by Latch Key Kid
TV Program (1 only): Currently True Blood
TV Channel (1 only): Dont watch real TV so probably HBO?
Book: Currently anything by Lillith Saintcrow
Ice Cream flavour: Strawberry

V E R S U S
What do you like most?

-Sweet or Spicy?:
Spicy
-White chocolate or dark chocolate?:
Dark
-School or Mall?:
Mall
-Desktop Computer or Laptop?:
Desktop
-Ice Cream or Cake?:
Ice cream
-Anime or Cartoons?:
Anime
-PSP or PS2?:
PS2
-Sony or Panasonic?:
Panasonic
-RnB or POP?:
NEITHER god damn


D E V I A N T A R T

-What is your most favourite deviation in your gallery?
Currently probably the fire twirling series
-Who is your first watcher?
Oh lord I dont know! I love everyone who watches me
-How many watchers do you have right now?
54
-How many deviation/s do you have?
159
-At the moment, how many are your page views?
9266
-Whom of your watchers do you talk the most?
~Outlaw-Tiger
-Are you a subscriber?
no
-When did you start using DeviantArt?
04/05

Sorry for being away so long. I've been so hectic the past few months that I haven't had the chance to get the camera out, let a long edit and post them. I've finish my Fitness course so now I am a qualified fitness instructor which just adds to my skills as a martial arts instructor, so now I have time while I am looking for work again however the course has sparked my brain into gear once again and I am keen to learn more about anything! I'm currently trying to learn the native tongue of Norfolk Island as my boyfriend is from there and has grand plans of taking me there over the summer.

Other then that I have been playing with Motorbikes and playing with swords and generally just having a blast! I definitely need to get my own motorbike sometime in the near future - its always been a big want but after cruising around on the back of my boy's I want to go play on one by myself. The closer we lean in a corner the bigger the grin on my face which I just think goes to prove that I'm meant to be on a bike.

Anyways I hope to get some shots of the boys on their bikes playing mid corner and what not so hopefully I can get that done soon and post them up. We just need a clear weekend! Wet Weather does not make for happy bike riding (unless its in the mud on a dirty). Plus I have a few other ideas I want to toy with on my camera.

Hope everyone else is well!

Woah, Holy moses. One of my favorite photos (that I've taken) was featured! [ Here: [link] ]

Its really encouraging me lately to try to find the time to do more photography. I'm going to have to get my hands on a less professional more portable camera for when I go on bike trips with my boy. We go to some really beautiful places and it would be fun to get some photographs from those trips. As for rust, I've always found it beautiful in an odd diseased way.

Thank you for featuring me!

Wow, what a great response to the fire twirling pics. Thank you so much to everyone (and there was a lot of you) who or commented. Its really encouraging for me, and gives me a great indication that what I'm doing is working right now. I really love fire and I love the abstract art that the twirling creates on long exposure. Its certainly something that I want to continue to do and to get better at.

So this weekend was tournament weekend. I didn't train on Saturday, I taught instead - just to keep myself active without wearing myself out. It seemed to keep the nerves at bay until I stopped moving and had time to think. Fortunately there was a lot of cleaning up to do and a few students may have accidentally got the brunt of my nerves and had an over perfectionist session with me.

sorry guys.

Sunday was a long day, inside the tournament venue was well into 40*C with very little air flow. And of course with everyone competing, warming up, stretching and practicing it probably increased the temp just enough to make it completely unbareable. they had only 3 rings instead of 4 so that made the running time go longer too. It also pushed all my events back further. The general run of a tournament is: get all the kids out of the way first and the adults can hang out for most of the day waiting - it never really goes that way though.

My first event was Weapons, but I was so nervous about fighting later that I fluffed it up. I still got 3rd out of 8 but..it was 3rd. There was more interest in Weapons this year but I think gumdo will always have an edge. Other then the fact that swords are just cool, Gumdo is all sword all the time and it makes it highly competative against clubs who have one pattern for the same weapon. Also the Gumdo people have upped the standard for ourselves this year. It makes it hard to beat us.

Unless you fuck it up. haha.

Onto my open hand stuff. I did forms first (took it out), Then Points sparring which I hate (2nd).

then a long wait till we got to Continuous Sparring.

Now, I'm a pretty aggressive person. I've spent a lot of time trying to simmer myself down, but at the end of the day my aggressiveness is just apart of me. Granted, I am a lot better then I used to be. I have a lot more control then I used to. I still see red when I get hit and..well..I hit back.

The first round I was in I got disqualified. I didn't get a chance to fight again. I hit her about 5 times HARD in the face, and almost took her out with a right hook. And it was a beautiful right hook. It really was. But I got a DQ. I didnt even get a warning, it was pretty much instant. Jim Casey (who runs the whole show) kept it going though. Everyone thinks he was enjoying it.

I try to learn control. And I will keep learning control. But its going to be harder the more I train in contact Karate/Kickboxing.

Ah well, I had fun. XD