I'm at Anime Expo!

July 4, 2025

Come say hi! Room 411 at 3:15pm

I was a shy kid.

June 23, 2025

The kind who would rather blend into the background than stand in the spotlight. When I first started karate, I never imagined I'd still be doing it decades later - let alone representing my country on the Olympic stage. I didn't grow up thinking l'd become an Olympian. I just knew I loved the feeling of training. Of getting a little better each day. I didn't chase medals—I chased growth. And somehow, step by step, that quiet pursuit turned into a career I never expected. On this Olympic Day, I'm reminded that greatness doesn't always start loud. Sometimes, it starts with a quiet kid, a passion, and the courage to keep going-especially when no one's watching. Here's to the journey. To every shy kid chasing big dreams. Next Olympics is here in LA @la28games Very excited to cheer on Team USA 🔥 #OlympicDay #PursuitOfGreatness #FromThenToNow

Upgrade your membership yet?

June 10, 2025

Hey everyone! … have you upgraded your membership yet? 👀 You’ll get a chance to get free hoodies if you subscribe to GOLD membership with monthly 30-min catch-ups, and first dibs on updates! Silver members will receive tshirts as well as other perks. Excited to connect more with you guys, Let’s keep leveling up together 💥🥋

Bronze Medal Final Sunday 10 am Rabat time

May 31, 2025

Livestream link attached 🔥

Morocco Premier League

May 29, 2025

Live stream link here. I will be competing starting at 9am Tatami/Ring 3. Please send all the good vibes 🌸🙏🏻

Rabat Bound

May 27, 2025

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LIVE STREAM LINK

May 22, 2025

Found the link. Finals are scheduled to start at 6pm Mexico time on tatami (ring) 3. But competiton is delayed by 2h now.

Draws are up!

May 22, 2025

**DRAWS If you click “download” you will be able to get access the the draws. Find “Female Kata”. You’ll find my name on Pool 4. **LIVE STREAM I don’t know if they will have live video stream yet BUT if you click “Live blog” you can get access to up to date match info. If they have video streaming the link should show here as well. I will be competing 9:00 am Mexico time, 3rounds of preliminaries then finals for Gold which will be at 6pm. Much love to you all, Will do my best.

Eating in competitions

May 21, 2025

Found a Japanese place in Mexico 😃 Competition starts tomorrow and I always find myself eating what I feel most comfortable in. The restaurant looks good, the vibes are there haha I’ll treat myself with real street Tacos when I’m done competing 😂😅

Mahalo everyone for the continuous support ❤️🌊

May 11, 2025

Hey everyone! Just wanted to say thank you to those who joined my club and to those who have sponsored me. It means so so much. Through your support I’m able to get a little peace of mind to focus on good quality training, healthy food/snacks after sessions, and more importantly I am able to share this journey through this community. To those who don’t know, all my competitions comes out of pocket. So this support makes the biggest difference. Spent two days with my mom for mothers and was able to get some quick rest, but now I’m headed back to LA to increase my training again for one more week before I take off for Mexico Pan American Championships. 🔥

Age is really a mindset

May 8, 2025

Being here in Japan for a month… I’ve never felt so old in my life. Let me explain. I personally don’t feel “old”. Yes I’m older… but never so old that it prevents me from pursuing my goals in sports. But this trip… every encounter I had with anyone… almost EVERYONE brought up my age and asked me how my body is feeling. And of course, they add to those questions and ask …if I don’t want kids or get married. Yes, I would love all of those things. But why can’t I pursue my carrier in sports and want that at the same time? There were moments where I felt uncomfortable even when training because the coaches were giving me advice based on how old I was. I do understand Japan is in its own time and tradition, but it was interesting to see the difference in how women’s sport are in different countries and how women are treated here overall. Again, doesn’t phase me too much and still have love for the country but these experience made me realize why I felt so out of place and why had to take time away. Anyways … last day here… Almost panams … locking in.

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May 8, 2025

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Boring life in Japan

April 29, 2025

Yup, that’s what I said. Borning. Haha IN JAPAN. Nothing about being an athlete is all glorious. Early mornings of training, the grind, pushing yourself mentally, physically… It gets lonely. But it’s a part of it. Yes I’m in Japan, but I’m here to train. “Oh you must have some time to go out and have fun!” - YES. Of course we do. but in the back of our mind we will always think about recovery time, sleep hours, food intake, tomorrows training… etc I chose to be here so I can isolate myself so I can focus on the work I need to put in. And it’s working.., getting to a point where I just want to do normal stuff here… but gotta keep pushing. Here’s a random picture of me getting treatment. Body was exhausted today. Another day tomorrow… hope I survive.

Go checkout my YouTube Channel :)

April 28, 2025

Check out the full recap from the program this month! Been busy training here in Japan… but managed to squeeze in time to organize things. Pan ams is getting closer… ⏳

Who will be at the Anime Expo??

April 21, 2025

I will be at the Anime Expo this year , July 4! Going to be speaking on a panel… if anyone will be there find me and come say hi! 😌

Full circle

April 19, 2025

Went to a local competition here in Okayama to surprise my kids from the program. It was hard to keep it a secret, but so happy to see them again. I haven’t been to this venue since I was in high school myself so it was a weird feeling. Lol The parents and even teachers expressed how much impact the program had on them… some even told me they want to go to school outside of Japan too… 🥺❤️ Crazy, full circle moment.

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April 12, 2025

Mentality this year.

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April 12, 2025

In Hawaii now over the weekend before I go to Japan to train for a month. Next month will be the pan American championships. One of the biggest competition of the year. This event will not only determine who’s the best in the entire continent, but also is one of the main qualifiers to the world championships in November. It’s going to be a long month but wil be worth it. I need to monitor more of my food intake, weight, training hours etc. Hope to update my training log here. Here we go.

2 BIG NEWS!

April 3, 2025

1. I didn’t lose any of my children and we are on the last day of the program! 😂❤️🔥 going to be a little emotional sending them home tomorrow 😭 2. I qualified for the WORLD GAMES coming up this August! 🔥(this only happens every 4 years) After this program it’s time to dial in and focus on training 😤

Day 3

March 31, 2025

Wow. what a day. Still have half more to go but favorite day so far. ….. An early start tomorrow … leaving my place by 6:40 am so I need to sleep. But my mind just keeps racing. I know this will be their core memory for years to come… Just wow.

Day 2

March 30, 2025

Funny things my students made a comment on today while touring LA. 1. SQUIRREL!!!!!!! 2. The drinks here are so big! 3. Even the sign looks “American” 4. Omg that guy is running without a shirt on! 5. Why are people walking when the lights are still red? 6. Can we take photos with the cops? 7. I killed an American spider! 8. Traffic here is crazy. Which one is your favorite? lolol

DAY 1 ✅

March 29, 2025

Day one was a success. The flight got delayed so little bit of a hiccup there but the kids were able to pass immigration no problem. 😂🙏🏻 After they got out of the airport we got on the shuttle bus and went straight to their host families. I was more nervous about them being tired but they really came in with high spirits and excitement. I guess it makes sense… many never stepped foot outside of Japan… Today we will be sightseeing around LA. Hope they slept well becuase it’s going to be a longgggg day ☀️🕶️🌊😆

T-1 day

March 28, 2025

THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY!!!!! 🥹🥹🥹 Nervous, excited, but more excited. Out of 8 only 2 have traveled outside of Japan (once.) The rest have never set foot outside of the country… They’re def going to get some culture shock out of this experience …😂 Praying for a smooth week. This nerves feels different than competition nerves. smh. lol

T-2days

March 27, 2025

Capturing moments through this during the program. :) Will kids know how fun it is to use a disposable camera? 😭😂📸

T-3 days

March 24, 2025

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Idea into reality

March 22, 2025

Flew back from Japan last night and finally unpacking. Soooo excited and nervous that my kids from Japan are coming in a week!! Wow. I still have few more adjustments to make but I think we’re ready to go. Appreciate you all for the continuous support. Competition and being a full time athlete is my job now, but thanks to your support I’m able to continue to give back by putting a program together like this. Much love everyone. ❤️

Hangzhou Premier League bound

March 10, 2025

Premier league no.2, and third competition of the year! Sorry I’ve been away for a while been busy working and planning my upcoming exchange program. Can’t believe it’s already March. One night stop in Tokyo then China bound. Has anybody been in a city called Hangzhou? Cuz I haven’t and I don’t know what to expect… haha

有言実行

February 13, 2025

“Yūgen-Jikkou.” My favorite Japanese word. Basically meaning “keep one’s word” or “do what you said you were going to do.” I always made a habit of doing so since I was a kid. Of course, things don’t work out at times, but always do my best to put in the work. My exchange project is finally coming together. Crazy feeling, still got more to do… but happy that it’s actually happening. This was only 3months ago when I said I’m going to do my best to make it happen. Now… it’s slowly coming together… baby steps.

Myrtle Beach bound for a seminar

February 6, 2025

Anyone in town, I’ll be there for few days hit me up or come join the seminar with me! Friday: Only one spot open for private lessons. Saturday: 10:45-12:45 Seminar (walk ins welcome)

Number 1 in the United States

February 2, 2025

After back to back competition, going home with a position in first seed on the team!!! 🥇🥇🥇 This qualified me to the Pan American championships in Mexico. Still work needs to be done to qualify for Worlds but this is a start. Will be home for three days before I have to fly out again, but mentally in a happy place because I was able to perform better than last week in Paris. Thank you all for the continuous support, let’s keep elevating.