If you are impressed by any of the above, then you need to meet the competition tournament team, Team Fierce at Vanatta's Karate Institute. This group has what it takes.
We don't often get the opportunity to do sports portraiture, but man, when we do we have some serious fun.
Vanatta's Karate Institute is an amazing place. They have some of the most talented martial artists I've seen around, and their instructors are able to really connect with adults and kids both. All the students we met were all so polite and well disciplined (As a sidenote: I've never been called "ma'am" so many times in one day. It nearly sent me into another "I'm almost thirty" tailspin!! Haha). If you have ever thought about starting martial arts, there is no studio that I would recommend more highly. They are the best.
To give you a little background on all this...My family has been involved in martial arts since well before I was born, starting with my father. When each of "us kids" was old enough to walk...we got involved too. For as long as I can remember the Vanatta's and their excellent studio have been friends of our family. For some of us, they've been our teachers ("Sensei" inside the dojo) and most recently, my middle brother (Brian, you'll see him below) has been an instructor at their school. He's also one of the coaches of their competition tournament team. So what I'm saying is we have some history. In a good way.
This tournament season, as a "good luck/kick some tail" gift and something to get everyone psyched, we decided to get creative and have some fun with the Vanatta's Karate elite tournament team, Team Fierce.
These guys go up against other teams from around the nation during tournament season, starting with local, then regional and finally the national level tournaments. Below is a tiny showcase of the talented members of team fierce.
Here are a few shots from our session with the team. Meet the Coaches!
Finally, meet the group!
Be sure to visit the team facebook page and wish them well this tournament season!
Next week be we'll be back with a beautiful early spring Engagement Session!
Until then!
Kristin
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