After news about Drake Bell's trial and sentencing, with hearing the testimony from both sides, both Danielle and Kim take an in-depth look of the whole proceedings. With Danielle's background in criminal justice and Kim's attentiveness to pop culture, they both talk about and analyze the entire trial.

Find out this week what news Danielle tells Kim about her upcoming tattoo and how the experience was after it. You MIGHT be suprised as to who she was able to get work done by. Listen to find out more!

We're back with season 2 of the M Sister studios podcast! This season we continue our usual sisterly banter as well as have a bunch of new segments for you to listen too. Your not going to want to miss it!

As our first season of Creative Content for a Cause starts to wrap up for our BIG season finale, we thought what better way to show how effective the samurai lifestyle and bushido code is by talking to someone who lives by it day in and day out.

Tu Lam, more well known as Ronin Tactics, is a former Army Sergeant Major who served in the Army special forces for over 20 years. During his time in the military, he traveled to multiple different to protect and serve others while also serving multiple tours overseas in the middle east. Eventually, everything that he's been through in the Army caught up to him. Ronin was facing some dark times when he decided to pick up the Book of the Five Rings, a book by world-renown samurai Miyamoto Musashi. And ever since that day he hasn't looked back since.

During this podcast we talked about everything from his upbringing to military service but most importantly what is a Ronin, what is bushido, and how living the way of the samurai has worked for him to have a very successful spiritual and fulfilling life. This is one podcast you won't want to miss!

Before you check out Ronin Tactics, be sure to check out the Colorado Veterans Project as well as the upcoming Memorial Day Ruck March to see what GREAT things their doing for the veteran community in Colorado! Tell them that M Sister Studios Sent You https://coloradoveteransproject.org/get-involved/#donate

https://www.memorialdaymarch.com/get-involved/#donate

If you want to check out Ronin, below will be the links to his website and other social media platforms! https://www.ronintactics.com/

https://www.instagram.com/ronintactics/?hl=en

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGbWCJCruG_3HlRlMaIq6xA

And be sure to like, subscribe to our channel, and follow us on all of our different social media platforms to stay in the know for the rest of this series and all the upcoming ones we have in store! https://www.facebook.com/msisterstudios

https://www.instagram.com/msisterstudios/

In this episode of our Creative Content for a Cause series, Danielle sits down with Joshua Ross and Ryan Bellegante, two amazing individuals who both are masters of martial arts that were practiced by Japan's greatest warriors, the samurai.

Joshua Ross started his martial arts career in Kendo in the pacific northwest in 2004. He spent three years practicing kendo in Bellevue before moving to Japan. Over the course of two years living in Japan, Josh Sensei earned his Ni-dan rank in Kendo (2nd degree black belt). Josh found Nami Ryu Aiki Heiho in 2009 when he was looking for an art which truly resembled the samurai’s skill set. Josh Sensei returned to Japan in 2010 and studied under Kuroda Tetsuzan Sensei at the Shinbukan Kuroda Dojo. He continues to drain directly under Williams Sensei and continues to be a student of Shinbukan Kuroda Dojo.

Ryan Bellegante started at a very young age studying and training in karate and migrated to aikido in his teens. However, feeling the void in unarmed martial arts, his love of the sword drew out his search in his college years. Finding out about Nami ryu, Ryan made the decision in 2003 to move to Encinitas and build his entire life around training at the Nami ryu Hombu Dojo. Training at the dojo 5 days or more a week, Ryan Bellegante rapidly progressed in his training, and became an instructor in record time……but not without putting in all the hours of training and sweat equity needed to learn and own the basics. Opening his own dojo back home in Reno in 2008, Ryan added trips to Japan to study with Kuroda Tetsuzan sensei along with other senior Nami ryu instructors in the koryu Shinbukan Kuroda family arts. His dedication to the sword arts and all things Samurai is the gold Ryan has mined in his training, the culmination of a childhood dream turned into effort and delivered results.

Both Joshua and Ryan have VAST amount of knowledge and experience in the samurai marital arts and it was SUCH a fun experience sitting down and talking to them. We even learned a thing or two from the samurai lifestyle they embrace that everyone can implement into their lives.

After watching this video, head on over to the Colorado Veteran's Project's page to done to their organization which is doing GREAT things for the veteran community in Colorado! Tell them that M Sister Studios Sent You https://coloradoveteransproject.org/get-involved/#donate

https://www.memorialdaymarch.com/get-involved/#donate

Then check out the links for the both of their dojos. Also if your in the Seattle area make sure you check out Ryan Bellegante's upcoming seminar and reserve your spot! http://satobukan.com/special-events/

http://satobukan.com/

https://sites.google.com/site/samuraiartsofreno/

Then like and subscribe to all of our platforms so you can stay in the know for the content to come! https://www.facebook.com/msisterstudios

https://www.instagram.com/msisterstudios/

Professor Li is an accomplished professor at Tacoma Community College in Washington state as well as a published author. He has spent many years learning, writing, and teaching about the different Asian cultures and their history. In this podcast, Professor Li talks about how the samurai were initially formed, what drove them to learn marital arts, and eventually their downfall.

This podcast is apart of our Creative Content for a Cause series where we are helping spread the word about the Colorado Veterans Project! So head on over to the Colorado Veteran's Project's page to done to their organization which is doing GREAT things for the veteran community in Colorado! Tell them that M Sister Studios Sent You https://coloradoveteransproject.org/get-involved/#donate

https://www.memorialdaymarch.com/get-involved/#donate

Then like and subscribe to all of our platforms so you can stay in the know for the content to come! https://www.facebook.com/msisterstudios

https://www.instagram.com/msisterstudios/

Todd Youngblood, after serving in the Navy and Army Reserves, knew he wanted to help the veteran community in his state of Colorado but didn't know where to start. That's when he contacted the Colorado Veterans Project to start volunteering. And what started as volunteering led to Todd to be even more involved in organization and essentially help more veterans.

In this podcast Todd goes into details about his prior service, what led him to join the project, and what the project does for the veterans in the state of Colorado. For those who are looking for more information or ways to get involved, you don't want to miss this!

Links to the Colorado Veterans Project and the Memorial Ruck March are down below. Donate to the cause or even participate in an upcoming event and tell them M Sister Studios sent you!

https://coloradoveteransproject.org

https://www.memorialdaymarch.com/

On the season one finale Kim, Danielle, and guest Lauren play what will surely become the new hottest thing to play on YouTube, the Celebrity Forearm challenge! Kim and Lauren play to see who has the best keen eye and show their overall knowledge of celebrity male forearms. On top of that, they rank their favorites and added more pressure to the game with a little bet. This will definitely be the one you don't want to miss!

 

Note: this podcast was fully recorded with video. Link to that will be below! Watch and subsribe

https://youtu.be/jcY0_KL1Bq8

In part one of our season finale, we discuss new and old topics leading to our big finale. We talked about the which celebrities we would want to marry, why forearms are attractive, and the perfect issue with Henry Cavil which lead us to create our new favorite game. We also finish our discussion about Ink Master and what we think the future might hold for the series. You don't want to miss this one before the finale tomorrow!

#celebritycrushes #forearms #henrycavil

Natalie Gennusa has been a close family friend with us for years and we have always seen how hard she works towards the things she wants to accomplish in life. This week, she talks about not only how her good work ethic developed but she dives deeper into how her good work ethic, positive attitude, and self love helped her work towards her dream, becoming a nurse as well as running a part-time business.