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Georgetown, ON L7G 3R2 Bus: 905-877-1800 Fax: 905-873-9083 www.mountainviewresidence.com Mountainview Residence & Terrace owned and operated by the Summer family a: Karate culture alive and kicking in Georgetown Gripping his water bottle, he holds the rear car door open with his free hand until an older girl gets out. With a strong push that cata- pults his body forward, he slams the white Mercedes door shut. The little red-headed boy runs trying to catch up. She is already inside pulling her orange Karate belt tighter around her small waist. Sensei Tony Ram- pulla is holding court with parents as their kids prepare for class. This is the white to orange belt session for kids ages 5 to 8 at Rampulla's Martial Arts in Georgetown. It's a Tuesday evening. The school, located on Main St., is in a former church. It's fitting that there is a reverent quality to the interactions between students and teachers. Just as one bows to the cross before entering and ex- iting mass, everyone bows when coming into and out of the dojo. The respect among everyone is palpable. For Rampulla, being here in this place, at this time, is divine. "It wasn't a goal of mine to own a karate school," he says, sitting at his office desk in the basement of what used to be a Baptist church. "It was calling me." He describes how karate has been a passion of his since adoles- cence. "I started Martial arts when I was 15 years old. I was an over- weight child. I needed something to give me a kick start (back to health). I was 180 lbs when I was 14. I weighed more than I do now. I was a beast," he says. "I had to travel on the subway to Yonge and Bloor from Scarbor- ough. I'd go straight after school every day. Within six months I'd lost 15 lbs and I could keep up with the kids in gym class. After a year, you would never know I was overweight. I also started to grow a bit too. I did it steadily until I was 23, then I took a break and got back into it in my thirties." It's a passion he introduced to his two sons when they were 4 and 5. Today, Dylan Rampulla, 23, and Christian Rampulla, 25, are both black belts and instructors at the school. His wife, Brenda, is also a black belt. Today, there are 120 students registered with ages ranging from 5 to 76-years-old. Adults and kids learn the same curriculum and families with kids 9 and up, may train together. Geoff Hogan, 37, is one such parent. He, his wife, son Eddie, 8, and daughter Abbey, 10, all train at Rampulla's. "Eddie started at five years old. We were at a different club and de- cided to switch in 2010. This club is a better fit for us. This is a better family environment," Hogan says. Hogan and his wife are brown belts, Eddie is a yellow and Abbey is a purple belt. To give a sense of what the 10 belt levels mean, here is a list from least experience to most ex- perience: white, yellow, orange, purple, green, blue, red, brown, brown-black stripe, brown-black, and black belt. Back in his office, Rampulla says, "Adults are easier to teach than kids but kids are our foun- dation. Those are the ones that we would love to get in here but I guess we are less convenient than the daycare pick up/drop off ser- vice offered by some martial arts schools in the area." Walking upstairs to the dojo to observe the children's class, Ram- pulla explains that self-defence is a product of karate but keeping people fit and healthy is the goal. At the dojo, Rampulla bows be- fore entering. Inside, the sun shin- ing through large glass windows casts a serene glow and warms the mats the dozen children are prac- tising on. There are lots of smiles and encouraging words. Sensei Dylan Rampulla is at the front of the group calling out positions, "that was so fast I didn't see anything, he says teasing his young students. "Front, snap, kick… I want to see you guys curl your toes back when you kick… coming up, pivot, extend, and bring it back…" Sensei Tony approaches an- other student, "point your toes at the mirror." He is walking around, encouraging them, telling them to keep trying. "We don't race kids through their belts. Some kids we hold back because of comments from their elementary school teach- ers. I tell them until you straighten things out at school there will be no grading here." "Karate aims to build character, it doesn't guarantee it," he says. By Nelia Raposo Special to the IFP Gavin MacIver-Wright of Rampulla's Martial Arts in Georgetown pictured at a recent practice at the Main St. facility. Photo by Nelia Raposo