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THE HERALD Wednesday February II 1M7 Page More people get their kicks from karate By MIKE- Herald Sports Karate Kid and Its KK have probably done or the martial arts whal FT did to enhance relations with alien beings That at least appears to be the case for Mark Yates who operates the Karate Club and In about students in the martial art Yates is in who now lues In Waterloo He has been In volved with the for close to 10 startup Judo utter being a school wrestler From there lie went on to jujilsu and kung He his tamed a black bell in Jitsu a brown bell In Judo Because of the wide range In ages Yates says people waul karate for different reasons 1 think for the kids it a faddish sort of thing he says TV has a lot to do with that But for the adults it more because they want to learn selfdefence and gel themselves in Yates his methods are lit tie different than other clubs when it comes to starling off new students in Its very demindinf physically What some school will try to do first thing is see if new student is to kirite What I like in do Is people off pice and lit them work waj up weeks to three re keeping pace the rest of the mors spilt nipt dropout r with clubs ruiin rum a to fiO per lies his per who em it In s hi bales says lhe Id several 1 elub tour ich most members ire not that nterested In themselves if they arc not shown how it properly Just as the ages of students range so do Iheir shapes and biles ac cording to Yates Not everyone has the perfect physique We get quite a cross section Then is more emphasis on physical fitness for he people as they get older Most arc trying gome As an instructor he em ducts three sessions a week in rgelown at gym two sessions in and another in for the His students ranfe in igei from six yearsold to those in fie prefers students to be at least in Grade 1 because at thai point have learned discipline the degree Is necessary lake the lessons We have l look it what people want he savs done Judo a few ye in ago show less thin per cent of all will tour less thin five per do so on regular basis Hut if students want to well ear more towards sport karale and coach them the best we The concept many people have of the art of karale is using fists and feet to break boards Yates this has its place students to work on thnr focus of power Kit he careful lesj experienced students can injure Mark Yates who conduct the School in vol v with the martial Tor 10 yean Here he demonstrates a move to member of hli claw during workout at the gym Herald phot in shape One student attends sessions Saturday morning and then heads off to piny hockey the karale workout has loosened him up There Is one other black belt dent In the class who assists Yates with Instruction and several oilier members of the club have the ex to help out when necessary There several female members who take lessons as a means of learning to protect themselves if tbencedevcrarisoB Yates is careful to screen all the people who wish lo enroll in his classes 1 very fussy about who I train and how conduct themselves he says I look down on people who come in Just because want bust heads In the three years he has been teaching says he has heard of only one incident where one of his students had to rely on his karate a fight And in this ease the Hon was provoked by the par no means does he Intend to train students to out and pick fights If you can avoid a fight that the right thing do The main goal is to get Hie knowledge to become a good technician People should to size up a situation and know when to walk away A creed developed by a jujitsu school conducted by a friend sticks In Yates mind and he feels it ex what he is trying to instill in his students Before each session they recite not for selfish ends but develop might for right The worst thing that gets hurt thai way Is your ego soys And lhat heals pretty quickly Promai Karate begins a new ses sion of lessons t fuelers OUSt Oakville Landry named top athlete HON Herald The Casselman Fuels Minor Novices have blown an In their second round of one playoffs The scores wen and IO1 with Georgetown lying throughout the In the firs game scored first but then Andrew the door or the next five of as it wasn I until the end of the next game that wis Ryan Taylor started the scoring in the first game with assists from Jamie and Robert Walsh Jamie later set up for the first of his two goals Afler Tim dumped he puck into the it out fed who scored tin third McNiven second as by in again Curl an assist too The second stlrlcd for the as 1 etc took a pass from Holier Walsh and lobbed a shot over Hie shoulder Tim Von pounced on shot by Aaron McLaughlin scored vvilh hard scoop shot Jlvnn Taylor was shot from the point liking a piss from Nathan Milne Gary McNiven on a hard low shot wilh a helper to Warren Then in Hie third period the fell in on as Brings got shots but Robert Walsh persisted scored the loose puck Then vvilh mae in the box Robert pit fir tin re first insisted in Tavlor nil ten seconds later Tht trolls is Mushinler scored unassisted mil Milne scored from ike up Taylor to hit duubli digits hoping some of the scoring has been saved for the up coming Zone finals should be starting in a week Robert of was named Hie Seagram s of the Week he led tht Sheridan Bruins to a victory- over the Condors of Kit in Ontario Colleges n hockey 30 1 scored five soils and on no others in Mm victory over the Condors He picked up two assists in Sheridan loss to the Jan Landry output for the as of Feb totals points on IB and in games He remnns tied for second in the overall race wilh John I Jocv lends 11k IcaguewiihJipomts The Bruins are in second place in the fiveteam Tier I level of the with 2U points on 10 wins and five losses trail Col lege four Skiers scuttle competition M and M splits groundhog games The M and M Pro Sports Major Bon lams travelled to for the Groundhog Tournament at the end of January along with the minor bantams prides itself as being Ontario friendliest town and once again they proved their point ft is hoped local and townsfolk will rival for this honor when kids roll in for bantam tourney here In March The team first game was against a former playoff opponent Owen Sound Our boys put on an excellent display of passing team work and discipline coming out on lop 52 Scan Cotton played a strong game in net Game sheets were not a good effort from all the boys Honorable mention should go to Stuart and Stephen Lee both netting goals and Chris McCarthj on defence The boys played later that evening against Dresden but manage the same winning results If they had played a similar style lo morning game Ihcy could have beaten Dresden handily Steven Sutherland didn make the tournament The team could have used him they Just plain ran out of Doug Kent saw limited action this game because of bruised ribs follow fog a check In the first game However the team to a 10 lead on a breakaway goal by Kent until the remaining four minutes The team luck ran out then as Dresden went on to win 31 Curtis Green had played a steady game in net His horseshoes kepi a few pucks out George I own had to play out numerous penalty minutes Dresden Intimidated the boys and they fell for It Too bud cooler heads prevailed Coach Osborne comment was he felt the game called fairly by the refs in this case a feeling held by many The loss eliminated Georgetown from furl her tournament action of MlHon Ski lub were active on Ihree fronts over the weekend and emerged vie in all three competitions The Mountain Dew Division skier for those under 13 yearsold remained undefeated as ihey at in Kitchener on Salur Joey Hertz of Georgetown topped the field of skiers in the boys divl while Anion I of Hurl ington was second and Jason Pen man of Milton was third In girls division Cathy Bradley of Milton claimed first Angela of Georgetown was fourth and Moniquc of Nerval was sixth The Mountain Dew squad faces one more racing competition before advancing to the semi finals The Milton Heights Jted Alpine division was at Plncridge Sunday to lake on Lord to and came out on top by a Si margin Dannison of Burlington was the top Milton Heights skier taking place Peter West of took second while Marc of orval as fourth in the event In the iris division Kerry of Milton was first while Holly of look fourth and Diane of Mlllon was fifth The Red Alpine skiers advance to semi final competition on Also on Sunday the White Alpine skiers of Milton Heights were at to race against Hie host club and took a 10374 decision In the boys division Milton Heights looted up the top three lions Simon was first Kevin Smith was second and Jason was third All three skiers are from Burlington In the girls division Jenny of Burlington was the top Milton Heights skier ns she finished first Judy Eaton of Acton was fourth In the event and fifth