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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1995-05-31, Page 18i .__ SPp]zTS Times -Advocate, May 31, 1995 Page 17 Karate for fitness and for family time together Lucan karate school hosts family oriented tournament Chris Skalkos T -A staff LUCAN - Karate has tradi- tionally been taught for self defense and physical fitness but Dan Bell, head instructor of Lucan Karate School, is giving his class a differ- ent kick. Bell's school promotes Karate as a family oriented activity. "We want to promote family in-' volvement. I think it's fabulous that parents take the time for get in- volved with their kids in a sport like karate," says Bell. Karate is a Martial art spawned centuries ago from the far East. It combines fighting techniques with self-discipline and endorses a great deal of respect for oneself and for others. Karate is a hard and fast form of self defense that incorporates the use of both hands and feet evenly and differs from Kung Fu which is a softer and more flowing form, or from Tae Kwon Do which em- phasizes kicking. However, Bell says that all mar- tial arts are based on the same prin- ciples of body mechanics, balance, stance and self-discipline. The pupils of Lucan Karate School are taught by some high cal- ibre instructors. Bell, a seasoned black belt is assisted by Leo Loucks, 1986-88 world champion kickboxer and Sid Chambers one- time 1979 Canadian Karate Cham- pion. Together they instruct 55 stu- dents on the art of karate. Most of Bell's students are between the ages of 7 and 16 with five different fam- ilies participating in his class. The first lesson Bell delivers to his pupils is the most important: "There's no screwing around, everything is done properly and re- spectfully." Bell says it's important to instill the right attitude among his pupils right away because some people adopt the wrong attitude when learning self-defense. "Karate teaches you not to fight," says Bell. "We're not going to have any students with attitudes. If any- one is caught fighting out of the club they're kicked out." "It's a good opportunity to stay fit and spend quality family time to- gether" This Sunday many of Bell's pu- pils will get a chance to test what the have learned at the Lucan Ka- rate School 1st Annual Tournament at the Lucan Rec Centre. The tournament pits karate stu- dents of the same belt classifica- tion, one on one, in a non -contact point system sparring match. Bell says its a chance for his stu- dents to apply what they have learned and will also expose them to the different styles of other mar- tial artists from the 18 different Ka- rate school participating. Most importantly, Bell says the tournament is designed to provide a day out for the kids for some fun and allow them to feel the excite- ment of a live tournament without having to drive to Toronto where most of the other tournaments are held. Bonnie Laprise, a resident of Lu - can has enrolled her whole family in Bell's -karate school and says it's a good way to keep fit while spend- ing time with her family. "We were driving back and forth from the school dropping the kids off and picking them up so we de- cided to join," says Laprisewho takes Karate alongside her husband Leo and three children. "1 don't see the point of just dropping the kids off when I could be enjoying it my- self," she adds. Laprise admits she was a little ' leery of sparring at first. Sparring the term used to describe two stu- dents fighting one another but pull- ing their punches at the last second so as not to hurt one another. "Now I love it," Laprise says. "The more conditioned you become you lose your fear and develop a love and understanding for it," she says. "I think parents should be joining their kids here, Laprise adds. We as a family have always done things together and karate is a good op- portunity to stay fit and spend qual- ity family time together." Carol. Preece with five iron in hand kneels in front of the pond on hole number seven. Her hole -in -one ball is down there somewhere. Local golfer gets hole -in -one on par three hole Chris Skalkos T -A staft EXETER - Carol Preece from Exeter got a hole in one at Iron- wood Golf Club last Monday, but don't ask her what she did with the golf ball. Most proud golfers would have picked up that hole -in -one ball and kept it as a souvenir to brag about that lucky shot forever. Others would have even placed it in a display casc on the trophy shelf and thrown a house party inviting friends and relatives over to gaze in awe at that one in a million golf ball. But Preece did neither. Instead, Preece did the unexpected, the unimaginable, the down right unorthodox - she kept playing with the same ball! "I didn't know, nobody told me," said Preece about playing with her hole -in -one ball instead of picking it up and putting it in her pocket as a keepsake. "1 kept playing with it and I lost it in the pond," said Preece point- ing to the mammoth pond on the seventh hole that has gobbled up many a golf ball over the years. "None of us have hit a hole -in -one before, 1 didn't know what to do with it," she said. Preece, who has only been golfing for three years, used a number five iron to smack the ball 117 yards and into the cup on the number 4 hole. Stu Homuth of Exeter got a hole -in -one two weeks ago on a par four which is, to any experienced golfer, an amazing and very rare shot. Preece's hole -in -one took place on a par three where shots like that are a little more common, but it still came as a surprise. "1 couldn't believe it until 1 walked over and there and saw it for myself," she said. Some say hole -in -ones on a par three is not that big of a deal,'but for Preece it was undoubtedly the shot of her life because "normally I'm never on the green." Bonnie Laprise takes a peek at daughter Melissa getting a lit- tle help from instructor Dan Bell. • ENDS AREA NHRA DRAG RACING EVERY WEEKEND SATURDAY 'Test And Tune'. Gates Open at 8 a.m. Drivers' Meeting 9 am Sharp Test And Tune 9:30 - 2:30 p.m: Gamblers' Race 3:00 p.m. (Street Vehicles Welcome) General Admission '5.00 SUNDAY: THUNDER SERIES POINTS EVENT Gates Open at 8 a.m. Drivers' Meeting 9 an Sharp Time Trials Start 9:30 a.m. Eliminations 1:30 p.m. Super Pro, Pro, Street Bikes, Jr. Dragster (Street Vehides Welcome) General Admission '10.00 Students 2 For 1 Seniors 1!2 Price, Under 13 FREE BGRAND D4. 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