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Local teenager achieves black belt in karate after 11 years
Justine Alkema
Clinton News Record
Nick Bell from Clinton has been
practicing karate twice a week for the
past 11 years. His hard work finally paid
off this Saturday when he received his
coveted black belt.
Bell, who is going into grade 12 at
C.H.S.S. next year, originally started
doing karate as a confidence booster
after experiencing bullying as a kid. He
kept it up to continue increasing his
confidence as well as stay in shape, and
he has stayed dedicated to the sport.
He originally took martial arts in
Clinton with a company that operated
out of Clinton Public School. However
he was only there for two years before it
closed down; for the past nine years
after that, he has been practicing with a
group out of Holmesville Community
Centre called Tyndall's Karate School.
The belt colours in progression are
white, yellow, orange, green, blue,
second kyu brown, first kyu brown and
black. There are actually 10 levels of
black belts, but it takes decades to
achieve the top levels of the belt.
"You're 60 or 70 when get that," laughed
Bell.
Bell's black belt grading took place
on Saturday the 13th at the Holmesville
Community Centre, and the standards
were intense. 20 judges who also have
their black belt came to judge Bell from
as far as Goderich and London. Bell
had to demonstrate punches, use of
specific weapons, katas, self -defences
and grounding. The judging aspect of
the day went from 10 a.m. until noon.
After that, Bell was deemed worthy of
what he had worked for, and had his
black belt ceremony from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
As for the future, Bell is off to univer-
sity after grade 12, and will likely put his
karate on hold. However he has
achieved what he has been working for
- his black belt.
if it's local, it's here
Contributed photo
Ron Tyndall, 5th Dan, head instructor with
Nick Bell.
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Clinton Public Hospital.
Clinton Public Hospital getting
lots of help with flood clean up
Justine Alkema
Clinton News Record
Clean up at the Clinton
Public Hospital is ongoing
after the "major basement
flood" on July 31, according
to a press release sent out at
the time. The cause of the
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though it was raining quite
hard that day. However
clean-up is going efficiently
with many people helping
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