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  • Jared Lees, Eric Ringstad go undefeated to win Woodke Junior tennis tournament Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:47AMFAIRBANKS — Fresh off a three-week road trip for tournaments in Washington,, Jared Lees and Eric Ringstad dominated their age groups in the Sam Woodke Junior Tennis Championships last weekend at th...
  • Phillip Schiering Gets His Black Belt Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 2:25PMSPOKANE, Wash. - A black belt is considered the highest honor in martial arts, and on Wednesday night it was given to a very deserving young boy. "The first lesson I taught you was a bow, the most basic movement in martial arts and the deepest sign of respect. If you remember I did it with a smile and a commitment to you and your family. All I have to give you is love and support but is yours to ...
  • Hanover school Xcels at National Taekwondo Championships Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 12:18PMAt the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, Steven, Mark, and Diana Lopez made history as the first trio of American siblings to compete on the same Olympic team since 1904. The sport: the Korean martial art of Taekwondo. The Lopez siblings brought medals home from Beijing, while bringing interest in the sport of Taekwondo to millions. In Hanover, one Taekwondo school is nurturing its own team of ...
  • Team Baguio grabs national TKD title Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 10:18AMMANILA - They might as well be called "The Enders" for ending their opponents' chances in ever finishing first - be it in "koryugi" (sparring) or "poomsae" (forms). read more
  • Dana White and Friends: Top 20 Rants and Meltdowns in MMA History Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 7:35PMWarning: The videos in this slide show are littered with offensive language and controversy. If you are easily offended, this show is not for you. However, if you appreciate the lighter side of MMA, or just like a good old fashioned dummy spit, then read on. I have assembled 20 of the best/worst rants, raves, interviews, and meltdowns in the history of MMA. There are no doubt other great ...
  • Late MLA had rich life outside politics Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 5:37PMAs a veteran hockey coach for both the 2007 Canada Winter Games and Arctic Winter Games, Todd Hardy was something of a visionary.
  • Eye of the Tiger Karate awards Black Belts Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:10PMEye of the Tiger recently held its Black Belt Extravaganza recently at Marblehead High School.
  • MMA:The 10 Most Prodigious Talents In History Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:06AMAs we enter fight week for UFC on Versus 2, talk has centered around Jon Jones and just how close he is to a title shot. As the MMA world grapples with that question, I thought it best to see how he stacks up to the other top young talents in the sport and examine how they've done since attaining such a status. For the record. this list is about promise shown, not necessarily achievement. That's ...
  • JKA holds promo exams Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 11:26AMThe Japan Karate Association (JKA)-Philippines conducted its quarterly promotional examination over the weekend by letting the members show their basic karate stance, kumite and sparring sessions covering the ranks from white to brown belts.
  • Is it possible to land a punch at 2,000 pounds per square inch? Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 10:17AMBy Cecil Adams In the movie Rocky IV, Ivan Drago registers a 2,150-psi punch. That seems unrealistic to me, and yet I'm hearing Internet rumors about MMA fighters and boxers coming close to that number. Is it possible to throw a punch that hard? What would that sort of power do to someone's face? — Dave The Rocky movies are fiction, Dave. That tells you pretty much all you need to know. But let ...
  • AIA Fire take down Mat-Su Miners Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 2:17AMFAIRBANKS — The Athletes in Action Fire of Fairbanks knocked off the Mat-Su Miners of Palmer Monday afternoon 10-4 at Growden Memorial Park. The Fire had a six-hit, seven-run third inning, and in...
  • Top Five Fighters Who Could Defeat Anderson Silva Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 2:37PMAnderson Silva is considered by many to be the greatest pound-for-pound fighter in the world. He is undefeated in the UFC, having constantly fought and defeated the best fighters around. I have heard Silva described as the fighting version of a sniper rifle, and this sums him up perfectly. He has the innate ability to hit without being hit, and his precision is deadly. At UFC 117, Silva will be ...
  • Keystone wrestler doesn't let condition hold him back Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 6:58PMAt the York Expo Center Saturday, Paul Feite III was just another 10-year-old doing what he loves. Feite, whose family is from Dillsburg, got hooked on wrestling about five years ago.
  • More Local Children Enthralled With Mixed Martial Arts Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 5:50PMChampions MMA instructor Justin Kucsulain welcomed a new adult student with a handshake on the mat last year in Lakeland.
  • RECREATION ROUNDUP Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 7:24AM~~ Friday night co-ed one-pitch softball tournament is July 23 at the Ybor Alvarez softball fields on Bailey Road. A (eight-home run limit) and D (three-home run limit) divisions, six-to-four male-to-female ration, USSSA rules.
  • Personal Best Karate graduates 42 Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 1:39AMNORTON - It was an exciting day for Personal Best Karate as 10-time World Champion Matt Emig performed at the Black Belt Spectacular held at Norton Middle School. The featured guest performed his winning performances from the Bluegrass Nationals and the "Sony Pictures Karate Kid Challenge."
  • Ultimate Karate Academy instructor attributes success to his teachers Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 5:19PMMike Florence founded Ultimate Karate Academy 10 years ago after watching the effect martial arts had on the discipline and self-esteem of his son. He chose Erick Easter, now a sixth-degree black belt, as the academy’s instructor and has celebrated the decision ever since.
  • Black belts make the grade in QB Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 9:07PMSchool may be out for summer, but Qualicum Beach Community Hall was the sight of a big test day on Sunday — the biggest ever in these parts to be exact — as the Parksville Taekwondo Club welcomed 15 new local black belts into the fold.
  • Karate skills run in the family Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 4:09PMArguments in this Black Country family's household don't usually last very long - because they are thought to be the first in Britain to all be karate black belts.
  • Rockland kids take home taekwondo national titles Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 2:04PMFabio and Kyria Takahashi, owners and instructors of Xcel Taekwondo Center, spent the week leading up to July 4th bringing an elite team of eight junior and three senior competitors to the U.S. Junior Olympic and Senior National Taekwondo Championships, held in Orlando, Fla.
  • The Karate Clan: Britain's first Black Belt family Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 5:05AMNeighbours of the Hughes family know better than to start any garden fence feuds - because the family are the first in Britain who ALL hold karate blackbelts.
  • Is it possible to land a punch at 2,000 pounds per square inch? Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 4:27PMBy Cecil Adams In the movie Rocky IV, Ivan Drago registers a 2,150-psi punch. That seems unrealistic to me, and yet I'm hearing Internet rumors about MMA fighters and boxers coming close to that number. Is it possible to throw a punch that hard? What would that sort of power do to someone's face? --Dave The Rocky movies are fiction, Dave. That tells you pretty much all you need to know. But let ...
  • The ENFORCER Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 4:28AMHolland's Ray Lopez lets his fighting do the talking — most of the time. He says he's "not going to stop" until he fulfills his professional dream.
  • Holland's Ray Lopez evolves from street fighter to pro with UFC hopes Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 4:28AMHolland professional mixed martial arts fighter Ray Lopez said he's "not going to stop" until he fulfills his dream of competing in the UFC.
  • Karate brings peace to abused teen Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 1:03AMThrough the discipline of martial arts, a 13-year-old from a broken home received a fighting chance for a better life and picked up a black belt along the way.
  • Valentina is Hastings' very own Karate Kid Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 6:05AMA schoolgirl from Hastings looks set to become the next Karate Kid. (15/07/2010 15:49:41)
  • Karate Twins: Brothers working to teach students young and old the art of self-defense Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 12:33AMHUNTINGTON — When twin brothers Cody and Clay Hall joined a karate class in 2002, they never expected to eventually teach their own karate classes and be viewed as heroes by their students.
  • Great-Grandmother No Pushover At Tampa Martial Arts School Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 1:12PMLong devoted to physical exercise, from aerobics and Pilates to free weights and golf, she was introduced to tae kwon do two years ago by one of her four sons. She earned her black belt last week.
  • Fine group of little belters Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 3:04AMThere were 28 participants at the recent Black Belt Grading at Doryoku Karate Club, The Dojo. It was a long grading lasting more than four and half hours and covering seven sections of the club’s comprehensive Karate and MMA syllabus. Students were tested on their way to either first, second or third Black Belts.
  • Catskillians kicking it up a notch Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 12:27AMCATSKILL — Two Catskill residents accepted one of karate’s highest achievements as 11-year-old Rhiannon Vincent and 10-year-old Patrick Gallagher graduated with junior black belts from Lykes Martial Arts in Saugerties on June 19.
  • Jackson to host Taekwondo event Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 4:43AMIn explaining a demonstration he plans to perform during the 2010 World Taekwondo Championships in Jackson, instructor Jason Griffin sounds as if he can defy the laws of gravity.
  • Candace Parker's injury postpones camp Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 12:31AMThe Chicago Bulls/Chicago White Sox Training Academy announced that the Candace Parker Basketball Clinic scheduled for Thursday has been postponed until Sunday, Oct. 3 from 6-9 p.m. at the Chicago Bulls Training Academy in Lisle.
  • Lacombe heads to Vegas for karate Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 11:14PMFor the first time ever, three of Lacombe karate students will take their skills to the World Championships in Las Vegas this September.
  • Hobby to get your kicks Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 11:04PMAt Martial Arts Advantage, where students as young as 3 years old learn tae kwon do, Alice Dingle is a standout in more ways than one. The South Tampa resident who last week earned a black belt is a 72-year-old great-grandmother.
  • Are You The Next Karate Kid? Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 12:29AMBrowns Bay Martial Arts School Choi Kwang Do is pleased to announce that five North Shore children/teens recently passed their Black Belt Grading.
  • Karate success in Harpenden Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 9:52AMFORTY young karate local students punched, kicked and chopped their way to yellow belts in Harpenden yesterday morning.
  • Great-grandmother no pushover at Tampa martial arts school Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 7:04AM72-year-old woman is learning tae kwon do at South Tampa martial arts school.
  • If ‘The Expendables’ Were Women Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 1:33PMSure, the guys in 'The Expendables' are all true butt-kickers... But what would an all-female team look like? Turns out, pretty awesome.
  • Karate brings peace to abused teen Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 12:32AMThrough the discipline of martial arts, a 13-year-old from a broken home received a fighting chance for a better life and picked up a black belt along the way.
  • Karate grandmaster visits school Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 4:50AMA karate grandmaster and founder of Tyga International martial arts paid schoolchildren a visit to present them with their hard-earned yellow belts. Read more >
  • Dane Harden inducted into martial arts hall Monday, July 5, 2010 @ 10:03PMMartial arts instructor Dane Harden, who founded a dojo on Lee Highway, is now an inductee of the national Martial Arts Masters Hall of Fame.
  • Martial arts academy brings 'good energy' to downtown Vallejo Sunday, July 4, 2010 @ 3:39AMJust 16 months ago Caesar Magallon, 21, caught a glimpse of martial arts practice of Seibukan Jujutsu and was drawn to it and Vallejo teacher James Bear Roberts.Magallon has moved up quickly, earning different colored belts as he masters more skills.
  • Freedom Festival attracts crowds to Oxford Lake Sunday, July 4, 2010 @ 3:25AMOutdoor activities for kids and their parents included the opening parade, a pet show, free pedal boat rides and bike and swimming races. The pedal boat rides were by far the most popular activity.
  • Warrior set for the big time | PHOTOS, VIDEO Sunday, July 4, 2010 @ 12:17AMPaige Hille was covered from head to toe in protective gear as she raised her hands to her face, kicked her foot up and knocked down the boy she was practicing against.
  • Lifelong journey for karate students Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 4:54PMHollywood portrays karate in interesting ways. Through the years, silver screen epics have led to the notion that one can take up karate on Monday and be wiping out hordes of ninjas by Thursday.
  • Karate kids Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 2:34PMLocal Tang Soo Do Karate students Sofi Peterson and Charlie Dijker recently achieved the rank of second and first-degree black belts from Joey Escobar Karate in Malibu.
  • Determination helps karate fighters get it all dan Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 9:06AMSEVEN hours of stamina tests, technique checks and 20 short bouts left Ballarat karate fighter Steve Hardy exhausted but elated.
  • Manda Madsen, 5, takes on karate Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 8:43PMDon't say television is bad for children. One day while watching an episode of the cartoon "SpongeBob SquarePants," 5-year-old Manda Madsen from Hillsborough saw the popular cartoon character practicing karate.
  • Karate brings peace to abused teen Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 1:01AMThrough the discipline of martial arts, a 13-year-old from a broken home received a fighting chance for a better life and picked up a black belt along the way.
  • Fitness events Sunday, June 27, 2010 @ 11:48PMAerobics CARDIO BASICS: great for beginners, 5:30 p.m., Monday and Wednesday; CARDIO CROSS TRAINING: 5:15 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday, Daytona State College, Building 320, Room 018, 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach. $25-$30 for six-week session. 386-506-3830. GET...