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TERRACE ~ There are more

‘capita in Terrace and Kitimat
than: anywhere else in Canada.
* ‘That statistic atone helps ex-
plain why Tsuyoshi Chitose —
leader of the Chito-Ryu style of
karate’ — comes here first when
; he travels to B.C,
Chitose is’ “the master of his
discipline ‘of karate, a respon-
¢ sibility. handed. down to him
seven years ago when: his father
— ‘the former Soke sensei , or
family teacher — died. He was
~ here for three days last week to
’ train and instruct the black belts
in’ the “Terrace and - Kitimat
clubs; - cod
:The’ -.400- year-old karate
tradition extends back six

tradition —-kept secret for cen-
turies. as a family treasure —
was. ‘first’ taught- outside the
family after ‘the: Second World

; . Contributed --
: ~The! ‘last: -Tegional., swim Tieet
ers the year: was a good one far
: the ‘Terrace Bluebacks.

northwest congregated.

“and. the: second-place Kitimat
a Marlins. : ;

= ‘Individual performances were
. ‘top-notch for swimmers on the
_. /Terrace team, with many of our
an cathletes. Sweeping their age

““groups.:

ae Audrey Erb; Garth Coxford,
and Aimee Peacock won every
‘single. event they were entered
in» -and- ‘consequently, won age
a gregates - for" being top. point
scorers. “os

~ Lisa Gardiner, Dave Vanderlee,
Tori’ ‘Mackenzie, and Denise
‘Vanderlee.

vs There were many year-end

‘national karate‘champions per : &

‘Twenty swimmers from Ter-..
:* Tace participated in-the- Rupert .

“Panhandle competition. where .
seven. teams from: across. the-.

~The Bluebacks placed third:
.behind first-place Prince Rupert .

Other ageregate winners were —

events : “suring: this” meet.’ ’ The.

~ Suyashi Chitose

War.
generations in his family. That “’

Chitose's. "S, “father led what
became the modern karaie
movement. And in recent years

“ several’ Terrace and Kitimat»

competitors. nave ‘travelled’ to

Swimmers turn
in top times |

“Regional Swimmer-o ‘f-the:
Year’? awards were presented at
the Saturday night banquet,
recognizing the top age 12-and-
under and age 13-and-over

swimmer at the B.C. Cham-

pionships, -
Regional swimmers-of-the-

year are: Candace Young and
- Terrace’s Garth Coxford in the

age 12-and-under category, and
Lee Encinas and Terrace’s
Almee Peacock in the age
13-and-over category.

The weekend was a ‘‘heats
and finals” meet, which put on
a little more pressure than
usual, This : ‘may have helped
Garth Coxford break the
100-metre butterfly and
100-metre backstroke records

‘previously held by John

Stamhuis of Prince Rupert,

There are some very impor-
tant B.C. Championship meets
approaching in July and Ter-

_face swimmers will be preparing
for those meets all through June

and July. .

- ot

‘arate master visits

the Japanese’: city

Kumamoto, a region steeped f in .
‘martial arts histary, to study

karate,
Last week’s visit. to the nor-
thwest was Chitose’s seventh

trip here. Two. years ago he was.

here with the entire. Japanese
‘A’ team to ‘traln with «the
Kitimat and Terrace clubs.

Chitose doesn't: wear the
honourary ‘gold belt. of his of-
fice, choosing instead to wear a
regular black -belt to stay close
to his students. :

He: calls’ Kitimat “the bir-
thplace. of Chito-Ryu karate in
British. Coliimbia." ’

When asked why, his
response is: simple: David
Akutugawa. ,

Akutugawa, the northwest’s
senior karate instructor, came
to Kitimat in 1976, He had been
working in amine in the Yukon,
and was out of work during a

TERRACE BLUEBACKS earned numerous event and aggregate

f ‘long strike

and all his:possessions. ~—

‘They got -him a job at Alcan:
_and he's been here in the nor- -
‘thwest ever since. :
- Akutugawa_ has taught

thousands ‘of. karate. ‘students
since then and imost.of the top
instructors . throughout the rest

of the province: received their

training from him.

One of his . students” also .
received important recognition’

from Chitose last week. Roland

‘-Lagace was made a shidoin -
along with |

level instructor,
Kitimat’s Kevin Miller and

‘Margaret Bogart. The three had

to have thirddan black belts to
be elevated to’ that level, and
they’re among the first British
Columbians to be promoted 30°
high. .

medals at the recent Rupert Panhandie swim meet. At back are
Tori Mackenzie, Denise Vanderlee and Lisa Gardiner. In front are
Aimee Peacock, Audrey Erb and Garth Coxford.

_ Megan Henderson

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