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The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, Pebruary 10, 2004 - 2W tocal skaters shine at C SIC q ualiir' Photo by GRAH-AM PAINE /J1lst passin' through Lord Elgin's Matt McGuire tries ta drive ta the basket while pushing off of Milton District Mustang Chris Ferrier, as teammate Craig Harding (4) moves in ta help durlng senior boys basketball play at MD Wednssday afternoon. Lord Elgin - the Richardson Division leader headlng into the final week of regular season play - handlly beat the. Mustangs 75-47. Lord Elgin wlll return ta Milton for a pivotai clash wlth 8-1 Blshop Redlng tomonrow attemnoon. The Milton Skating Club showed strong- Iy at the recent Midway West Inter-club Championships in Brampton. Tlhe club amassed a dozen top-three per- formances, while seven skaters fsnishing top two and advanced to the Central Ontario Section Inter-club Championthips (COSIC), scheduled for February 27 to 29 at Caledon's Teen Ranch. Representing Milton at COSIC in two events each will be Julia Cenedese, Hugh Ritchie and Angela Schrempf, while alto qualifying were Kendra Paguaga, Ally Sereda, Laura Stratton and Sonia Zaichuk. The following is a list of how local skatcrs fared in Brampton: Freeskate events Julia Cenedese: lst, Pre-Preliminary Ladies Freeskatc Kendra Paguaga: 1lst, Preliminary Ladies Freeskate Angela Schrempf: I st, Senior Silver Ladies Freeskate Ally Sereda: 1 st, Senior Bronze Ladies Freeskate Laura Stratton: t st, Junior Silver Ladies Freeskate Sonia Zaichuk: 2nd, Junior Bronze Ladies Freeskate Danielle Clarke: 3rd, Junior Bronze Ladies Freeskate Melanie Koso: 5th, Senior Bronze Ladies Freetkate Lita Petie: 5th, Junior Silver Ladies Freeskate Alana Petrie: 7th, Senior Silver Ladies Freeskate Katie Preisncr: 8th, Pre-Preliminary Ladies Freeskate Roaslyn Schultz: 8th, Preliminary Ladies Freeskate Interpretive events Angela Schrempf: 2nd, Interpretive Jennifer Roskam: 7th, Interpretive Bronze Bronze Dance events Julia Cenedese- and Hugh Ritchie: Ist, Preliminary Mixed Dance Hughi Ritchie: Itt, Pre-Preliminary Men's Solo Dance Julia Cenedete: 3rd, Preliminary Ladies Solo Dance Kendra Paguaga: 3rd, Senior Bronze Ladies Solo Dance Sarah Williams: 4th, Senior Silver Ladies Solo Dance Katie Preitner: 5th, Junior Bronze Ladiet Solo Dance Melanie Koso: 6th, Senior Silver Ladies Solo Dance Leanna Ritchie: 6th, Junior Bronze Ladies Solo Dance Rosslyn Schultz: 6th, Senior Bronze Ladies Solo Dance Jillian Miot: 7th, Preliminary Ladies Solo Dance Laura Stratton: 7th, Junior Silver Ladies Solo Dance Rebecca Cherry: 8th, Pre-Preliminasy Ladies Solo Dance Lindscy Mindenhail: 8th, Pre- Preliminary Ladies Solo Dance Ally Sereda: 6th, Junior Silver Ladies Solo Dance OT victory foir Hawks, Milton s AA minor atom»~ -qae their OMHA seo<Sd rondn sces in tiramatic fadhiosi Suisday aflensoon, shatiing the host Stoney Creek Wamiors 2-1 ins overtm. Liant Robison seoseti in atatden die"t - pssttig thec fitsiitousches on .a nifty play hie istitiated - wIsle assista went to Kevin Frieses sand Sameer Kalia. Nclsain<ler Brandon Radiant sand defSesseens Dansiel Nikolich andi Liant Vesesahan in te Wntesiawls' casa, wlsie als scor- ing was Mathew MePisail. Thse namrw victory kasotted the best- of-five showdows at 1-1-1. ie seuies continues totwoeiow evenaing at Miltoan Sports Censtre. Osase tise is 7-30 pmL ee 00 e Introduction to>punjtsu not as painful as expected I figure it would take Darlene Kelsh about 30 seconds to break every bone in my body. Not quite so long if she was rutheti for time. Fortunately for me, visiting the Milton School of Jiu Jittu st week was more of an eye-opener tan a bone-breaker. Darlene is a four-time women't world jiu jitsu champion, and operates te tchool alongside fater Robert Kranstz, who was a world champi- on three times. In fact twice tey won in tce tante year, and bot are members of tce World Hall of Fame. The sport of jiu jitsu in this country and even te world bas tome of its mots night her in Milton. Bob put togeter te tirst children's pro- grant in Canada 30 years ago, motivateti mostly by bis daughter's desire to become involved. Later bie wrote te rides for sport jiu jitsu, which have been adopteti worldwide. Jiu jitsu is différent froin oter martial arts because it encompasses ail elements of self- defente, accod% to Darlene, including te ability to adapt to any situation. "It teaches you to have control, discipline, awareness of our own abilities, anti awareness of self and others," she explamnet. "It't not just flghling, but alto physical expression - an art forti with Utc benefits of physical fltness." Darlene takes me on a tour of tce dojo, which I have leamnet means hall of training. The walls are filled with decades of history and trophiet and photographt. 'he mats extend tce length of tce large room, with varinus apparatus from endi to end, including BOB. BOB stands for 'Body Opponens Bag', and is a rubber figure of a man's upper body and head whose naine, I guets, is Bob. I could beat Bob siily if given half a chance, but Darlene bas oter ideas. She't going to teach me te tweeping throw takedown, which bas tce potential of being more effective tan my previ- oua methoti of defense, leamnet from a lifetime of watching The Three Stooges. The achool has programns for kitis, familles, anti aduits, including one for womcen's self defense. Darlene suggcsts tat atssekers are most likely ta prey on tce wcak and mcck, but tat tere are ways to combat it. She said, "Little tisgs create a more confident, aware beissg who's kess likely to busa victins." She teachet women how bo create an air of assertivenets tat would discourage potential attacks, as wcil, of course, as what to do should one actuaily occur. Darlene is five feet five nches and 120 pounda. At half my weight, thc'd bu little match for my manly ttrength anti tintcing this even as ase tos like a rag dm11 anti ran throug she coulti re-adjuat us endtinm To say 1 was impresacd v~ statentent. 1 looketi over at B watching, but he kept stani apparcntly having scen tisa more t'mi not liking BOB'sa She would tcach me how tg minutes. It was to easy, even faet, it was to easy, even I co I wontiered alouti what les do to a schoolyard full of ch assures me that teir kid st something well buyond a&~ "We make sure tey're aware wrong. Wc talk about bati ait make tem better," she ttretsed. A big component of teir Uidt programns is lcarning respect for. oters at the samne tinte as they're building Uteir tkills and adding to teir Oiut in~ accomplithmcns through tce awardmng o if cnt coloureti bults. As it tumti out, a chilti witts jsu letiej -a1i Jttu training is lest likely to bu aggrettivc J~J~"~toward other kidt. "It helps create focut on a task, and it teaches mmam m respect," she said. athleticism. t was BOB, t figure, is someone who needa tu leamn sed me on tce mat respect, and I pay close attention as Darlene runs h tce vaiout joIits through tce sweeping throw takedown in slow ilife as t know it. motion. Five steps anti a couple attempts and I'm mosld bu an under- ready to do it for r"a. I do it perfectly - to my DB us sec if bu was own asusnishntcnt - anti Darlene goca tiown on ng straight abuad, tce mat wit a loud bang. il bufore. More and Once again U'ni impressei, this tinte with do st ni abu yself. Very impresseti. Altough later wbun a, Ici cS , do itI showing tce moves us my daughter she puichs id do it. nsngJiu jitsu could ittiren, but Darlene cagrains aecomplish Issive bubaviour. of what's nght anti ustions anti how us mcmi Utc stoniach bufore I get to step two, mak- mig me think I bave a lot to learn. That's o doubt truc, but 1 know enough to take care of BOB. Now that I have a bit of jin jitsu training, I'd like to meet him in a dark alley tometime. afor more locl sports, ses page 35