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m}‘t: ww on o nen t aer» onmmnegty es cageitr ie Wokkigne«~ Sports PAGE 28 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, TUESDAY DECEMBER 26, 1989 4 4& 2 David Seymour with karate instructor Jake Klaus. hn en e Sfi tan n ven t 20. it h. o o M en nc + is oys We PR T Cl es ~»;;.]‘7"§4:'is»!v=Ȥ,‘m,_ 5. 24 ibk . v}‘f«“; is o wl 4‘.\‘3’.“5&,"'}"{“’ m e uol i aaic on t + o O Aaoan e inss We oo mt e t e sn C fhol aan S ntbitonllcoet ie theea There‘s more to the sport than just exchanging blows Karate Kid Pete Cudhea photo But then again, living a life with epilepsy doesn‘t give one the chances in life as others may have. However, this 10â€"yearâ€"old kid is a fighter who has gained more respect from his peers and elders than many 10 year olds around. David has been a member of the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Karate Club over the past two years. And no, his epilepsy hasn‘t been .cured, but this youngster has discovered something very valuable about himself since he began taking martial arts. He discovered himâ€" person,". David said. self. "But I‘ve overcome that feeling about myself and I‘m learning stuff and (with a smile on his face) I‘m making more friends." David‘s Grade two teacher Maureen Chapman was the first to suggest that David should take karate. As his teacher, she realâ€" ized that David had a problem in concentrating in the classroom, but today that problem no longer While life at school has imâ€" proved, so has life at home. _ ‘"David is more confident about David. He feels find about himâ€" self and he can defend himself if he needs to, but he doesn‘t use it," said David‘s mother Kathy. Hnumuar tha aknwanp Weravid‘s However the changes in David‘s lifestyle didn‘t come overnight for this greenâ€"belt competitor. Acâ€" cording‘ to his mother, having karate in his life has given him somthing to focus on. Around the house he eats and sleeps karate, and he‘s an eager student at the karate club, but outside of those two areas, he puts his karate profile on hold. § Head ‘karate instructor Jake Klaus stresses to the kids from his club not to take their karate to the school yard. "I tell them if they do it wrong, they look silly, or they could really hurt another child," Klaus David Seymour isn‘t your averâ€" "Before, I didn‘t feel like a Klaus, a 10â€"year instructor and Inside Sports