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Brent Beauparlant: Evolutions Own Wrestling

Champion

By Erynn Henry girlfriend, who is now his wife, and were all respectful, and the place was
eventually lived there for about a immaculate. It’s a beautiful gym,”
rent Beauparlant, is a champion year, training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. says Beauparlant. After getting his
Bwrestler in Canada, he has a Brent says that sometime in the future daughter enrolled at Evolution in the
purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu he will continue his BJJ training and Little Warriors classes, he himself
(BJJ), and has trained with some of collect his brown belt. then became a part of the gym.
the world’s top mixed martial arts
Today, Beauparlant is is 41 years Beauparlant says he really feels that
(MMA) athletes such as George St.
old and married with two kids, a boy he wants to be a part of an organization
Pierre and Wanderlei Silva. He went
and a girl, ages 6 and 7, living in that will guide kids and teach them
on to fight in the International Fight Maxville and working at Evolution

League (IFL) as a light-heavy weight respect. “Something I want all
gym in Cornwall teaching MMA. His parents to know,” says Beauparlant,

with 13 professional fights, his record
first reason for coming to Evolution “is that if you are ever feeling stuck

standing at 8 wins and 5 losses. Four
was for his daughter. “We were like I was, like with your kids being
of those wins came by knockout and looking for solutions for our daughter
the other four by decisions. bullied or for whatever reason, please
because she was getting bullied at drop by the gym and try it out.”
Brent says he got started the same school, “he says. He knows from
way most athletes in this sport get fi rst-hand experience that having a He also encourages any women
started: “They get tired of being background in this type of sport really who are interested to come down as
pushed around and getting beat up.” helps to develop self-esteem and self- well. “It’s not your typical MMA or
Growing up in a family of wrestlers, confi dence. BJJ gym,” he adds. “This is a very
it was only natural, that is what he family oriented gym. I have my wife
But while he initially checked out
started out in. “It’s almost a genetic Evolution for his daughter, he found and kids who train here. It’s actually
disposition you could say,” says how I met my wife, “adding that
that he really liked what he found. Brent Beauparlant says that
Beauparlant. other staff members are involved in Evolution Martial Arts isn’t your
“I came in specifically to check it the same way.

He later found himself travelling out and I saw how the culture of the regular MMA gym. Kids and
families fit in there nicely as well.

to Brazil quite frequently with is place was, I saw how the students “It’s a great way to meet people.” Photo by Erynn Henry

“Not – for – profit”

By Richard Waldroff

Many hockey operations, semi-pro, junior and minor have charters or an Ontario incorporation identity as a “not

for profit” organization. For the longest time now this identity has been very much a hands-off business label,
with very limited reporting requirements and with adequate protection for persons in leadership positions.

As it seems it is for all things which seem to be doing fine, someone in the Ontario Provincial government felt
it was time for change/review. New legislation was introduced, received the necessary legislative support and
now sits before committee, who are reviewing a number of amendments to the document. This new legislation is
expected to go into practice sometime in the next couple of years.
Conformity will be a requirement within a set timetable after the legislation is enacted provided you wish to
maintain your “not for profit” identity. I don’t know what other options there may be, but it seems like this one

has worked best for us to date. The changes are not insurmountable; Hockey Eastern Ontario, the mother ship
for hockey in eastern Ontario has engaged an organization to lead them through the process. This process will
be well documented and made available to the “member partners: junior hockey teams, leagues, districts and
associations.

If your group has a “Not for profit” identity you need to think about preparing to meet the legislative changes
coming, these changes affect all groups with this identity not just hockey.
On another note, happy 25th Anniversary to the Seaway Valley “AA” association. It was nice to see some of the
many founding and past committee present at the Benson Centre honouring the occasion.
Keep your stick below the waist!