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Continued from page 47 to date. After hosting the Finally, Sara has a thank you them to everything we could.
tournament and putting in the for the fantastic coaches and We were told high levels of
Sand and Gravel from endless hours of work to make sports people she and her
Packingham. We won national sure things went off without a children have met on their team sports probably wouldn’t
gold in 2006. I then moved on hitch, we were the underdogs sports journey. “We are a be in the cards because of the

to the elite ladies’ Vipers team. who came out on top, after a family with two children on level of difficulty and attention
We have been to many regional, hard-fought week, with the the spectrum,” Sara explains. that it needed. Thank you to
provincial, and national gold.” “Both Theo and Xavier were the coaches we have met along
tournaments, and we have Sara is also involved in her diagnosed with autism and the way that have understood
brought home gold, silver, and children’s sports as a coach and ADHD. We were unsure and been patient with the boys.
bronze throughout the years. administrator. “I currently sit what this meant for things as The world of sports gives a
I have also participated in a on the Finch Youth Broomball a whole, education wise and safe, happy, and healthy outlet
world broomball competition. committee. I am the U9 for sports. Between fabulous for the boys. That’s a therapy
It would have to be our win coordinator and program doctors, therapists, and our no money can buy, learning

in Cornwall in 2019 that is developer for the U9 group,” own attitude towards things, structure, discipline, and social
by far my best sports memory she says. we pushed them and exposed skills.”

KARATE KOMMENTS 2) Success comes to the karate students who are working too hard

to look for it.

3) You don’t have enough talent to win on talent alone.
By Jim Riddell, 4) Martial Arts does not weed out the weak, the less skilled, or those

Seaway Karate Club with little confidence. They will become stronger, more skilled, and
more confident. The only ones weeded out are those who quit.

5) It’s not about your potential, it’s what you do with it. The world
Motivational Quotes is full of talented underachievers.
6) Tell me and I will forget, teach me and I will remember, involve
otivation plays an important role in karate as well as in life.
FPO
me and I will learn. (Benjamin Franklin)
MMaintaining motivation can be challenging and the karate
7) You are always in control of your attitude and your effort.
student who struggles to remain inspired probably won’t be in the
dojo much longer. In a future column, we will be looking at some 8) Keep moving forward and one day you will look back and realize FPO
of the motivation issues and offering some tips on dealing with that you have climbed a mountain.
them. Many karate students tend to belong to one or more of the 9) The person at the top of the mountain didn’t fall there.
numerous martial art groups on social media, where motivational or 10) I don’t hold grudges, but I do remember certain things for a long
inspirational quotes are often posted. These short little nuggets of time.
wisdom can sometimes inspire someone by changing their thought 11) Don’t count the days, make the days count. (Muhammad Ali)

process just enough that they may view something from a slightly 12) In karate we all dress alike, if you want to draw attention to
different angle. I have always enjoyed these quotes and have built yourself, outwork the others.
two files over the years, one on general life quotes, the other on
13) The reason that you began training in karate is rarely the reason
martial art quotes. The martial art collection comes from a wide
that you stayed in karate.
variety of sources ranging from Dr. Seuss to Winston Churchill. In
14) Plan ahead, it wasn’t raining when Noah built the arc.
the more than ten years that I have been writing Karate Komments,
I often end the column with a “Karate Quote,” here are a few from 15) In Karate there is no elevator to success, you must take the
that file. stairs.

1) Karate is about discipline, and the first discipline is showing up Bonus “Karate Quote” - Achievement begins with desire, - then
for class. you work for it.