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New World Martial Arts tournament held in Cornwall
By Marc Benoit
artial arts experts of all skill
Mlevels and ages descended
upon Cornwall earlier this month, tournament was unique compared
when Mike’s Contact Karate to others, because they award all the
hosted their regional tournament at kids who come out for the day,
L’Ecole Heritage. On November 16,
participants competed in multiple
styles of martial arts, and chanbara,
a popular ancient Japanese samurai
form of sword fighting. Family and
spectators cheered while students as
young four years, and masters in the
prime of their life faced off in the
dojo area.
Mike’s Contact Karate operates all
over eastern Ontario, with schools
in Hawksebury, Morrisburg and
Brockville. Soke Mike Bissonnette
is the school’s master instructor,
training with some of the area’s top
talent in karate and other martial
arts.
“We have two tournaments a
year, and two seminars a year,”
said master instructor, or shihan
Claude Corriveau. Corriveau has
trained with Bissonnette for over 16
Colts and Benson team
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CColts and the Benson
Group are once again teaming
up to support the St. Vincent
De Paul Society with a charity
hockey game.
The second annual event
will take place on Saturday,
December 13th at 4 p.m. at the
Benson Centre (Pad 1).
Local business and community
leaders will skate alongside the
Colts to raise money and non-
perishable food items just in
time for Christmas distribution
through the St. Vincent De Paul
Society.
Joining the Colts on the ice
years, and teaches at their school in
Hawkesbury.
Corriveau explained that the
“All the kids have recognition
regardless of who comes first or
second place,” Corriveau said,
meaning that kids who participate
in Mike’s Contact Karate are
guaranteed to walk away with a
medal from whatever weight class
or category they were competing in.
Bissonnette says he has witnessed
a lot of kids grow up over the years,
and he always teaches them three
core principles; discipline, respect
and safety,
“The first thing in your life is
education, if you got a good school, a martial arts for over 40 years, a career
good education, you’re going to have that has allowed him to train with
a good job…if you’ve got respect for several fi lm stars and champions.
other people, they’re going to have His training will soon be taking him
respect for you. If you’re a bully, it to Atlanta in 2015, for a conference,
don’t work.” The soke emphasized which has, in the past, included the
that safety is tied in with respect, actors such as Jason Statham and
and no form of martial arts tolerates The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
for the game will be Marty
Benson, Mark Boileau, Pierre
Brousseau, Chris Fraser, Ray
Jock, MP Guy Lauzon, Scott
Lecky, B.J. MacDonald, Ian
MacInnis, Harold McBride,
Tim McCuaig, Pat McLeod,
Sean Mecteau, David Murphy
and Shawn Pilon.
BOOM 101.9 Breakfast co-
host Dan Allaire, MPP Jim
McDonell and Shawna Mecteau
will be the celebrity coaches.
Admission to the game will
be a $5.00 donation or a non-
perishable food item for St.
Vincent De Paul Society.
For further information,
please contact David Murphy
613-577-4369.
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Myuran Murugesapillai and Zachary Belanger compete in samurai
sword fighting at tournament earlier this month. Photo by Marc Benoit.
violence or abuse. Bissonnette will also be officiated
as a tenth degree, grand master black
Bissonnette has been mastering belt in 2015, in a ceremony set to
take place in Ohio.
Taking up martial arts is one of the
best ways to focus your mind and
strengthen your body, and a great way
to spend your Sunday afternoon. You
never know, it could lead to a run in
with the cast of Mortal Kombat.
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