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five years, added, “We combine a
bunch of different things from
wushu and tae kwon do, a little bit
of break dancing and capoiera.”
Junior Jay Kufner, who teaches
extreme martial arts at Best Mar
tial Arts Institute, said the disci
pline is flashy and diverges from
the strict rules imposed by cus
tomary martial arts.
“This stuff wouldn’t be considered
traditional self-defense martial arts,”
he said.
Senior Nick Wolfgang agreed. “It’s
a series of forms that are beyond the
normal scope of what martial artists
would study.”
Best, who has taught in Eugene
for 14 years, said non-traditional
techniques are becoming more pop
ular all over the country. He got the
idea for an extreme martial arts
class when a parent approached
him about a year ago. Best said he
wanted to find a way to keep
younger students engaged in the
martial arts discipline without the
pressure of competition.
“They go through that period ...
where it’s hard to get them excited
about the repetition and the basics,”
he said. “(Traditional martial arts)
just doesn’t have the excitement
that they kind of need for that age.”
However, Kufner said a wide de
mographic has expressed interest in
the course. He teaches martial
artists from eight to 45 years old.
Kufner said he and the other stu-.
dents joined Loken’s trampoline
classes to practice the moves they
learn in class with the security of a
trampoline.
Loken said the University is the
only college in the country offering
a trampoline program. Her aerial
maneuvers class is designed to help
snowboarders, skateboarders and
other extreme athletes perfect their
aerial stunts and get more “air time”
in a safe environment. Martial arts
students first practice jumps, kicks
and inverted movements attached
to an overhead spotting belt on one
of the 10 trampolines. At Loken’s
approval, students can begin prac
ticing these skills without security
belts. Kufner said the martial artists
aim to perform the moves sans
trampoline and overhead belt.
“Safety is our major priority,” Lo
ken said.
Kufner said the class has helped
his students and him learn elite-lev
el tricks without getting injured.
“It lets us do some really difficult
falls,” he said. “Lani does a really
good job with safety. We’re always
looking for people’s experiences
and advice, and Lani does a great
job of that.”
Bryan agreed.
“Trampoline is a way for me to
start working on (more difficult
moves) because I know I’m not go
ing to get hurt.”
Loken will offer trampoline class
es spring term, and Best plans to
continue offering extreme classes.
Bryan said she will keep studying
extreme martial arts not only for the
excitement, but also the sense of
peace the discipline provides.
“It gave me something I could fo
cus on and a place I could escape to
and know what was expected of
me,” she said.
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Eugene police confirmed that
Melton reported the crime, and
they are investigating.
ASUO Elections Coordinator An
drea Hall said no campaign-related
crimes have been reported so far this
year. “I’ve heard nothing about it and
heard no complaints,” she said.
Hall added that she generally ex
pects some level of campaign-relat
ed mischief. She said last year, a
candidate’s car was egged, “but it
was nothing to the extent of break
ing-and-entering. ”
Melton said some property was
stolen from her room, including her
cowboy hat, 13-inch television,
alarm clock and toothbrush, but
she said she is puzzled because
whoever broke in didn’t steal her
computer or other valuables.
“It could just be random, right?”
she said. “But certain things lead me
to believe it wasn’t random at all. I
mean, somebody took my cowboy
hat. Who would come in and take a
cowboy hat? It’s my baby.”
She added that the intruder proba
bly came in through the back door of
the apartment, which might have
been left unlocked. Melton found a
Lane Transit District day pass on her
bed but has no further clues.
“I don’t know exactly what it was
or why it was,” she said. “There’s
no way I can definitely say it was a
hate crime.”
She said during ASUO elections
last spring, executive candidate Os
car Arana was subjected to a simi
lar crime when items were stolen
from the MEChA office.
Melton said Thursday’s issue of
the Emerald, which listed all the
candidates running for ASUO posi
tions, could have incited someone
to vandalize her room. It just
seemed too coincidental to be a
random crime, she said.
“Someone doesn’t have to write
‘Die dyke’ on the wall for it to be a
hate crime,” she said.
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