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Sports sport sed@ clackam as.edu The Clackamas P r in t^ Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Craig Fife demonstrates the seiza position in which the teacher sits to begin the class. Students earn o ne P E credit training w ith him a t his school, A ikido Northwest, in M ilwaukie. ' Cody Isaacson (left) a nd N ukula Shaffer spar w ith one another, Isaacson an d Shaffer both train a t Team Quest in Portland. Students walk warriors’ path through CCC By David Beasley The Clackamas Print has a professional M M A career o f 22 wins and 9 losses. “I grew up in Oregon City,” said T h e C C C fell schedule, which Lindland. “I knew Clackamas had was just released a few weeks ago, a strong wrestling program and I includes a plethora o f one-credit wasn’t recruited to a Division-I wres physical education courses. W hat tling school so'C C G was the answer better way to start the day or to achieving that goal. Getting m y refresh between classes than a good two associates degrees helped m e workout? .Students looking for a. mqve: on and winning nationals little more than just a w orkout can helped m e gain recognition from tread the warriors path by enroll major universities. ing C C C s various martial arts pro Lindland moved on to University o f Nebraska after Clackamas, and grams. There are m any reasons to walk nine years after his national cham the warriors path at Clackamas. pionship for the Cougars, he was Students can reap the benefits and a part o f starting Team Quest, a ’ence success throughout their mixed martial arts gym that had just p career and life. W ith the wrestling at first, b ut added other Olympics coming up this summer, forms as it grew. a very relevant success story is one o f “W e now offer.aTot o f classes,” C C C ’s own successful Olympians. said Lindland. T m really proud o f Wrestling and mixed martial our younger kids programs, Tough arts stand-out M att Lindland is Tots & Tykes, and we have a big am ong the m ost decorated com teen program lately. There’s about petitors to have trained in combat 40, same w ith the kids program.” at Clackamas. H e w on an Olympic T h e wrestling team placed Silver Medal in Greco-Roman wres fourth in the country at NJCAA tling in 2000, he was the national national championships this year wrestling cham pion in his weight and the coaches have helped m any class for Clackamas in 1991 and he students succeed competitively in X wrestling and mixed martial arts. “W e have wresders that are m em bers o f Team Quest,” said Clackamas head coach Josh Rhoden. “Two-time regional cham pion and two-time All-American Tarrence Williams, freshman Jacob Mitchell is an amateur competi tor, sophomore Jake Morris com peted in wrestling w ith us for tw o years and he trains at Tualatin Team Q uest .¿ because o f C h a d Sonnen arid Yushin Okam i [guest coaches and Ideal professional U F C com- petitors/wrestlers], lots o f wresders come to C C C .” T h e wrestling program is' by fer the largest athletic program at C C C and is the only official mar tial arts team on campus. Rhoden also teaches a class that’s open to all C C C students called wrestling conditioning, b ut there are more choices w hen it comes to classes that teach students how to defend themselves from unscrupulous fiends in a dark alley ways. O ther one credit courses through C C C are self defense, karate, kung-fu, aikido, arid tai chi. “I started teaching tai chi on campus four years ago then three years ago kurig fu and additional tai chi offcam pus at Eastham,” said N ick Hancock, resident tai chi arid' kung fu instructor. “Over half o f our class are returning students. T he physical fitness and peace o f m ind that comes w ith practicing arts like tai chi and kung fu — getting the tim e to dear your m ind between studies is beneficial to academics.” Robin Robinson started teach ing karate and self defense classes at the college in 1993. “There was already karate and self defense classes established on campus and w hen there were open ings I was able to fill them because I was a black belt in two systems, kung fu and zazente,” said Robinson. “W e usually' have a m ix o f returning students and new students in class. I would say 70 percent o f students w ho take the dass take it a second or third time. It’s a cheap way to do it. M ost private martial arts schools charge over $100 per m onth. Ours is $78 forthree months.” O n campus isn’t the only place that credit can be earned for mar tial, arts courses through Clackamas. Ailddô Northwest, in Milwaukie, offers thé opportunity to earn f t PE credit as well. “I contacted the college about six years ago to ask if they wanted to have aikido on campus; they said theyd like to have an off campus dass,” said Craig Fife, aikido instruc tor at Aikido N o rth W est “Aikido teaches an underlying philosophy that is more valuable to a person than self defense skills. T h e philoso- college students need. Taking a m ar tial arts dass will help students find motivation.” W ith so m any opportunities to grow as a martial artist and a college student, it is likely that future stu dents will continue to benefit from the programs in professional success or indirecdy through philosophy arid way or life. There are m any opportunities to learn martial arts w ithout the college credit as well. T h e C C C schedule o f classes has a com m unity schools section which features various martial arts class es that are all w orth investigating. M any even offer a free first lesson. FAME: Clackamas chooses five new inductees for 2012 H O F Continued from Page 1 “M y in v o lv e m e n t s t a r t e d fo r th e m o s t p a r t a fte r th e in a u g u r a l H a ll o f F am e i n 2 0 1 0 ,” sa id S te e n , w h o w as o n c e a n a th le te h e r s e lf a t C la c k a m a s . “T h e F o u n d a tio n h eh p ed u s w ith th e p l a n n in g fo r th e F irst b a n q u e t in c lu d in g g u id in g u s t h r o u g h t h e n e c e s sa ry ste p s to p la n a fo rm a l b a n q u e t o f th is size. A fte r th e in a u g u r a l, th e y h a n d e d th e re in s o v er to th e a th le t ic d e p a r tm e n t w h e re n e a r ly a ll o f th e w o rk is d o n e th ro u g h u s n o w . J im M a r tin e a u a n d I d o n e a rly a ll o f t h e p l a n n i n g a n d w o r k t h a t g o es i n to i t .” S te e n h a s a h u g e ro le in s e ttin g u p th e H O F a n d g e ttin g e v e r y th in g o rg a n iz e d a n d p l a n n e d .’ “I to o k o n th e ro le o f c o o r d i n a t i n g m o s t o f th e th in g s th a t th e F o u n d a tio n h a d d o n e p re v io u sly ,” s a id S teeri. “T h e la s t tw o b a n q u e ts , I h a v e c o o r d in a te d n e a rly e v e ry a s p e c t o f th e b a n q u e t i n c lu d in g b u t n o t lim ite d t o p la n - n in g /p r e p a r a tio n /s e t- u p , p r o g ra m s, in v ita tio n s , p la q u e s , fa c ility c o o r d in a tio n to g e t th e g y m se t u p a p p ro p ria te ly , c a te r in g a n d b e v erag e se rv ic es, p ic k in g th e m e n u , le tte rs to all th e in d u c te e s , o r g a n iz in g g u e sts o f i n d u c t e e s a n d ta b le sp o n s o rs , lin e n s , sta g e a n d ta b le d e c o r a tio n s , e tc .... E a c h o f t h e c o a c h e s p la y s a b ig p a r t in s p re a d in g th e w o r d to a lu m n i a n d s u p p o r t e rs o f C C C a th le tic s t h r o u g h m e d ia o u tle ts a n d th e i r o w n c o n ta c t l i s t s . ” * S te e n e x p la in e d h o w th e H O F c a n w o r k , “W e h a v e tr ie d to p o s itio n t h e H a ll o f F a m e b a n q u e t as a n a lu m n i r e u n io n as w e ll, to e n c o u r age a lu m n i t o s u p p o r t th e in d u c te e s b u t also g iv e th e m a n o p p o r tu n ity to re c o n n e c t w ith f o rm e r te a m m a te s , c o a c h e s a n d f r ie n d s . F o r th is re a so n w e u su a lly h a v e a v a r ie ty o f y ears o f ,a l u m n i p r e s e n t, so m e w h o k n o w th e in d u c te e s s o m e w h o are th e re j u s t to r e c o n n e c t w ith c o a c h es, te a m m a te s a n d f rie n d s fro m C C C a th le tic s .” C la c k a m a s c h o o s e s j u s t five in d u c te e s i n o r d e r t o k e e p th e e v e n t s h o r t a n d in te r e s t in g . “W e w a n te d t o m a k e it a fu n e v e n t,” s a id A s s is ta n t The 1 9 9 F 1 9 9 2 track team, seen posing here, w ill be inducted into the Clackamas H a ll o f Fame this year on June 9. M e n ’s B a sk e tb a ll C o a c h P a u l F is k u m , w h o c o a c h e d s o ft- b a ll a t C la c k a m a s f o r m a n y y e a rs, in c lu d in g o n e o f th e 2012 in d u c t e e s , D a n i e l l e (F itz g e ra ld ) J o s e tti. A n e v e n t s u c h as th e H a ll o f F a m e b a n q u e t sp e a k s s tr o n g ly to th e y ears o r s u c ce ss f o r C la c k a m a s a t h le tic s. T h e in d u c te e s th is y e a r w ill b e 1 9 9 1 - 1 9 9 2 m e n ’s a n d w o m e n ’s c ro ss c o u n tr y a n d tra c k a n d fie ld te a m s , J im R o b e rts , J o s e t t i , L in d s a y S c h ie ly , M ik e H o d g e s a n d M ic h a e l K u eb ler.
