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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
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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
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th e in a u g u r a l H a ll o f F am e
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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
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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
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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.