Portland Observer, March 7, 1984 Page 3
METROPOLITAN
Hasan seeks championship
by L am ia Duke
G rassrool News. N . W . — K teacher
and his student w ill soon travel to
C h ic a g o , Illin o is w ith hope o f
b ring ing back to the A lb in a c o m
munity a national championship.
N a 'im Hasan and Professor A li
M M u h a m m a d are gearing up to
com pete in the 1984 U .S .A .
A m a te u r A th le tic U n io n 's Tae
Kwon D o N a tio n al Cham pionship.
The results o f these team trials in
June w ill d eterm in e w ho w ill jo in
the U .S. team to compete in the Pan
Am erican com petition this N o vem
ber in South America.
“ I w ant to e n lig h te n the c o m
munity to the young people we have
here aspiring to higher goals. I am
asking your s u p p o rt," H asan a d
ded.
For the next three months, Hasan
and M u h a m m a d are p la n n in g
p ro gram s to g en era te the c a p ita l
necessary for the trip.
The U n iversal Academ y o f Self-
D efense is the o n ly M a r t ia l A rts
stu d io located in the B lack com -
m u n ity ;fo u n d e d
in
1975
by
M u h a m m a d , w ho has 25 years o f
experience in developing the art o f
Kempo Karate.
The public perceives K a ra te and
Tae Kwon D o as physical but both
the teacher and the student say it is
all mental. " Y o u learn how to con
trol the mind so you can control the
body. In the West, the discipline has
becom e physical and it gets aw ay
fro m the s p ir it u a l," H a sa n c o n
tinued,
M uham m ad called Hasan a good
student and w a rr io r . " H e has
looked at himself and found his own
potential. He not only fights well in
the rin g , he fig h ts the n eg ative
things which may hinder h im ."
M u h a m m a d added, " O u r m ain
goal is not to overwork and to m ain
tain a positive attitude by practicing
certain principles; either Y in /Y a n g ,
cause and e ffe c t or b alan ce . Y o u
have to know when to go high, low,
fast or slow . . .kn o w when to get
lig h t or heavy w hile w atch ing the
center line and developing an angle
o f a tta c k ."
B oth said Tae K w o n D o is not
used so much to defend yourself as
to undergo s p iritu a l g ro w th w hile
stu d ying it . Both teacher and
student practice Islam and call their
religion " a fo un dation ."
"D is c ip lin e , dedication and self-
co n tro l are principles I'v e learned
under M u h a m m a d . H e has taught
us that once we start something, to
Finish it. That in itself is success.”
Hasan is a w ell-rounded athlete
w ith a history o f playing fo o tb a ll,
basketball and running track. His
achievements and awards in M artial
Arts are as long as a computer print
out. H e is ranked number Five in the
N o rth w e s t
region
by K a ra te
Illu s tra te d . In 1983, he to o k firs t
place in the N .W . N a tio n al Karate
Publishing company first
PCC business tenant
A publishing company moves into
P o rtla n d C o m m u n ity C o lle g e ’ s
Cascade C a m p u s d u rin g C o m
m u n ity C o lle g e W eek as the firs t
firm for the Business Development
Center.
W heel Press, In c ., plans to move
in as soon as the b uilding is ready
next week, according to an announce
ment m ade by Cascade Business
D evelopm ent C e n te r D ire c to r A rt
Dixon.
The
D e v e lo p m e n t
C e n te r
provides below m arket rate o ffic e
space and s u p p o rt service fo r
fledgling businesses, management
classes for the owners, and access to
other pertinent college resources.
In fo rm u la tin g the idea fo r the
D evelopm ent C e n te r, o ffic ia ls in
vestigated about a dozen other in
cubator concepts across the nation.
" W e added the m anagem ent
t r a in in g ,"
D ix o n
e x p la in e d ,
"b ec au se we w an t the owners to
know how to succeed.”
D ix o n in d icate d o th e r s im ila r
projects d o n ’ t necessarily contain
the educational component.
Business statistics show that 50-80
percent o f the small businesses fail
w ithin five years. . that 80 percent
o f the businesses in O reg o n are
classed as small business. . and that
an estim ated 2 7 ,0 0 0 o f those
businesses exist in the P C C fiv e -
county district.
" T h e concept behind d e v e lo p
ment centers is to provide a protec
ted e n v iro n m e n t the firs t few
years.” Dixon explained.
Funding fo r (he project includes
b oth state and fe d e ra l d o lla rs , as
w ell as loans fro m the P o rtla n d
Development Commission.
E v e n tu a lly
2 5 -3 0
n o n re ta il
businesses w ill occupy the Center
C h a m p io n s h ip
in
Tacom a,
W a s h in g to n and in F e b ru a ry ,
Hasan scored a first round K n o ck
o u t over a C a lif o r n ia n in a k ic k
boxing bout. But a lack o f finances
has lim ite d his to u rn a m e n t p a r
ticipation.
H e said, " U . S . ath letes are
strong, but we need more financial
su p po rt. It is hard to raise m oney
and compete n atio n ally."
The lack o f finances w ill not im
pede his progress as he draws upon
the resources fro m w ith in and
w ith o u t to represent A lb in a this
summer. " I want to be an example
for young people, if not in M a rtia l
A rts , then in business. W e need
those types o f positive influences in
our co m m un ity."
H a s a n , 26, has a B a ch elo r o f
Science Degree in Business A d
m in is tra tio n and w orks as an in
surance claim s adjuster. A second
degree black belt, he is the father of
three sons and his wife Felicia is also
a disciple o f this discipline. H e asks
the community to support him in his
efforts by calling 286-3186.
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facilities. Prelim inary drawings are
u n d erw a y fo r a new b u ild in g to
house business and industry classes,
as well as the small businesses.
In the m e a n tim e , the college is
renovating old Peninsula H all to get
(he p ro ject u nd erw ay. D ix o n said
they w ill be able to accom m odate
businesses at this site.
W h eel Press a c tu a lly started in
1977 when A rthur Honeyman wrote
a book about his personal experien
ces as a 12-year old boy w ith
cerebral palsy and how he did door-
to-door selling.
Honeym an’s wife, Joann K. G r if
fin, illustrated the book and the two
subsequently decided they should
open a business. F o r the past tw o
years they have o p e rate d the
business out o f th e ir hom e in
southeast P o rtla n d by p ro v id in g
word processing, computer services
and printing.
F o r the expanded business, the
H o n eym an s list th e ir services as
ghost w riting, resumes, photocopy
ing, letters and mailing label services.
P C C Cascade D ean Jim V an
D y k e is excited ab o ut g etting the
project underway. “ I t ’s appropriate
that we are able to announce the First
occupants d u rin g C o m m u n ity
C o lleg e W e e k ," V an D y k e said.
" T h e governor, in proclaim ing the
re c o g n itio n w eek, in d icate d that
com m unity colleges are part o f the
solution. T hat is certainly the case
here."
D ixon is still taking applications
for other occupants. T o be accep
ted, ap p licants need to show they
have a viable idea w ith a potential
for growth. North Portland residents,
w om en and m in o ritie s w ill be
given p refe re n c e, acco rd in g to
Dixon.
Grand Opening
Na im Hasan dam onstrataa the form he hopes
w ill ta k e him In to Tae K won Do in te rn a tio n a l
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