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za -WAJJ'RJ HUCHRONJCLE- Thursday. lit-(ember 2h.201 J . 5 Taking on the rld ’ I I Team Canada departs for St. Maarten to take on the worlds best in martial arts By ADAM JACKSON - l and a 10-year triple crown winr ‘ (A‘hro’ll'dfb‘mfl ‘ ‘ net. is currently the director for the Waterloo Region for the litter- or the youngest member of . .i ' national Congress of Martial Arts. FTeam Canada. martial arts is *' 3"» A triple crown is when a competir fun. tor wins three gold medals in var- “Jt's great. the masters are ~ ‘ :3 ious divisions. awesome and they help me a lot.” .. . . a "' “I think this is going to be one said seven-year~old Kate Slater. g ' ' g, _ .y . ' ‘ of the best years." said Julian. last year's MVP. :9 ' , _ “Everyone is excited, everyone is Slater will join more than 50 ’ ’."~ ‘W" 7 ready to go and everyone has other competitors fora trip to the ‘ - been putting extra training in Caribbean island of St. Maarten outside of the club. to represent Canada at the inter- “As director of the Kitchener- national Congress of Martial Arts - . Waterloo region, it's nice to see international championship .r .. ‘ ‘_ " > ‘ them putting too much effort early in January. Kit} |_ .. . u , H into it.” The group. comprised of mar- 3&3." 351‘ ' Julian's role as director gives tial artists from across Ontario. as ‘izg‘u‘gis‘ 1'5.“ him the responsibility to help far as North Bay, was at Water- Wk f 1 and mentor people looking to loos Shamuon Generation of ' 'l excel to the next level in martial Martial Arts last week for the 1 arts, team's last practice before they "Jf anyone needs anything. 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