United States Air Force Academy - Polaris Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

11 on - mandatory fun Aikido Bottom Row: rorest hare. Coach - Dr. E. T. Peteroy, Jack Stachnik. Middle Row: Jim Mau, Chris Conte, Mark Oer- mann, Dave Delmonaco, Alex Weeks, Jr. Top Row: Brian tialama, John Germany, David Kaneshiro. Allied Arts Up at 2 A.M. on a Sunday — after a hard day ' s work! No way! Unless you are a member of the Allied Arts Society, one of the Catch A Rising Star, Allied Arts, Theater Variety Series Technicians, is comprised of three civilians, one NCO, and a group of Cadets. Pete Romano is the fearless leader with Fred Smith as his assistant. Bud Griffin serves as the electrician while MSgt. Ron Barnes controls security and logistics. The crew of cadets for 1986-87 were C1C Ste- phen tloppy " Hopkins ' 87, and B. Thanh " Majik ' ' Wands ' 88, Cathy Kieser ' 89, Orin Osmon ' 89, Trevor Clark ' 89, Tim Bentley ' 89, Mark Delong ' 87, Scott Wilson ' 90, Skip Vander- bach ' 90, and Anne Parker ' 90. The RATTEX crew ' s major job is setting up for and run- ning Allied Arts concerts, Theater Variety Series, Catch a Rising Star series. They also do all of the organizational and technical work for the annual talent show and the tech- nical work for briefings, dining-ins, dances other special activities in the Arnold flail Theater, Mitchell Hall, Ballroom, Field house, and the Chapel. By the time a RATTEX crew member graduates, he is proficient in all areas of theater work. There are three basic areas of theater work. They are lights, sound and stage. The entire crew is trained in all ar- eas but the crew is also broken down so we have specialists in each area. The Executive Producer and Director was Hoppy with Cathy as his main assistant. Majik was the light director and Skip Vanderbach was his assistant. Tim Evans was the sound engineer while his assistant was Tim Bentley. Orin operated as head of the stage with Trevor and Scott Wilson as his assistants. Anne was our catch-all worker. She worked a lot in all three areas. The Aikido Club was started und the direction of Captain Patricia i Pirrello. The Chief Instructor and Coac is Dr. Edward T. Peteroy. Aikido is a ma tial art of unarmed combat that does ni| result in the conflict of opposing fore or the matching of techniques effectiv Attacks are never stopped but are c| lowed to continue. Body movement coordinated in such a way that the po er of the Aikidoist isjoined with the po > er of the attack, so that the Aikidoist b comes the controlling force for bo powers. For example a straight attack drawn into the centrifigal force of the ci cular motion and thrown off, much liK the effect of an object entering the fie of a spinning top. The 1986-87 Aikido Club Office are Mark Qermann, C1C, Cadet-i Charge (1986) CS 21; Secretary-Tre surer, Bryan Halama, C2C, CS 18; ar C3C Harry Ervin, Secretary Officer, C 18. Cadet-in-Charge, 1987, C2C Brie Halama, CS 18. rtiing,