Torrey Pines High School - Freeflight Yearbook (Del Mar, CA)

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gk KICK-EQ tage 14, Freshman Lance Donlan has become the youngest blackbelt in kick- boxing in the U.S. His particular field of karate is also known as International Combat Arts. He first became interested in karate at age 10. For him, it was a new and interesting form of self defense. His parents have given him a lot of encourage- ment, but he says that his greatest inspiration has been his instructor Vince Soberano, who is a first degree blackbelt, and a professional kick-boxer. One of the reasons Lance admires him so much is because he also started at a young agle. 'iAs far as l'm concerned, vince is the best instructor in the world, said on an. One ofthe things Lance enjoys the most is being able to teach karate to nge of respgngrbrllty younger kids. He is presently teaching classes at Orange World Martial Arts to children ranging from ages 4 to 12. When A, asked about teaching, Donlan said, I want other kids to come to karate because I like teaching it, and 4-aunts' it is really fun for them. It gives you a sense of accompIishment. Lance practices every day except Sunday. He also works out with the kick-boxing team, and the demo team, of which he is the captain. On Sundays he works with weights. Karate gives a sense of re- sponsibility. Many of his friends take karate, I which gives him a chance to work out and v-l 'W' fight with them. When asked if karate gets in the way of his social life, he replied f i- that no, it helps because it makes J him feel more confident. For the future, Lance would like to become a profes- sional kick-boxer, and would also welcome the opportunity to F teach more W schools. -Lisaltelm -Colleen FitzSimons .-'asa .ie . 1- ' as 6 is S 1 Susanna Romero Jennifer Rossmar Amy Russo Matthew Rutter James Sadler Whitney Saik Sachin Saste Tisha Satterwhite Ritu Saxena Kyla Schmedding Daniel Schwartz Jeffrey Scott Ingrid Seiple John Selmo Reza Shah Matthew Sheehan Rebecca Shen Julie Sherman Kimberly Sherrod

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