Alex buckles down for black belt.Byline: PETER GUY TO achieve the prestigious honour of black-belt is a considered exceptional - but to achieve black-belt status aged just 14 is almost unheard of Not heard of; of which there are no tidings. Unknown to fame; obscure. - Glanvill. See also: Unheard Unheard . But that's exactly what West Lancs karate sensation Alex Wright Alex Wright (born May 17, 1975 in Nürnberg, Germany) is a German former professional wrestler. The son of British wrestler Steve Wright (one of many early rivals of the original Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama), he wrestled professionally in Germany and Japan before signing with World has done. The teenager, a pupil at Greenbank High School, has become the youngest member of the West Lancs Karate Academy to pass the coveted black belt exam in the art of Shotokan Karate. But more significantly she is the youngest girl in Southport to ever achieve the grade. Alex has trained hard for over five years to achieve the necessary standard. She endured a tough three-hour training session and grading exam to become the town's youngest black belt from a traditional Japanese system of karate-do. Stephanie Ford, also from the West Lancs club, was previously the town's youngest exponent exponent, in mathematics, a number, letter, or algebraic expression written above and to the right of another number, letter, or expression called the base. In the expressions x2 and xn, the number 2 and the letter n to attain the grade. But Alex has broken her record by a matter of months. More impressive was the fact that Alex had to fight a 16-year-old boy in the Kumite Kumite (組手) means sparring, and is one of the three main sections of karate training, along with kata and kihon. Kumite is the part of karate in which you train against an opponent, using the techniques learnt from the kihon and kata. (sparring). However, Alex was able to use her technique to dominate the element and force her opponent to continually retreat off the area, despite his greater size and age." This latest success brings the number of students to reach black belt at the West Lancs Academy to 12, all of which have passed within the last six years. The club trains five times a week at Dragon's health club and is grateful for the ongoing support of the venue. Anybody interested in taking up Karate can contact the club on 01704 507090 or log on to www.westlancskarate.co.uk CAPTION(S): Black belt Alex Wright, right, in action |
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