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Lifeguards Put Their Lives On The Line

Kudos to Terry Mayberry for his address to parents regarding children and water safety. Allow me to add onto Mayberry’s plea.

To all parents: Do not place the life of a child into the hands of another child. “Watch your brother/sister.” Sound familiar? Older children are just that — children — and should not have thrust upon them a responsibility they cannot begin to comprehend. Although fun and enjoyable, the water can be a life or death situation and no eye is as watchful as a parent’s eye on a child.

To our island leaders: Our lifeguards need more training and support. Not only are they the most knowledgeable about the conditions of the waters they patrol, but lifeguards put their lives on the line every single day.

Their rescues often do not make the paper, though they prevent drownings daily, whether it’s the swimmer who cramps up and gets pulled in or the snorkeler who swam out too far, can’t fight the current at Ypao and gets towed in.

The people rescued are local residents and tourists alike. Perhaps the Guam Visitors Bureau could find it in their budget to assist in implementing a lifeguard training program modeled after other island destinations such as Hawaii. Top-notch lifeguards plus beautiful beaches would definitely be a plus for Guam.

LETITIA SHIMIZU

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Fighters on the rise at global level

By Roman Dela Cruz • For Pacific Daily News • September 25, 2008

Editor’s note: This column is about mixed martial arts, and it will appear on a biweekly basis on Thursdays.

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Some mixed martial arts news for you: Joe Duarte, despite performing valiantly, lost his fight in “The Ultimate Fighter,” but is en route to Canada for competition on Oct. 24. An excellent post-fight interview is available at www.fokai.tv.

Justin “the Shocker” Cruz’s fight in Pure Combat was postponed to later this year, but the “Shocker” landed a spot in Total Combat 31 against Danny Martinez of Arizona. Unfortunately, he suffered his third loss at 4 minutes and 27 seconds in the second round by doctor stoppage.

In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Sonny Vida captured gold in the Blue Belt Masters 165-pound Division at the U.S. BJJ Nationals, and Charles Gracie provided Guam another BJJ black belt in promoting Danny Afleje of Bruddas Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Guam and Shoyoroll Brand’s Bear Quitugua have released a BJJ instructional DVD called “The Lost Techniques of the Half-Guard.”

Guam received another invitation to Philippine BJJ Competition in the Domincau Absoluta in Manila Oct. 25 and 26. While Purebred/Lloyd Irvin Academy has more than a dozen guys in training for the Campeonato Asiatico in Tokyo in late November.Here’s a few things to think about: Duarte fought for Spike TV and the “Shocker” fought live for MTV3. Local promoters and companies are sponsoring and coordinating events overseas, while Mike Fowler’s Instructional and Guam Promotional DVD continues to send a ripple effect across the world’s BJJ community.

As much as the sport has evolved and is evolving on Guam, it is gratifying and inspiring to see how our athletes are pursuing bigger things and how our local fighter athletes and industry are appealing to broader and growing audiences.

As we move forward in international professional combat sports notoriety, it is great to see that we are consistently and diligently watering our roots in individual martial arts and amateur combat sports through more frequent competitions and community support for these competitions and their competitors.

In watching the performance level, and the increasingly fast learning pace of our youth, it is only obvious that though the international arena is growing more competitive, Guam’s and the Marianas’ fighters are developing at the same pace as others in the international arena.

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