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» Power 3 Academy whips students into shape

Adam Tatelman
Staff Writer

Ps early for my
appointment at Power 3
Academy, because I wanted

to watch some of the more
experienced wrestlers practice.
The first thing I heard the
instructor say was: “Okay
everyone, 300 push-ups, 300 sit-
ups, 300 squats, go.” I thought he
was joking, but sure enough, the
next 20 minutes were filled with
the acrid odour of calisthenics.
From that moment, I knew
exactly what I was in for.

The superhumans
populating the class before mine
were mostly high school students
training to become Olympic
wrestlers, so most of them were
longtime practitioners. All the
instructors—Adam Santos,
Cesar Narita, Frank Mensah, and
Jason Fenton—are former world
champions, so it seems part
of Power 3's mission, through

passing down winning technique :
: effective. Although wrestling is
: considered a sport first, these

and discipline, is to create high-

: level athletes whose goal is
: professional competition.

Even after their exhausting

: workout, two of the students

: were willing to stay after their

: class and guide me through

: some of the basic stances

: and wrestling techniques.

: Good-natured ribbing aside,

: students at Power 3 are clearly

: as dedicated to their art as their
: instructors are. That’s arare find :
: nowadays.

Although wrestling novices

: like me aren’t required to do 300
: of anything, I was surprised at
: the intensity of the warmup. It
: was fun to do at first, but soon
: the front rolls and cartwheels
: gave way to bear crawls anda

: style of pushup with a forward
: leap. I was knackered before

: any actual wrestling began.

: Fortunately, water breaks are

: encouraged.

The wrestling techniques

taught at Power 3 originate from
: the Greco-Roman tradition;

simple, direct, powerful, and

: concepts could easily be applied

: ina fight. When competing

: for points, the moves are

: applied differently in order to

: avoid harming your opponent.

: For instance, if you lift your

: Opponent over your shoulder,

: you will not then drop him on

: his face behind you the way you
: would if you applied the move

: against a violent attacker.

Do a single class at Power

: 3 and you'll feel like a veteran

: Marine just for surviving. You'll
: be expected to set, reach, and

: exceed your own personal fitness
: goals daily and over time, so

: there is a concrete sense of

: physical progression which I

: feel is missing from many other
: martial arts systems. Just be

: prepared to wipe out a time or

: two.

Power 3 Academy offers

: classes in Greco-Roman

: wrestling, Muay Thai

: kickboxing, and Brazilian jiu-

: jitsu. Visit 106-7738 Edmonds

: Street in Burnaby if you want to
: take your martial fitness to the
: next level.

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Winners and losers of the summer transfer window

» Big names moving and head-scratching decisions dominated the transfer window

Nick Bondi
The Peak

he international transfer

window ended on Tuesday,
September 2, and as always, a lot
of money was spent and curious
moves were made. Here are my
winners and losers from the lat-
est transfer window.

Winners: Manchester City
Looking to regain the Premier
League title, Manchester City
spent lavishly on the likes of
Kevin de Bruyne and Raheem
Sterling, paying £54.5 million
and £49 million respectively. The
added addition of Nicolas Ota-
mendi means that City is likely to
be in the title race right up until
the end of the season.

: Losers: Arsenal

: Arsenal were the only club in

: Europe not to sign an outfield

: player this summer, and when

: major rivals in the Premier

: league splashed the cash, Arsene
: Wenger decided to show loyalty
: to his squad. His only real addi-
: tion to the squad was Petr Cech
: from Chelsea, but what they

: really needed was a striker. With
: rivals making moves for multi-

: ple players, it made his decision

: to hold off on purchases all the

: more confusing.

: Winners: Juventus

: Holding on to Paul Pogba can be
: considered a win, but Juventus

: spent big to try and consolidate

: their place within the Europe-

: an elite. They went out and got

: highly rated youngsters such as

: Paulo Dybala, Alex Sandro, and

: Mario Lemina, as well as more

: experienced players such as Sami
: Khedira, Mario Mandzukic, and

: Hernanes. It will take time for

: all the players to gel, but overall

: Juventus had a very good transfer
: window.

: Losers: Manchester United

: United added a bunch of pieces

: to try and hold on to their top-

: four place, but what they really

: needed was a big statement sign-
: ing, particularly a forward, and

: that never materialized. From

: Gareth Bale to Marco Reus and

: even Neymar, multiple big names
: were linked with the Red Devils

: over the summer, but none of

: them happened. The high price

: tag on a young, inexperienced

: Anthony Martial is also cause for
: concern.

: Winners: Bayern Munich

: Not many signings for them,

: but two quality additions will

: help them once again contend

: for both the Bundesliga and the

: Champions League. Vidal is a

: tenacious box-to-box midfielder

: who is one of the best at his role,
: and Douglas Costa is an excellent :
5; long term replacement for both

: Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben.
: Losers: Real Madrid

: It’s not often you can say this,

: but Real Madrid had a terrible

: transfer window. Used to getting
: pretty much any player that they
: want, they weren’t able to land a

: big-name star this window. The

: closest they came to that was

: David de Gea, but could not get
: the paperwork in time before the
: deadline.

: Winners: Inter Milan

: After four years of not qualify-
: ing for the Champions League,
: President Erick Thohir decided
: to open up his chequebook.

: The team spent €30 million on
: promising midfielder Geoffrey

Kondogbia from Monaco, and

: convinced Ivan Perisic to join

: them from Wolfsburg. They also
: acquired Stevan Jovetic, Mario

: Montoya, Adem Ljajic, and Mi-

: randa on loan, as well as selling

: Xherdan Shaquiri for €15 million.
: They could be in the race for the
: Scudetto right up until the final

: week of play.