Page 8 July 9, 2015 TORRANCE TRIBUNE Roger Hart 310-781-2000 BRE# 00625505 2420 W. Carson St. #120 Torrance, CA 90501 CLIENT SPOTLIGHT: Cash Buyer Ready to Buy WE HAVE AN EXPERIENCED BUYER READY TO PAY CASH! Within the past 2 years, Buyer has closed over 50 transactions in the South Bay ranging from $300K - $2.2M. Transactions include: • Residential 1-4, 4+ • Land/Lot • Commercial ✔ NO REPAIRS ✔ NO TRAFFIC through your property * All benefits to seller not guaranteed. Benefits are determined upon details of each property. BENEFITS TO SELLER* ✔ NO APPRAISAL ✔ NO TERMITE ✔ QUICK CLOSE Give Us a Call Today if You’re Interested in Selling! TerriAnn from page 7 Saxons from page 3 Belcher and his team. Though a 9-3 loss to North followed, West was able to show that they could rebound from defeat, taking down Centennial 16-0 in their next game of the long season. The eventual Pioneer League and CIF champs, the Torrance Tartars, proved to be thorns in the side of West this year. In their two divisional games against each other, Torrance won both and outscored West 22-0. The Lady Warriors wound up only losing four times in league play this season; twice to Torrance, once to North and once at the hands of South High. Those losses were quickly forgotten once the playoffs started, however. A wild card game against San Marcos was tackled with great fervor by the Lady Warriors. Three runs in each of the first three innings staked West to an enormous nine run lead early on. Sophomore Dazey Vaifanua went 3-for-4 from the plate with three RBIs and one run scored while Freshman Brianna Magee went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and one run scored. The Warriors won 11-1 and moved on into the second round of the playoffs. Unfortunately for Belcher, that’s where his team’s success would come to an end. The offense sputtered in the second round against Temescal Canyon and the pitching let in too many runs. A three run second inning followed by a five run fourth was all Temescal Canyon needed to knock off the Lady Warriors 8-2 and end their CIF run this year. Though the Warriors lost, the season was by far a success for Belcher and West. Not only did the team make the playoffs for the second year in a row, but they advanced even further, this time into the second round. Next year certainly may feel like it’s a long way away, but a lot of young talent and a coach that has his team consistently getting better has things looking up for the West High Lady Warriors softball team. • the Bushido code. And although they have competitions, winning is not the ultimate goal. It is learning and earning mutual respect of one’s opponent. Competition is only a means to test your own goal of improving your kendo skills. “Notice that the competitors not only bow to each other, they go and shake each others hands immediately following the match and thank one another for the match, whether children or adults. Also they cannot question the judge’s decision during a match. These are important points of Kendo and why it’s important to teach Bushido concepts, rather than who wins or loses,” said Tim. Well, that explains all the ‘polite behavior’ I observed the moment I entered the gym. Tim told me that most children can begin studying Kendo at the age of seven, but many adults start in their 20s, 30s, 40s, etc. In the United States, although they start at a younger age, there are adults in their 80s who still actively practice. In Japan, there are even 90 and 100 year olds plus, and they’ll practice with young people of all ages. “There are many cases, where the parents will bring their children, then after a year or so, the parents will also start Kendo. In fact, Torrance has a father and son competing in different divisions and they each won in their respective groups,” said Tim. After all the information I was able to glean from George Nakano and Tim Yuge, I have a much clearer understanding of Kendo. Who won on Sunday? Torrance was fortunate as they did well in many divisions. For the Championship division (officially black belt and above group), Tatsuya Horii of Torrance was the champion. He follows a succession of Southern California Kendo Federation Champions from Torrance that include; Christopher Yang, Daniel Yang, and Jason Brown. What a wonderful and educational day I spent learning about Kendo. It is more than what I thought and I have the upmost respect for these men, women, and children, who spend time practicing such a very ancient art. If you are interested in joining Kendo, contact the Torrance Community Services Department. I am sure that Mr. Christopher Yang would love to have you. • Noah Nakayama, age 14. 2015-SCKF Individual Championships. Photo by N. Horii. Kendo students removing their gear at the SCKF championship.
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