THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, June 28, 1995 TAG: 9506270135
SECTION: VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON PAGE: 14 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: Lee Tolliver
LENGTH: Medium: 55 lines
Curtis Bush - the four-time International Sport Karate Association world champion - is no longer teaching at Karate International.
He has left to start his own dojo with longtime partner George Kelly.
Bush - the current world champion - taught at the Virginia Beach school for eight years.
``I still love teaching,'' Bush said. ``I'm not burned out on it at all. I still love it and plan on continuing as soon as arrangements can be made to open a new place.
``I just wanted to let my students know and I wanted to apologize for leaving suddenly. The direction the school was going in wasn't comfortable for me and I decided to leave.''
Bush and Kelly have been friends and teachers for many years.
``George has been with me since day one,'' Bush said. ``He's always in my corner and he's decided to go with me to a new place. Hopefully, we can get things started soon.''
Flip, flop and fly. The Gymstrada Gymnastics School's open team did just that recently, finishing second in the U. S. Championships.
Gymstrada was second out of the top eight teams in the country by .175 of a point - that's right, less that two-tenths of a point.
And to think the team didn't live up to par and still managed second. Gymstrada had falls on beam and troubles on floor.
Alexis Brion finished second in the all-around competition, followed by teammate Katie McFarland at third. Liane Williams and Corey Fritzinger were the other teammates. Brion left last Wednesday with the U.S. team to compete in the Junior Pacific Alliance in Colombia.
Gymstrada gymnasts also did well in other levels of competition at the nationals.
In the children's developmental division, Niki Butler was ninth on bars. In junior developmental, Adrienne Roberts was 10th on bars. In senior developmental, Susan Hardy was second on bars and sixth in vaulting.
In the children's intermediate division, Amy Jenkins made the all-around finals and finished 24th out of 160 competitors. Bethany Moore was 10th on bars. MEMO: Got an interesting sports-related story to tell? If so, call The Beacon
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fax number is 490-7235. ILLUSTRATION: Staff file photo by RAYMOND GEHMAN
Curtis Bush, right, plans to start a new dojo or karate school with
longtime business partner George Kelly.
by CNB