THEIR JOURNEYS HAVE JUST BEGUN THREE YOUNG BLACK BELTS TRAVELED TO OSAKA, JAPAN, TO MATCH THEIR KARATE WITH SOME OF THE BEST ON EARTH AT THE 1996 SEISHIN KAI WORLD TOURNAMENT.(CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER) From: The Virginian Pilot | Date: August 18, 1996| Author: Doucette, John-Henry | COPYRIGHT 1996 The Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE, CORRESPONDENT

FOR THREE YOUNG students of the Virginia Martial Arts Center, the world of karate was discipline and defense as taught by Chesapeake's Darren M. Myers and the center's other instructors.

The horizons of that world changed Tuesday, as the young black belts traveled to Osaka, Japan. There they will match their karate with some of the best on Earth at the 1996 Seishin Kai World Tournament.

But the journey to ...

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