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Boy aims at karate world title - 11-YEAR-OLD JESSAMINE RESIDENT COMPETING IN SPAIN
Hunter Harrison, 11, is at the World Kickboxing and Karate Association's World Amateur Championships in Costa Blanca. Opening ceremonies were yesterday, and competitions begin today and continue through Nov. 14. The son of John and Missi Harrison took the bronze medal in last year's championships in Canada. Medaling in Spain would further solidify the Nicholasville Elementary School student's position on the 2006 U.S. Karate Team, which is working to add karate as a sport for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. "He dedicates himself in his training and desire to do it," John Harrison said before the event. "I just want him to do the best he can do at whatever he decides to do, no matter what it is." Hunter Harrison is ranked No. 1 in the 12-and-under bracket of the Regional Sport Karate Circuit, and No. 3 in the world for his age bracket. Why is he so highly ranked? "Practicing," said Hunter Harrison, a competitor of few words. Weighing 70 pounds and standing 4 feet, 8 inches tall, he might be the least-intimidating black-belt holder you think you'd meet. Don't be fooled. During a demonstration at his Nicholasville home, Harrison's face exhibits intensity and concentration as he jabs and kicks with feline nimbleness. He said he is always "thinking about the next move" whenever he competes. He trains at American Martial Arts Academy in Glasgow, where he is coached by Sam Hunter, who once had a karate school in Nicholasville. "I'm cautiously optimistic he's going to do well" in Spain, Sam Hunter said. "He's a very talented young man." Hunter Harrison said he doesn't talk about his karate achievements at school, so as not to appear a braggart. "We've tried to teach him right from wrong, and that he isn't any better than anybody else," John Harrison said. "My firm belief is that you've got to be good at school more than anything, above karate or anything else." Aside from his love for karate -- as demonstrated by dozens of trophies (some taller than he is) -- Hunter Harrison is wild about NASCAR. He went trick-or-treating dressed as driver Jeff Gordon. He explains that he didn't wear the karate outfit or black belt because he wanted to do something apart from that. "I can be a karate guy all day long," he said.
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