Nope…the getting a kick out of martial arts thing hass STILL not registered in the minds of the non-training that it just isn’t funny…
Dumb fooks put that over my caption as well… 
Huge pain in the ass to copy this…something made it keep highlighting everything on the page…
Getting a lifetime kick out of karate
Gutierrez celebrates 21 years owning Gutierrez Martial Arts
By SHEL SEGAL/Sports Editor
BARSTOW – If practice makes perfect, it’s no wonder Henry Gutierrez is a seventh degree black belt.
Photo by Steve Saenz
Henry Gutierrez demonstrates to the class the proper technique while holding his 1-year-old grandson Jacob Gutierrez.
As someone who has studied a combination of Jun Bao Kung Fu and Chinese Kempo Karate for 32 years, Gutierrez has just celebrated the 21st anniversary of Gutierrez Martial Arts at 609 East Main Street this past weekend. In fact, his martial arts center has been at the same location all those years.
A lifelong Barstow resident, the 55-year-old Gutierrez said his business has survived all these years because of its philosophy as a family-oriented business.
“Everybody that comes here, we treat them like family,” he said. “We’ve grown by word-of-mouth and we give the kids something.”
Gutierrez said martial arts are such a part of him now, he doesn’t know what he’d do without them.
“It’s in my life now,” he said. “There’s no way I could ever stop this. I’m even now teaching the grand kids of people I taught.”
He added he hopes by teaching martial arts he may have stopped some students from going down the wrong path in life.
“I think it’s been worth it,” Gutierrez said. “Some of our students may have gotten in trouble without the discipline. It builds the coordination for the kids. They expend their energy and have to focus.”
Most of Gutierrez’s students, he said, are between the ages of 10 and 15. He added he has some as young as 5 years old and some all the way in their late 50s.
“The kids catch on quickly,” Gutierrez said. “The adults do it for relieving their stress, regain their flexibility, their strength, stamina. I have a lot of father and son combos, so it’s a family atmosphere.”
In addition, Gutierrez said he teaches many more girls now than he did when he first started.
“In the last couple of years it’s increased three to four times,” he said. “We don’t treat them any differently. They all learn the same techniques, the same form.”
Gutierrez said he originally got involved in the martial arts after returning from serving in Vietnam in the early 1970s.
“I just needed to get myself in shape,” he said. “From the day I started, I enjoyed what I was doing.”
He added as he likes participating in individual sports, preparation is the key to success, as in any part of life.
“I was a wrestler in school, so I liked the camaraderie and the individual effort required to succeed in the martial arts,” Gutierrez said. “If you don’t prepare, you won’t be ready for competition or whatever may come your way.”
And although he may be a black belt several times over, he’s still a student as well as a teacher.
“Once you become a black belt, it’s time to learn. I continue to learn,” Gutierrez said.
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Now tell me, what exactly is that guy doing anyways?
Aside from demonstrating a possible real life situation…