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From ATA World Volume 19, Number 3 Fall
2012
Black Belt Tim Conkel, who trains in
Macon, Ga., at Macon ATA auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance this
television season. He made it through the first round, but unfortunately was
eliminated in the second. Still, the judges thought he was funny, perhaps
because of his reason for taking up dancing in college: “To meet girls.” Check
out Tim Conkel’s So You Think You Can Dance
audition
video clip on YouTube.
Black
Belts Tyler Weaver and Caitlin Dechelle both star in the
independent supernatural martial arts flick “Champions of the Deep.” In the
movie, two martial arts competitors and siblings find a sword that unlocks
powerful forces from under the sea. Weaver trains at Quest Martial Arts
in Las Vegas, Nev. He plays Max, an energetic 13-year-old whose parents
have died. Dechelle began her training at Integrity Martial Arts
in Miami, Fla., and now trains with XMA founder Mike Chat.
Dechelle plays Kalkyo, a knight of Atlantis, a master of sword fighting and a
total superhero. Says the movie’s director, Baxter Churchville, “Not only are
Tyler and Caitlin’s martial arts skills at championship levels, they were each
able to bring the focus and intensity gained from the martial arts to their
dramatic performances.” To learn more about when and where to see the movie
starring Weaver and Dechelle, visit championsofthedeep.com.
Go, Black Belts, go!
