Best Wishes for a Happy Passover THE GORNBEIN FAMILY AND STAFF Carl and Myra Gornbein Mark Gornbein • Fay Fries Peter Carbone's class at West Hills Middle School. respect for their parents, he teaches them discipline. And I think you'll find that most of the kids end up as, pro- bably, better students, and the ones that stick with it, they probably end up as bet- ter kids to their parents, bet- ter family members." One young pupil who benefits uniquely from karate is Kass' daughter Suzan. Four years ago, Kass brought her into the class for theraputic reasons. "She had been diagnosed as having a learning disability," says Kass. "And in part, she was having some eye-hand- type coordination difficulties. We thought that this would "I don't want sport karate," says Light. "I don't want to learn how to punch somebody. I want to learn how to knock somebody out if need be. And being a woman with small kids, I feel like a prime target ... I have to protect my kids." be a very good way of getting her to start using her mind a little bit more, to coordinate the hand and the eyes. Within a very short amount of time . . . the people at school who had pointed out the difficulty to us, commented to us that there was an improvement. And I think it was largely due to this." Suzan, who once attended special education classes, returned to regular classes at Burton Elementary School in third grade. She is now in fifth grade. To the untrained eye she shows no signs of any coordination problems as she does the routines with the rest of the class at West Hills. Karate is not only theraputic for Suzan, it is en- joyable. Giyen a choice by her parents of taking dance lessons or continuing martial arts, she chose karate, "because I like it." From karate, Suzan matured both physically and emotionally. "Because of the learning disability I thought that everyone hated me. (Karate) boosted my self- confidence a lot. I think I'm a little more aggressive. I like to hit my brother now!" The children are not the on- ly martial arts students to gain confidence. "In the back of my mind," says Kass, "there've been a number of situations, like at work, where a person dominating a meeting is a rather intimidating-type person. And I've kind of sat back at the meetings and I've been rather amazed to see that I'm the only one who's really not intimidated." Kass and Feinberg see in- creased Jewish participation in martial arts as resulting from the availabilty of classes in the primary Jewish neighborhoods. Light con- cludes that "the Jewish population needs this . . . The stereotype is we're not very physical people. This is something that's not com- petitive; you go at your own pace; everyone can do it. I was the last one picked on the baseball teams in school all the time. I hated it. And this I can do. I can do it at the speed I want to do it. I don't have to compete against the one next to me." Norman and Sharon Gornbein Arline Allen • Arthur Greenwald Frankie Fish • Lillian DeRoven r• GORNBEINO 357-1056 SUITE 110 — FIDELITY BANK BLDG. 24901 NORTHWESTERN HWY. SOUTHFIELD JEWELERS OLL ISI O CRAFTSMEN_ I NCORPORATE Frame Straightening Ted Goldberg rolled a 300 game on April 4, bowling in the Senior house league at Bel Air Lanes in Farmington. Goldberg finished with a 729 series. lass Replacemen Mention this ad and save Pin Striping ustom Painting rim Repair Goldberg Rolls Perfect Game HOURS: MON.-FRI. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. • SAT. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $501® off DEDUCTIBLE (Repairs over $500, Restrictions may apply) • Body Repair • . Welding • Uni-Body Construction ile The Claim And Leave The Rest To Us" Free Loaners and Life Time Warranty 356-6888 23235 Telegraph, Southfield 356-6889 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 57