8 THE DAILY VOICE, WEDNESDAY APRIL 1,2015 EDITOR SHANNON LYNCH SS poris 4 i ¥ ees yaad eee hea ; By JAMES SMITH neouver’s junior field hockey teams are growing up a little this season, as the Greater Vancou- ver Junior Field Hockey League implements rule changes currently in use at the senior level. The biggest changes affect the ‘long corner, which is similar to a corner kick in soccer, and free hits within five metres of the shooting circle. “You often got stuck in the corner and [it] wasn’t really that much of an advantage,” said Jameson. “Now it’s a lot easier to move the ball around and keep attacking,” said Katie Jameson, member of services and com- munications coordinator with Field Hockey BC. She explained that previously, long corners were taken from a mark on the sidelines, five metres from the base- line. Under the revised rules, it will be taken from the 23-metre line. According to a March 24 news re- lease on the Vancouver Hawks Field Hockey Club’s website, the change is intended to “open up angles and op- tions for the attacking team, and to prevent the ball getting ‘stuck’ in the corner amongst a r4 4 crowd of players,” all of which speed up play. Jameson also As much as explained the we can, lo- change to the free hit rule. cal leag ues Unlike previous- try to adopt _\y, where free hits had to be taken new rules from a point five where they metres from the see fit shooting circle, the ball can now be taken from wher- ever the foul oc- curs. However, _ play- ers will still have to move the ball five metres before en- tering the circle due to safety rea- sons. The rule chang- es were passed KATIE JAMESON SERVICES AND COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR FIELD HOCKEY BC CLARE FORD SUBMITTED photo The juniors with the Vancouver Hawks Field Hockey Club will be playing with new rules in their season starting April 11 2015. Junior players face new rules Young Vancouver field hockey players will see changes this season down by the International Hockey Fed- eration, the sport’s international gov- erning body, and implemented at the senior and international levels in Janu- ary 2015. “As much as we can, local leagues try to adopt new rules where they see fit,” Jameson said. Senior men’s leagues in B.C. adopted the new rules halfway through last season, and the women’s leagues are expected to adopt them by the start of their next season, which begins in Sep- tember. Jameson said the rule changes were well received, especially the one con- cerning the long corner. One change not being adopted by ju- nior leagues is a rule saying players can play the ball with the stick at any height, as opposed to only below shoul- der level. The reason again, explains Jameson, is safety. “It’s definitely a skill for players that are more competent and more experi- enced,” said Jameson. “So with the junior leagues that would be absolute chaos.” B.C. FIELD hockey leagues 1 Vancouver Field Hockey League (Men's) 2 Vancouver Island Ladies' Field Hockey Association 3 Victoria Field Hockey Association 4 Okanagan Valley Field Hockey Association Source: Field Hockey BC DDP Yoga new trend in Vancouver The redesign of traditional yoga by ex pro wrestler makes its way to the Lower Mainland By ETHAN REYES hile the video of an army vet- W:« overcoming injury has graced newsfeeds across the world, the secret to his success has fi- nally made its way to Vancouver. The new exercise regimen called DDP Yoga, was created by former pro- fessional wrestler and heavyweight champion “Diamond” Dallas Page. Page. Page started yoga after suffering a severe back injury, and eventually combined elements of yoga with mod- ern rehabilitative techniques into a new exercise regimen. “It’s gaining popularity,” said An- thony Evangelista, who holds DDP Yoga classes in Kitsilano and Burnaby. The 40-year-old is the only certified in- structor in B.C. Two years ago, Evangelista found himself severely limited in his ability to remain active after a series of car crashes over a two-week period. “Any little thing like rolling out of bed, bending over, the simplest things and I would have back pain,” said Evangelista. Doctors recommended that he go to physiotherapy, but his recovery proved slow. At the recommendation of a friend, Evangelista gave DDP Yoga classes a chance, despite his skepti- cism. The lifelong karate practitioner said that he couldn’t complete even half of the advanced instructional video, and that since taking up DDP Yoga his back is stronger than ever. “[m doing handstands ... 40,” said Evangelista. Julie Peters, a yoga instructor at Ocean and Crow Yoga, said that while she has seen the viral video of the for- mer paratrooper regaining his mobili- ty through Page’s program, she isn’t personally interested in DDP Yoga. De- spite this, she understands that yoga comes in many forms. “Whatever works for you,” said Pe- ters. Peters places just as much impor- tance on the mindfulness aspect of yoga—thinking about a pose—as she does on the poses themselves, which is something she feels is lost in the new fitness trend. “Some people are more into hand stands,” said Peters. and I’m Swordplay slices its way to popularity | in the city Duelling is be- coming a new way to be active By SARA RABEY “Taste of the Renaissance” start- ing next month to learn how to fight like a knight. Beginner swordplay classes are starting April 6 at Vancouver’s Acade- mie Duello Centre for Swordplay and Western Martial Arts. Swordplay is a type of martial art that involves fencing or duelling with different types of swords. Jon Mills, a receptionist at Academie Duello and student of both western and Pros enthusiasts can have a eastern martial arts, said that although Asian-style martial 66 arts have always been big every- ’ where, the western It’s very style of martial arts analytica L has become more — sy9 popular over the it’s very active. So it’s mind and body years. According to Mills, the principles of fighting in both types of martial arts are very similar but the practice is dif- ferent. NICKY DEXTER “A lot of Asian arts are living arts, passed down for de- cades from person to person. What we do is largely drawn MANAGER OF MARKETING ACADEMIE DUELLO from manuals. In the Renaissance peo- ple wrote books explaining how to fight using those weapons,” Mills said. “A lot of people just wrote instructional manuals and we just follow the instruc- tions.” Part of the study of swordplay in- cludes archery, mounted combat and Victorian Bartitsu martial arts, Mills said. Nicky Dexter, the manager of mar- keting at Academie Duello, said that swordplay has been getting more popu- lar amongst women and attributes part of that to the fact that size is not a fac- tor when practicing swordplay. She also finds that swordplay is great for your mental alertness as well as your physical health. “It’s very analytical, it’s very active. So it’s mind and body,” Dexter said. SARA RABEY photo Students practice the increasingly popular sport of fencing at Acadamie Duello on March 30.