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tanya goehring WEEKEND WARRIoR i started [wrestling] when I was 13, my rst year in high school, and I was terrible, lost every single match, about 30 of them. I was going to quit and not show up for the next year, but a couple of friends were in the program and said, "Why don't you come out for the rst few weeks and see how it goes?" So I did, and that next year I didn't lose any. I won every single match and won the Montreal city champion- ships, and went on to come second at the age group national champion- ships, so I really turned it around. I did it for about 20 years; it was the most important thing in my life for most of high school and university. I think there's a shared feeling for a lot of us— people who are into box- ing and di…erent martial arts—that it can look a little glamorous from the outside, especially with the rise of things like MMA, but the reality is that you're getting punched in the face every day. I would not trade the experience for anything, but I don't think I ever really enjoyed it. Brazilian jiu-jitsu is a lot more fun. You can tailor it to the pace and the age that you are, whereas in wrestling that's not true. Wrestling is a little bit like F1 driving, there's only one speed. But in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, there's everything from people who have never done it before to those who are competing profession- ally, so you can scale your commitment. Competing is a binary thing. You're either doing it or you're not, and the competition training is very di…erent than just having fun training. So I'm at the stage in my life where I'm just trying to have fun. I don't have it in me anymore to compete at a high level. At some point it's just "Who am I kidding?" I do think about it from time to time, but it's one of those more wistful things, like, "Oh, if I was only 20 years younger." — as told to Nathan Caddell This interview has been edited The latest developments in the world of lifestyle from restaurants to retail (and more!) DO yOU jIU-jITSU? Rose in what's called a "gi". He won two world championships in brazilian jiu-jitsu in 2010 Geordie Rose co-founded D-Wave Systems Inc., a quantum computing company, and robot maker Kindred Systems Inc. Recently, Rose left Kindred with long-time colleague Suzanne Gildert to help found Sanctuary AI. The Vancouver company aims to create synthetic individuals indistinguishable from humans. NEW + ImPRovED WARRIoR SPoTLIgHT Hooked on Grappling march 2018 BCBusiness 69 Dine/ Parq vancouver, the newish hotel and casino complex near Bc place, now includes a restaurant overlooking its parklike green space on the sixth floor. The victor (its logo reads "to the victor belong the spoils"), whose oak furniture was inspired by the tables and benches in the British house of com- mons, offers seafood, steak, and a sushi and raw bar. FLy/ kelowna-based Flair Airlines Ltd. has acquired two additional Boeing 737-400s and a new colour design for its fleet, chosen last sum- mer through an online customer survey. serving vancouver, abbotsford, kelowna, edmonton, Winnipeg, hamilton and toronto, the ultra-low- cost carrier operates seven aircraft and plans to add two Boeing 737-800s later this year. flair expects to purchase four more Boeing planes in 2019, to help accommodate an estimated 1.5 million passengers. shOP/ athleisure retailer Lululemon Athletica inc. has opened a stand-alone store for men at the park royal shopping centre in West vancouver. meanwhile, Frank and Oak, which launched in montreal in 2012 as an online-only menswear brand, expanding to brick-and-mortar stores two years later, now has a pop-up women's clothing store on robson street. its gastown location will continue to sell apparel for both sexes while the company tests the new women's shop over the next year. –Felicity Stone Sanctuary AI co-founder Geordie Rose is a decorated wrestler. He still hits the mat, but in a less competitive setting

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