Terry Yuris

Terry's career as a fighter began in the early seventies, boxing for the Trail Boxing Club under trainers Bill Watson Sr., Joe Haywood, and Val Cirotto.  He went on to win bronze and silver gloves in his amateur career and finished as first runner up in Golden Gloves championship held in Nelson.  This was only the beginning for Terry.

He went on to earn black belt in shukokai karate, Chinese karate and a green belt in jiu jitsu, training uner the watchful eye of Karate pioneer, Tom Smiley.  Terry won many semi-contact karate tournaments across Caanda and the United States.  Full contact karate would come later, taking Terry all across the Pacific Northwest and eventually leading him back to kickboxing which presented international opportunities to showcase his skills and represented Canada in several Canada vs. USA tournaments held in Alberta during this time.

Terry competed in the WKA (World Karate Association) championship tournaments across North America, leading to a middleweight 12 man showdown that saw him victorious over world ranked Mike McGuire and vaulted Terry to number one in North America.  He was consistently ranked in the top ten fighters in the world for the remainder of his career and was the top ranked Canadian fighter in the world for almost a decade, reaching the rank of #1 in the world for a period of time.  Fighting in Europe and Japan, Terry traveled the world.  During this time, Terry also ran a karate school and fitness centre in Vancouver.

An unfortuante knee injury cut his career short at the age of 24, but he continued on to support the sport he loved by teaching karate, refereeing and instructing self-defense.  At one point, he even trained some of our local hockey heroes, as well.  Since then, Terry has called Trail his home and raised his family here giving back to the city that has given so much to him.