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NEWS ABOUT: martial arts

martial arts stories: 11 news summaries
OBAMA'S FREE RIDE

 Latest Undeserved 
 Honor: Black Belt 

Obama is now a master of tae kwon do, with 0 years practice

Nov 19, 09 2:07 PM CST
(Newser) - This has gone too far. First President Obama gets the Nobel Peace Prize “without actually producing any peace,” writes Andrew Malcolm. Now the South Korean president has awarded him a black belt in tae kwon do “after zero long years of study. What would Chuck Norris do?”... More »

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South Korea • Nobel Peace Prize • martial arts • Lee Myung-bak • taekwondo • President Obama • state visit • tae kwon do • black belt • Obama tae kwon do

Korean Tourists Floor Robber With Taekwondo

Would-be baddie thanks cops for saving him from beating

Aug 3, 09 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group of South Korean tourists thwarted a robber yesterday in Rome with some cool Taekwondo moves that left him terrified, ANSA reports. The man assailed the group with a knife and grabbed a handbag, but one of the Koreans decked him before he could escape. By the time police... More »

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Rome • martial arts • taekwondo

Kung Fu Sect May Have
Killed Carradine: Lawyer 

Actor 'very interested' in exposing underworld

Jun 7, 09 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A secret kung fu sect may have killed actor David Carradine for uncovering its secrets, his family's lawyer says. "If there was some foul play, that that may be the first area where" authorities "should look," Hollywood lawyer Mark Geragos said on Larry King Live. He... More »

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entertainment • organized crime • kung fu • martial arts • martial arts movies • Kill Bill • David Carradine • Kung Fu

APPRECIATION

 Carradine: An 'Actor's Actor' 


Jun 4, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - David Carradine was “an actor's actor,” Brian Warmoth writes on MTV.com, “a performer who left an indelible mark on everything he did with adeptly conceived roles in even the campiest environments.” Though best known for his '70s role on the TV show Kung Fu... More »

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entertainment • television • film • obituary • Ingmar Bergman • kung fu • martial arts • David Carradine • westerns

 Boxer Challenges 
 Brown to 'Real' Fight 

Facebook group invites public to be 'next in line'

Feb 19, 09 9:05 AM CST
(Newser) - At least 1,223 people want to see Chris Brown get in another fight, and a Los Angeles martial arts expert is one of them, Fox News reports. Anthony Geisler, president of LA Boxing, started a Facebook group called "I want to fight Chris Brown" that invites the singer... More »

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boxing • Facebook • domestic violence • fight • assault • Rihanna • martial arts • Barbados • physical abuse • Chris Brown

Fighter, Wife Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide

Levens had been banned from mixed martial arts circuit for pain killer

Dec 19, 08 5:47 AM CST
(Newser) - An extreme martial arts fighter known as "the executioner" and his wife have been found dead in their California home in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide, reports the Los Angeles Times. A gun was found next to the body of Justin Levens, 28, who died from a... More »

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murder-suicide • ultimate fighting • mixed martial arts • martial arts • extreme sports

Olympics

 Cuban May Face Ban
 for Kicking Ref

Taekwondo association apologizes for kick

Aug 23, 08 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cuban martial artist Angel Matos may be banned from taekwondo for life after deliberately kicking a referee in the face, the AP reports. Matos was winning his bronze-medal match in Beijing when he was disqualified for taking too long a break after a hit. He angrily questioned the call, pushed... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • martial arts • taekwondo

Seniors Wield Canes in Martial- Arts Training

Exercise and self- defense meet in
'Cane Fu' classes

Jul 12, 08 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Call it cane fighting, combat cane or cane fu: in classes across the country, seniors are turning to a different kind of self-defense, the Wall Street Journal reports. While the practice serves as a healthy way to get exercise, it also provides comfort to elderly people interested in protecting themselves... More »

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elderly • fight • martial arts • self defense • retirement communities • seniors

Killer: Georgia Hiker 'Wouldn't Stop Fighting'

Drifter tells cops she very nearly bested him in 3-day ordeal

Mar 24, 08 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Georgia hiker kidnapped on New Year’s Day used every ounce of her formidable strength, martial arts training, and wit to stay alive for 3 days, her killer told authorities. Gary Michael Hilton said Meredith Emerson fought back tenaciously when he demanded her ATM card, and managed to stall... More »

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martial arts • Meredith Emerson • Georgia hiker • Gary Michael Hilton • ATM card • Ella • kidnapper • drifter

U. Washington Students Push for Bruce Lee Memorial

School balking over statue of ex-student

Dec 27, 07 6:27 PM CST
(Newser) - University of Washington students are petitioning for the right to build a statue of Bruce Lee, the film icon who studied at the university for three years and offered martial arts classes at the student union. Students argue the statue would be step toward better artistic representation of the school's... More »

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University of Washington • statue • martial arts • Bruce Lee • public art • campus • martial arts movies

They Won't Be Kung Fu Fighting

Shaolin monks will skip Beijingmartial arts fest in '08

Dec 14, 07 2:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Monks of central China's Shaolin Temple, renowned for their kung fu abilities, will not attend a major martial arts competition to be held alongside next year's Beijing Olympics, citing the discipline's emphasis on qi, or spirit. Their withdrawal prompted jeers from secular fighters: “We are the best wushu competitors.... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Shaolin Monastery • kung fu • wushu • martial arts

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