martial art
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Lee grew up in Hong Kong, where he followed his father’s path as a performer, acting in more than a dozen films as a child and studying the close-quarters southern Chinese martial art Wing Chun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
He boasts of achieving a seventh-degree black belt in Keichu-do karate, a Cajun hodgepodge martial art developed by his biological father, Karl.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
The first time Weston broke his back it ended a promising career in the martial art for the 28-year-old, but bizarrely it turned out to be a blessing.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
Classes included economics and English, as well as meditation, calligraphy and kendo, a martial art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Citra came to his aid, trying some Bokator moves she had learned from Scythe Yingxing—and quickly learned that applying a martial art is much different from practice in a dojo.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
