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
Singh has a long association with taekwondo and has taught the martial art for years.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
The memorizing was more a discipline for him, like a serious craft or martial art, a chosen kind of suffering involving hours of practice and concentration by which you gradually came to know yourself.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
