81-year-old grandmaster picked up martial arts to fend off gangs in 1950s Singapore
While martial arts duels are sometimes regarded more as a sport, fighting used to be a matter of life and death for grandmaster Chia Yan Soon when secret societies ran amok. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Your Town: Stevens Point celebrates 84-year-old’s retirement
For 38 years, Dr. Dwight Stevens taught his Taekwondo class at the YMCA. On Sunday, his students and life-long friends celebrate his legacy and retirement.
Black-belt granny is an inspiration at age 80
The schoolyard debate of “my dad can beat your dad” is a hard one to settle, but Connor and Cole Astaire can say their grandmother could probably beat any of their friends’. This week, Gale Trumbeaux received her third-degree black belt, which she tested for as a celebration of her 80th birthday.
Rian convinced 70-year-old Sensei Malcolm Dorfman to show us his six pack!
Malcolm Dorfman has practiced martial arts for six decades, and has reached the highest rank – 9th dan.