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No car, no job, no home: What a female karate master gave up to go for 2020 Olympics gold
video Her hands move in a blur. Then they stop, frozen like stone. Sakura Kokumai is 27 years old and could be America’s best hope for a medal in karate at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She has a menacing presence in the dojo, even though she is not quite five feet tall. Somehow, when she puts on her “gi,” or uniform, Kokumai seems to grow. “Whenever I wear a gi, I feel very strong. I feel confident, and I feel more like myself,” she says. There are two types of karate debuting at the Tokyo Games. One is sparring, called kumite. The other is a series of precise movements done individually, called kata. ... (full story)
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Confucius: the man who broke the mountain was the same man who started ...