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44 7 WAYS GEORGE

DILLMAN

CHANGED

THE WORLD!
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modern martial arts loom
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50 2019 U.S. OPEN

KARATE TOURNAMENT
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monumental event, which attracted
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56 BATTLE OF THE SEXES
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enemy within. Katherine de Boda
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swordsmanship to make her point.

62 WINNING WITHOUT

FIGHTING

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Conway describes his de-escalation

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68 THE DAITO-RYU

MASTER VS. THE

LOCAL HERO

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kido founder Morihei Ueshiba, then

a practitioner of daito-ryu aikijujutsu,

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