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Israeli goes kung fu fighting

Pursuing a passion: Shmuel Shoshtari, a former krav maga student, is representing Israel in an international kung fu competition in China.

Kung Fu fighting
Photo by: Courtesy of ShaolinUK
Shmuel Shoshtari proudly carried the Israeli flag at the world’s largest international kung fu competition in China last October. He did so while marching alongside fellow students from Kyrgyzstan, Germany, Iran and numerous other places around the world.

He enjoyed the privilege, he said, not because he is a master of the martial art, but because he was the only Israeli the organizers could locate among China’s thousands of kung fu students.

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