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Vol. 17, No. 9, $1.50

• “Someone walks into my school one day, clumsy and awkward. But two years later, he is a totally different person. This makes me happy.” So says Bong Soo Han when asked why he teaches martial arts despite having what could be called a burgeoning movie career.

• “I send students into different once in a while,” Han continues. “It’s a good chance to see how much you can do with strange people you never met.”

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