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Act Now to Save Your Knees Later!

BUT HOW MANY TIMES have you been limited in class because of knee pain? If you teach, how many times have you had a student miss months of training because of a serious injury like an ACL tear?

To the “older” population out there: How many of you have blamed years of martial arts practice for your current knee pain? How

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