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THE DREAM:

What is the dream? For whom?... I’ll just say peace and tranquility.

THE STRUGGLE:

I’m gonna simplify it: peace of mind.

 

          PoB: For everyone or in your life specifically?


Well, I can’t speak for everyone. I can speak for a handful. Sometimes you hear they say “everyday is a good day above ground.” That’s not the correct statement. Every day is a good day for whom it is a good day for, because everyone does not want to be here. They commit suicide everyday. I know a little something. Not that much…

WHAT I DO:

I’m about K-K-K: karate, kung fu, and kicking ass. Seriously. You asked me what did I do. I’m a grand master in martial arts. Seriously.

 

 

WHY I DO:

For the community. Everybody needs to learn how to defend themselves.

 

       PoB: Here in Harlem?

 

All over. Yeah, but I’m here. Actually, I’m an icon in Harlem, and that’s totally real.

 

       PoB: How did you get involved in that?

 

Martial arts? Well, I’m 70 years old, Vietnam combat vet. But the guys around the corner – I grew up on 146th street between Lennox and 7th – they use to come and run everybody up stairs. So, one of my friends, neighbor downstairs under me, he was a Korean vet, and when he came from Korea cause he was wounded, he use to take me up on the roof and showed me what they actually learned in the military. From then on, I went up into the arts. So I’ve been 63 years in the arts now.

OPEN MIC:

Hello, New York.

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