Hitman eyes Pacman (Sun Star) RING Magazine and International Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton prefers to fight Filipino boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao than the legendary six-division word titlist “Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya so he can be the world’s top pound-for-pound fighter.
Forest Grove father and son thriving after kidney transplant (Portland Tribune) It didn’t take long for the Yamaokas to bounce back. A mere five weeks after undergoing a pair of operations in which a kidney from Bert Yamaoka Sr. was transplanted into his son, Bert Jr., both men are doing fine. Eschewing the narcotics sent home with him from the hospital, Bert is taking ...
Martial Arts Experts Teach Self-Control for Building Better Minds (FOX 26 Houston) Martial arts experts will tell you much of what they learn depends on self-control and focus. As FOX 26's Melinda Spaulding reports, one martial arts institute is hoping to make its services available to more than just students in an effort for Building Better Minds.
Sheila’s big day (The New Straits Times) Sheila Fernandez performs live at the Malaysia Tourism Centre on Dec 13. IT is rare that a taekwondo exponent is equally good in the disciplines of art and culture.
Black belt the goal for Landry (Prince George Citizen Online) At 11 years old, Madison Landry is already working on her green belt in karate.That’s halfway to black-belt status in the Kyokushin style, after just three years of studying her martial art. Her steady progress paid off in a gold medal for Landry over the weekend, where she won the 9-11-year-old division at an Prince George Kyokushin Karate School interclub tournament at the Connaught ...
