ISBN: 9781954600171 - i am oum ry: a champion kickboxer's story of surviving the cambodian genocide and discovering peace (9 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - "The story of the legendary martial arts fighter and kickboxer Oum Ry is by turns pulse-pounding, disturbing, and powerful. His is an astonishing life told beautifully by his daughter Zochada Tat and Addi Somekh. The book will grip you from its first pages and not let you go.'Jeff Chang, author ofWater Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian AmericaandCan't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop GenerationOum Ry (b.1944)is a former international champion kickboxer who first brought the Cambodian martial art Pradal Serey to the United States. When his family of silver engravers couldn't afford his food or schooling, he lived with monks until seeking outPradal Sereymasters, soon becoming national champion at 23 years old and one of the most famous fighters in the region. For 15 years, he toured Southeast Asia, and without ever suffering a knock-out, won more than 250 fights.After a young man's dream-life of stardom, parties, and girls, his new wife gave birth to a child in 1975, two months before the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh and threw the country into the chaos of civil war, where starvation, disease, and mass executions were common.Oum Ry survived the genocide though much of his family perished. He was saved many times from death in Cambodia due to fame, talent, and his resilience, but suffered a life-threatening attack during Southern California's epic gang violence of the 1990s. Earlier, as a refugee with his young family in Chicago, Oum Ry learned English while working cleaning hotels. But within a few years, he had an investor in Long Beach, California and opened one of the first kickboxing gyms in the United States.This is Oum Ry's life story, which is propelled by his highly anticipated return to Cambodia in February 2022 to reunite with family and to pass on Pradal Serey traditions to the next generation.…

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Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorOum Ry&#160was born in 1944 on a Central Cambodian island in the Mekong River to a family of silver engravers. Most of his family was killed in the Cambodian genocide but he miraculously survived, in part be.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. I Am Oum Ry | A Champion Kickboxer's Story of Surviving the Cambodian Genocide and Discovering Peace | Zochada Tat (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2023 | Doppelhouse Press | EAN 9781954600171 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …