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Article: Couple takes reins of parents' kung fu store. (Weekly Briefing).
- Article from:
- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- April 28, 2003
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RAFAEL and Joan Kosche got into martial arts supply after only two weeks of training from Joan's mother. Located in North Hollywood, Valley Martial Arts Supply has provided equipment, clothing and set dressing for movies and television shows, including "The Karate Kid," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and the upcoming sequels to "The Matrix."
"My father-in-law bought the business in 1984. He was a master in kung fu san soo and did it just for fun. With my father-in-law, if you didn't ask for it, you didn't get it. After he died in 1996, my mother-in-law ran it by herself for three years. When I left the Marine Corps in 1999, my mother-in-law asked my wife and I to ...