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Article: Martial art hits it big here: Fighters call Muay Thai useful both on the street and in spirituality.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- April 24, 2006
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Byline: Adam Fifield
Apr. 24--The Buddha gazed impassively from his shrine on the wall as the tussle beneath him played out. "Hit back!" shouted a heavily tattooed, muscled man as he clasped his adversary around the neck and kneed him repeatedly in the abdomen. "Hit back!" His struggling opponent responded with a few knee jabs of his own. The pair staggered, twirling and grunting across the room, locked in a furious dance. Finally the tattooed man heaved his rival to the mat. "You OK?" Rigel Balsamico asked, extending a hand to pull the other man up. Alex Covington smiled at his instructor. "Yeah. I'm OK." Balsamico and Covington, 21, had been ...