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...slide into mere linguistic exercises. The thanks for this is due largely to the playfulness of the characters, who speak in slangy “Gliglish” and meet in the self-proclaimed “cemetery of language.” Oliveira’s lover La Maga enters like a light breeze: her intuitive connections to the things around her serve as a foil for the often laughably cerebral shoptalk of the others. “She picked up a leaf from the edge of the sidewalk and spoke to it for a while, moved it along...
...Hillary Clinton, whom they loved because she's feisty and tough, like a fifth Golden Girl. But it's also because he's young, seen as dovish on Israel and black, which is not the old Jews' favorite minority. If he were an old Asian guy who knew Krav Maga, he'd take Pompano in a landslide. I think I've just pitched the plot to The Karate...
...need the buff body of a Bruce Lee to take advantage of Krav Maga, although that may indeed be the end result. Training is open to all ages, physiques and levels of physical fitness, and many members attend primarily because Krav Maga offers a wallop of a workout. Scott Gutman, a wannabe Krav Maga instructor, trains at the center four hours a day, six days a week and says he has lost 35 lbs. in a month (all the way down to 245). Linda Siegel, 42, a nurse with a black belt in Taekwondo, says she comes for the fast...
...which fads blossom and wither within nanoseconds, some physical trainers remain skeptics. "There's nothing new under the sun, and that goes for Krav Maga," asserts Emil Farkas, a karate instructor. "They're simply using the Israeli angle as a sales tool to pitch basic self-defense...
Levine responds that most martial arts take years to master and are steeped in choreographed moves and ritualistic practices, none of which is likely to be much help against a mugger. The fundamentals of Krav Maga, on the other hand, can be learned in a matter of months. "I'm convinced Krav Maga is hands-down the best system going," says Detective Brian Arnspiger, defensive-tactics trainer of the Burbank police department. "It's saving lives and decreasing injuries to both officers and suspects by providing us with quick, simple ways of subduing suspects without having to resort...