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Kingi’s Kajukenbo: A multigenerational, multiracial family legacy in Inglewood, Calif.
This article is a follow-up to the writer’s original “Living in South Los Angeles — Today as a Japanese American” story. This story further explores Japanese American entrepreneurs who are thriving in the vast multicultural area of South Los Angeles.
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Ricardo Jiro Kingi, better known as Rick Kingi, is a 9th degree Kajukenbo grandmaster. For more than 50 years, Kingi has been studying and teaching Kajukenbo in the Los Angeles area.
Kajukenbo, or 垂姜怠垮扁很 in Japanese, is a hybrid martial art that originated in Hawaii. The name of the fighting style comes from…
