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Steven Barnes
8 min readMay 2, 2019

I remember attending a full-contact karate match in the late 70’s or early 80’s, Benny “The Jet’ Urquidez fighting Eddie Anjuhar. Eddie was known for his deadly spinning back fist. Benny was known for being the best all-around fighter in the world. That night, I learned precisely why that was.

The referee did the “Let’s get ready to rumble!” speech, and the fighters came out of their corners. Exchanged blows, and man, I felt every kick punch, flinched with every impact. My heart was jumping like a flea on a griddle. Then Eddie saw his opportunity and BAM! whipped around…

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Steven Barnes

Steven Barnes is a NY Times bestselling author, ecstatic husband and father, and holder of black belts in three martial arts. www.lifewritingpodcast.com.