Yemeni wushu lovers strive for excellence despite protracted conflict

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Yemeni wushu lovers strive for excellence despite protracted conflict

STORY: Yemeni wushu lovers strive for excellence despite protracted conflict DATELINE: Nov. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:54 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of wushu enthusiasts training at a gym in Sanaa, Yemen 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): NAJI AL-ASHWAL, Wushu tutor 3. various of wushu enthusiasts training at a gym in Sanaa, Yemen 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): THARWAT MAHEEUB AL-SNDI, Wushu athlete STORYLINE: Inside a gym converted from an old warehouse, about a dozen wushu lovers were training diligently despite the afternoon heat of Sanaa, Yemen's capital. These enthusiasts of Chinese martial arts, from schoolboys to young men in their 20s, did backflips, practiced wushu's complex choreographed routines, or engaged in free-style combat training. Naji al-Ashwal, the tutor, or shifu, of the wushu gym, said many of his students fell in love with the Chinese martial arts after watching Kung Fu movies. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): NAJI AL-ASHWAL, Wushu tutor "I have been loving to practice wushu since ch

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