The barefoot, black-belted martial arts experts flick high kicks and aim straight-elbowed arm thrusts at each other, but it is their handshakes that draw gasps and applause from spectators. Taking its name from the Japanese expression for “the way of stopping conflict”, an organisation called Budo for Peace gave crowds…
By Amanda Marcotte
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