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Grandmaster Dr. Ibra- fantry to military of- in the late 60s with his
              ham  Ahmed  began  fice on the Freedom  brother, Ali, who had
              training in the late 60s  Bridge    checkpoint.    come home from Viet-
              with his brother, Ali,  He found a great mas-      nam and had taken
              who had come home  ter to begin training  Tang Soo Do lessons
              from Vietnam and had  him—now Grandmas-            with R.O.K. Army in-
              taken Tang Soo Do les-   ter Sang Sup Kil. They  structors in Vietnam.
              sons with R.O.K. Army  trained every day pos-      He learned some ba-
              instructors in Viet-     sible at the Compound  sics from his brother,
              nam. He learned some  Gym in the DMZ and  who advised him that
              basics from his broth-   in the gym of Kim Yong  if he should get to be
              er, who advised him  Soo in Paju, Korea.  stationed in Korea to
              that if he should get  Grandmaster Ahmed  seek out a good mas-
              to be stationed in Ko-   earned his black belt  ter and train very dil-
              rea to seek out a good  in South Korea. He  igently.
              master and train very  was awarded a region-
              diligently.              al award for excellent  As luck would have
                                       poomsae from Grand-       it, he received orders
              As luck would have  master Kim Yong Soo  to  go  to  South Korea
              it, he received orders  and excelled at his  with the US Army 2nd
              to  go  to  South Korea  study of Tae Kwon  Division, and also was
              with the US Army 2nd  Do  with Grandmaster  fortunate to find him-
              Division, and also was  Sang Sup Kil.    Grand-    self assigned from in-
              fortunate to find him-   master  Dr. Ibraham  fantry to military of-
              self assigned from in-   Ahmed began training  fice on the Freedom

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