MY STORY
KUMU Michelle Manu by SMaster Guy E. Larke
Lua – Discovering an Ancient Treasure Part 1 20 Questions for Kumu Michelle Manu There is a myriad of tales of those who were immersed at a young age in their culture’s ancient traditions and stayed true to them all along. There are far less about those who start in exotic traditions and slowly make their way back to what their ancestors did. For myself it took years of study in Korean traditional arts to make me appreciate disciplines such as Renaissance European martial arts, Savate and Bartitsu. By seriously investigating another nation’s arts we not only learn that culture, but start to compare their culture to our own out of curiosity and perhaps see it in a new light. Perhaps that isn’t the Hollywood or Hong Kong ordained origin of a martial artist, but I feel it’s far more believable and sincere. The master of this article went through a similar experience. She has become a symbol for not just female martial artists but women as a whole! 1. What is your date of birth and where you were from? A: I was born in the month of March in Chicago, Illinois.
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