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Karate monks stop thief
Ananova - UK ^ | 12/15/2004 | Staff

Posted on 12/15/2004 7:10:02 AM PST by Red Badger

A Croatian thief got more than he bargained for when he ran into a pair of karate-trained monks as he tried to rob a monastery. The 35-year-old thief had posed as a beggar looking for a place to stay at a monastery in Zagreb but instead broke into an office there and stole almost £1,500 that had been donated by locals, Vecernji List reported. But he failed to make it out of the monastery after monks Pejo Orkic, 40, and Ivan Pajtak, 51, cornered him and used karate to first fend off his attacks and then force him to the ground where they held him until police arrived. The man has been charged with attempted theft and remanded in custody.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: karate; monks
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To: Bluegrass Conservative

Bruce Lee, The martial artist by which all others are measured. Jet Li is closest in my opinion. Bruce will always be The Man.


41 posted on 12/15/2004 9:21:41 AM PST by Delbert
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To: speed_addiction

ol chuck is getting pretty old, he has to be close to 60 if not there.


42 posted on 12/15/2004 10:31:39 AM PST by Docbarleypop (Navy Doc)
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ol chuck is getting pretty old, he has to be close to 60 if not there.

But surely he's in as good of shape as he was at 20. After all he really uses the "total gym" doesn't he?

43 posted on 12/15/2004 11:13:23 AM PST by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: msdrby

Spiderboy ping


44 posted on 12/15/2004 11:14:47 AM PST by Professional Engineer (All wisdom is from the Lord, and with him it remains forever. ~ Ecclesiasticus 1.1)
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