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Battling breast cancer one karate chop at a time

Posted: 10.18.2012 at 1:51 PM

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and several organizations throughout the nation and here in the Midlands are joining the effort to raise awareness of this deadly disease. Our Fraendy Clervaud spent the afternoon at The Karate Dojo in West Columbia where students are fighting breast cancer with a pink belt.

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