The historic Long Beach Khmer Kickboxing Center on Anaheim Street has been a neighborhood staple for more than 35 years — but now it must move out.
, a fighting method using elbows and knees that dates back to the ancient Khmer Empire.
telling his story of survival, his journey from Cambodian kickboxing legend to refugee and how he now trains dedicated athletes at the center.“He’s old school, rugged in his ways,” said Tat, who has trained and practically grown up at the gym herself. “He doesn’t want to move to a ‘nicer’ area with higher incomes. He wants to stay in this area, near Cambodia Town.
. The nonprofit has had to turn away people with physical disabilities from its Samaritan House, on the same block along Pacific Avenue.in Long Beach who are homeless have physical disabilities, Levine said. Rendering of the Long Beach Rescue Mission’s new 15-bed, ADA-compliant shelter for men with disabilities that is planned on the same block as the Samaritan House shelter on Pacific Avenue in Long Beach. Officials will renovate an old strip mall along Anaheim St. and Pacific Ave. into the Hosanna House, and aim to open by the end of 2023. “There’s no easy way for this to roll out.
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