SYRIA: Syrian man breaks marbles during a public show

Record ID: 279347

  • Title: SYRIA: Syrian man breaks marbles during a public show
  • Date: 18th August 2009
  • Summary: DAMASCUS, SYRIA (AUGUST 14, 2009) (REUTERS) JAMAL KOUKEH PREPARING BLOCKS OF STONE KOUKEH TALKING TO PEOPLE BLOCKS OF STONE BIG KNIFE ON BLOCKS OF STONE VARIOUS OF FIRE AND BLOCKS OF STONE VARIOUS OF KOUKEH BREAKING BLOCKS OF STONE KOUKEH WITH HIS ASSISTANT (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) JAMAL KOUKEH SAYING: "The body passes through three phases during the day; a phase of
  • Embargoed: 2nd September 2009 13:00
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  • Reuters ID: LVAASIT693WD8W9NA6UY8C1QSBQH
  • Story Text: Syrian martial arts performer Jamal Koukeh breaks stones with his bare legs alone.
    Koukeh smashed his way through blocks of marbles during a public show in Damascus in preparation of his Guinness Record Book entrance attempt.
    For that, Koukeh trains three times a day. "The body passes through three phases during the day," he says. "...a phase of activity, a phase of medium activity and a phase where there is no activity which is at night which is a very important phase where you have to train because the body is tired and the muscles are not active so we try to refresh the muscles", Koukeh told Reuters.
    Koukeh, a mechanic engineer, became Syrian champion in free fighting in 2005 and he was the world champion eleven times and Universe champion three times.
    He trained to become a free fighter in many countries such as South Korea and Thailand.
    Koukeh began his breaking stones when he was only nine years old.
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