SINGAPORE - As a teenager, Catholic nun Linda Sim picked up taekwondo for self defence.
"I have always been petite and small-framed. If I can run and kick, I don't have to carry a weapon to defend myself," said 67-year-old Sister Linda, as she is known, who is about 1.5m tall and weighs less than 50kg.
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