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MIKE SPRINGER/Gloucester Daily Times
Second grader Pippa Shaw shouts out during a beginning taekwondo class after school Friday at Manchester Memorial Elementary School. In the background are classmate Vivian Friends, right, and first grader Lucia Logue-Perron. Classes in the traditional Korean martial art are sponsored year-round by the Manchester Parks and Recreation Department and are taught by Brian Malik of Manchester, a master instructor with the International Tae Kwon Do Academy in Marblehead.

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