Just two months ago, martial arts teacher and stunt performer Yoko Hamamura’s passion for teaching and performing almost came to a total standstill. After a stunt injury cracked his head open and led to four cranial surgeries, it was uncertain how soon the bright, hard-working Hamamura would speak normally again, let alone teach classes or do stunts.
“It was very scary, I couldn’t move, speak or walk the right way,” Hamamura recalled.
However, in early June 35-year-old Hamamura miraculously came back to his school to teach his first class since the injury. The class …