Fists and feet for the feat


Motivated exponent: Mohd Khairi Adib Azhar (right) strutting his stuff during a competition.

PETALING JAYA: Mohd Khairi Adib Azhar dreams of becoming the second pencak silat exponent to win the National Sportsman of the Year award one day.

Khairi wants to emulate the feat of four-time world champion Mohd Al Juffery Jamari, who became the first silat exponent to win the award in 2015.

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