Man chasing woman gets confronted by sensei during karate class

Monday, January 7, 2019
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Police said a karate instructor helped save a woman who was being chased by a man Thursday night in in Charlotte, North Carolina.

According to WSOC, 46-year-old August Williams tried to force a woman into his car outside a karate school on Statesville Avenue.
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Police said the woman ran inside of the Bushiken Karate Charlotte Dojo and Williams followed.

Once the pair was inside, Williams got a sweet surprise: sensei Randall Ephraim, who was teaching a class.

"He was just punching at everything from walls to cars, everything," said Ephraim.

Ephraim was able to get control of Williams and fend him off.
"He was very strong -- very, very strong," Ephraim said. "He weighed at least 200 (pounds) and some change, under the influence -- very strong powerful individual."
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Williams ran out the of the studio. He was later taken to the hospital and then into custody.



Reports state Williams was under the influence of drugs during the attack.

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