Karate after heart bypass surgery: Chris’s story Fitness enthusiast Chris Whittam tells Rachael Healy how his love of karate and the determination it creates helped him recover from heart bypass surgery. There’s always something new to learn in karate,” says Chris Whittam. “It’s like peeling an onion – you keep finding more layers.” Chris, 60, first discovered karate 20 years ago. At the time, he was a divorced dad with two young daughters and wanted a fun activity for the three of them to do each weekend. “None of us had done it before, so we were learning together,” he says. As Olivia and Siobhan became teenagers, they lost …
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