Meet Nhon Ly, a 55-year-old Vietnam-born bodybuilder from San Diego, California, who is practically a real-life version of Master Roshi, the great martial arts teacher from “Dragon Ball.”
Ly is a member of the International Federation of BodyBuilding and Fitness (IFBB) Professional League.
He holds multiple achievements as a professional bodybuilder, including fourth place in the lightweight category of the U.S. Championship 2011, seventh at the U.S. Championship in 2012 and fifth on the Nationals 2015, to name a few.
Master Roshi, a “Dragon Ball” character also known as Turtle Hermit and Jackie Chun — among a slew of other aliases — is a martial arts master who trained Granpa Gohan, Ox-King, Krillin, Yamcha and Goku.
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