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    Amber Liu's show of strength: The K-pop star goes solo, with designs on U.S. stardom

    by August Brown, Los Angeles Times Dec 07, 2018 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - In a warehouse in an industrial stretch of Long Beach, a man dressed in black slunk up to Amber Liu and tried to grab her.

    The wiry, wary Liu was ready, though, and kicked his legs out from under him. She pinned him to the ground, their shouts echoing through the hangar-sized building as a small crowd circled to watch.

    The two tangled for a bit, and Liu finally got the upper hand. Confident the guy was subdued, Liu let him up. They smiled and separated, ready to go in for Round 2.

    Liu, the K-pop star and member of the foundational girl group f(x), wasn't smacking the guy around entirely for fun. She was shooting some mixed-martial-arts moves for a workout video to raise money for the Special Olympics. Behind her, Long Beach Mayor Robert

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