College on Monday saw a good gathering of enthusiastic girls and women closely watching the moves of the trainer as the latter demonstrated different punching techniques of martial arts. They said they were serious about learning the self-defence techniques until they become proficient in the art. The venue provided the right ground for those aged between six and 35 to pick up martial art techniques taught by the professional martial arts coach G. Vijaya Shekar. “Based on the response, the training programme will be continued in batches. He felt that lessons on various self-defence training should be taught as a part of the school curriculum to students.

Source: The Hindu May 07, 2018 19:29 UTC