The French judo Olympic team in a training session. Compulsory martial arts classes in France's schools would help children respond to the fear of attacks in a productive but safe way, centrist politician Jean Lassalle believes. "There is fear everywhere," Lassalle said to Le Figaro newspaper. But with martial arts, you develop self-control and learn to defend yourself peacefully." Lassalle recently split from the Democratic Movement or MoDem party, of which he was vice-president, in order to run in May's presidential elections.

Source: The Local August 22, 2016 13:30 UTC