Blind Jiu-Jitsu competitor proves he’s anything but a pushoverIT IS mid-morning at Lange’s MMA gym in North Manly. An advanced-level Brazilian jiu-jitsu class is well under way and it quickly becomes clear that this is no place for the faint-hearted. Divided into pairs, the gym’s members are rolling, wriggling and stretching their limbs any way they can in the hope of forcing their opponent into submission.
Unique group for elderly women practising the art of Japanese Aikido is the only one in the worldWarm greeting from the black belts! Left to right: Svetlana Tyukova, 73, Nina Zimina, 65, Nina Melnikova, 76, Antonina Kulikova, 76. Picture: Vera Salnitskaya More than a dozen elderly ladies are members of the Siberian Federation Yoshinkan Aikido group in Novosibirsk, and gather to spar and throw one another about.
Akshay Kumar to launch more martial arts classes for womenMumbai: Akshay Kumar who was a professional martial arts trainer before he started acting, launched an initiative to train women in free-of-cost martial arts classes that teach them self-defense. More than 300 girls are already part of these classes in Maharashtra. He is now planning to extend a helping hand to launch more such self-defense classes.
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