Indian women learn karate - to thwart male aggressors!!! Wow!

More and more Indian women are signing up to learn karate, Israeli krav-maga and traditional stick-fighting. Not to protect themselves against thieves, but against the sexually frustrated.

Harassed in the streets, public transport, trains, shopping malls and even airports, Indian women have decided to react. In New Delhi, often termed the "rape capital" by national media, nearly 70,000 Indian women have signed up to self-defence courses since 2002. Some of these classes (martial arts, the Israeli army's self-defence method of krav-maga, etc.) are organised by private institutes, others are conducted by public bodies, notably by the New Delhi police, to combat violence against women. More + photos...

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