NGUỒN: VIET NAM NEWS
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Students at Ly Thuong Kiet High School in Tan Binh District are taught self-defence techniques by aikido instructors under a month-long programme designed to help them protect themselves when attacked. — VNS Photo Van Dat
HCM CITY — A slender HCM City schoolgirl has stunned everyone by not only single-handedly warding off two would-be bag snatchers but also wrestling them to the ground to have them arrested.
The girl, whose parents want her to remain unnamed, is an eighth grader who has been learning martial arts for just a month at her school, Ly Thuong Kiet High School in Tan Binh District.
One day last week she was coming out of school when the two thieves accosted her and one of them grabbed her by the hair.
Her martial-arts teacher had taught her exactly what to do in such an event and she managed to knock them down until bystanders came running to her aid.
Another boy studying at the same school managed to protect himself when two thieves waylaid him and tried to snatch his mobile phone. Le Hoang Mai, who teaches martial arts for self-defence at the school, proudly narrates the two incidents to his students to encourage them.
The one-month training course was the brainchild of Mai himself and Bui Thi Hai Ha, deputy secretary of the Tan Binh District chapter of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.
Twelve secondary schools in the district has been chosen for the training courses with the hope to persuade City education officials to consider providing martial-arts training as a solution to prevent school violence.
The practical techniques help students defend themselves against violence in school which has emerged as a serious problem in recent times. Students are taught how to defend themselves using aikido techniques against someone grabbing the hair, choking, holding from the back, twisting the arm, and grabbing the collar.
Mai, who is the head of the District aikido club, told Viet Nam News: "It is a good idea for putting down school violence. I only train the students in self-defence."
He studied the video clips of student violence posted on the internet to teach them certain moves.
"Many parents are afraid their children will become more violent if they learn aikido, but the martial art itself is mainly for self-defence," Mai said.
"I also teach them the spirituality of the Japanese martial art."
The kung fu master has trained at two schools and said most of the students were very interested and even asked for lengthening the duration of the courses.
Duong Thai Linh, principal of Ly Thuong Kiet High School, said it was good for the students to learn self-defence and was confident it would not lead to an increase in violence.
The school will encourage students to continue training outside at the end of the pilot programme, he said.
"Martial arts also teaches children spirituality," he said.
"With the emerging school violence in the city … training them in self-defence is akin to providing them life skills.
"I do not want to introduce [full-fledged] aikido in schools but only self-defence techniques."
Phan Huu Phuoc, 52, whose daughter Phan Nguyen Truong An is a ninth grader at Le Quy Don High School, said he is happy if aikido is taught in schools to prevent violence.
He did not think school violence would increase if martial arts are taught, saying if students know martial arts, they would not fight each other.
"Every martial art, especially aikido, makes people humble," he added.
Many middle schools in the City have also begun to teach martial arts after the growing trend of violence sparked off indignation among parents and the public.
Since last year it has been a hot topic. Education departments around the country said there had been around 800 cases by May. Already this year two brawls involving schoolgirls have been posted on the internet.
Tuoi Tre quoted Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan as telling the National Assembly last December that many children are unable to control their emotions over even minor conflicts. — VNS
HCM CITY — A slender HCM City schoolgirl has stunned everyone by not only single-handedly warding off two would-be bag snatchers but also wrestling them to the ground to have them arrested.
The girl, whose parents want her to remain unnamed, is an eighth grader who has been learning martial arts for just a month at her school, Ly Thuong Kiet High School in Tan Binh District.
One day last week she was coming out of school when the two thieves accosted her and one of them grabbed her by the hair.
Her martial-arts teacher had taught her exactly what to do in such an event and she managed to knock them down until bystanders came running to her aid.
Another boy studying at the same school managed to protect himself when two thieves waylaid him and tried to snatch his mobile phone. Le Hoang Mai, who teaches martial arts for self-defence at the school, proudly narrates the two incidents to his students to encourage them.
The one-month training course was the brainchild of Mai himself and Bui Thi Hai Ha, deputy secretary of the Tan Binh District chapter of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.
Twelve secondary schools in the district has been chosen for the training courses with the hope to persuade City education officials to consider providing martial-arts training as a solution to prevent school violence.
The practical techniques help students defend themselves against violence in school which has emerged as a serious problem in recent times. Students are taught how to defend themselves using aikido techniques against someone grabbing the hair, choking, holding from the back, twisting the arm, and grabbing the collar.
Mai, who is the head of the District aikido club, told Viet Nam News: "It is a good idea for putting down school violence. I only train the students in self-defence."
He studied the video clips of student violence posted on the internet to teach them certain moves.
"Many parents are afraid their children will become more violent if they learn aikido, but the martial art itself is mainly for self-defence," Mai said.
"I also teach them the spirituality of the Japanese martial art."
The kung fu master has trained at two schools and said most of the students were very interested and even asked for lengthening the duration of the courses.
Duong Thai Linh, principal of Ly Thuong Kiet High School, said it was good for the students to learn self-defence and was confident it would not lead to an increase in violence.
The school will encourage students to continue training outside at the end of the pilot programme, he said.
"Martial arts also teaches children spirituality," he said.
"With the emerging school violence in the city … training them in self-defence is akin to providing them life skills.
"I do not want to introduce [full-fledged] aikido in schools but only self-defence techniques."
Phan Huu Phuoc, 52, whose daughter Phan Nguyen Truong An is a ninth grader at Le Quy Don High School, said he is happy if aikido is taught in schools to prevent violence.
He did not think school violence would increase if martial arts are taught, saying if students know martial arts, they would not fight each other.
"Every martial art, especially aikido, makes people humble," he added.
Many middle schools in the City have also begun to teach martial arts after the growing trend of violence sparked off indignation among parents and the public.
Since last year it has been a hot topic. Education departments around the country said there had been around 800 cases by May. Already this year two brawls involving schoolgirls have been posted on the internet.
Tuoi Tre quoted Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan as telling the National Assembly last December that many children are unable to control their emotions over even minor conflicts. — VNS
by Van Dat
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