Learning to give it back

(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/N7sZn)

Saranya Chakrapani

CHENNAI: As racial attacks are becoming nightmarish for the families of students in Australia, Sreeam says, “The Government of India can pressurise the Australian government to put an end to these attacks, but an individual by himself has to go that extra mile to repulse such assaults. That is when my years of training in the self-defence technique of Krav Maga came across as a solution.” A crash course was introduced in August, wherein training was given to minimise damage to self and to neutralise the attacker. “Krav Maga does not require stringent discipline. The technique by itself lays more emphasis on defence and not on attack,” says Sreeram. The crash course is for 40 hours with 20 classes of 2 hours each. Here students are taught to understand how a crisis develops and to prevent escalation.

Shantanu Joshi, an 18-year-old who attended the course before heading to the US shares, “It improved my endurance and fitness levels. I learnt a lot of practical techniques. Avoiding a fight is the best thing to do.” Lalit Murali a student considering going to Australia for high studies says, “It has become essential to learn combat and self-defence in the climate we live in,” and continues to add, “I had to equip myself to make my parents feel safe and also to strengthen myself.” Contact Sreeram at 9340006600.