More Women Learning Self-Defense in Nairobi

Nairobi, Kenya -Faced with statistics showing an increase in violent sexual crimes, particularly rape, more women and girls are taking advantage of self-defense classes sponsored by a number of organizations. One group holds sessions lasting two to three hours, in which women not only learn how to use their bodies for self-defense, but also how to use whatever may be within reach to help them escape attackers.

For more on this, see the article in The Standard.

New Martial Arts Studio Open in Maine

Union, Maine - Chuck Nguyen will move his teaching venue from YMCAs to the Thompson Community Center, where he will offer classes for children and adults. Nguyen also operates the Vietnamese Self-Defense Academy in Southeast Asia.

For more on this, see the article in the Village Soup.