Martial arts students practice monthly acts of kindness Martial arts students make kindness their mission – Times LeaderFORTY FORT -Seven Little Dragons karate students await their cue to take the shield position from instructor Gary Barnes. As the children, ages 4 to 7, place their arms in front guarding themselves in the safety zone stance, Barnes asks, “Is the shield all about beating up the bad guy?”
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.
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