Friday, 20 February 2009

Kicks

A kick here. A kick there. Forward kick. Backward ho. So how does one react when one spots a bunch of kids in their baggy white uniforms kick away! Self defence. A necessity for kids, especially girls!

Karate classes are the ideal thing for children who need to concentrate, defend themselves and boost their self-confidence. But wait. I was not pleased in the least when I saw this bunch of kids with their master, practising their basics. Wondering why?

They were doing it late evening. Between 8.30 pm and 9 pm. No. That was not the problem. In Mumbai, any hour is an earthly hour. My problem...was that they were practising on the road, in the middle of it...where buses, cars, three-wheelers and two-wheelers zoom in and out. So what if it had less traffic? And located at that terminal hill-top point? Agreed Mumbai has less space too. But to get them to practise along a road divider!

They were being taught self-defence. If a bus or car rammed into them...which defense mechanism would come to their rescue? 

No comments:

LinkWithin

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...