Nongstoin, March 2: The West Garo Hills Pencak Silat Association had organized awareness programme and introduced martial arts in Morning Glory Secondary School at Danak Bandua near Tura yesterday.
“The importance of this skill is not only to develop one’s health and not just for self-defence it has a scope of job opportunity in near future,” stated E D Marak the Chief Instructor of Pencak Silat Martial Arts.
“There are reports of crime against women, human trafficking, assault cases which we can hear from visual and printed media. Today’s world is not secure for all. Anything can have happened at anytime, anywhere. So, we should be prepared to defend ourselves at this juncture. In view of this, we need to learn this kind of martial arts for our own safeguard,” stated Rakkan M Sangma, the Chief Adviser of the Association.
Earlier. D M Marak, the Head Teacher of the School had briefed the importance of introducing the Martial Arts in School. She had urged each and every student to learn this skill cautiously and abide by such discipline in their daily life.
The programme was attended by Jenny Kelly the Vice president, Tengsal the Secretary of the Association, the teachers, staff and students.
The Pencak Silat demo and the techniques of self-defence were highlighted at the programme. Besides, it is going to be introduced in other schools very soon.