'So surreal': Hongkongers take up self-defence classes after thug attacks
Free lessons teach how to stop punches and stick attacks after violence instills deep concern in community
“If you see attackers, you must be armed with basic skills to save your own lives,” Henry Chong, a sports therapist and karate expert, told his first self-defence class.
The class, which took place two days after the attack on unarmed commuters in the rural town of Yuen Long , was attended by mostly women aged 20-60.
Hong Kong, reputed as one of the world’s safest, when men dressed in white rushed into an out-of-town station and used canes and wooden rods to indiscriminately beat passengers, among them protesters returning from a mass protest on Hong Kong island. At least 45 were injured.
