In
an initiative by Smita Thackeray of Mukti Foundation, Russian martial art experts trained the Mukti Marshals and 35
woman police constables in Tolpar, a knife-fighting technique at the Naigaon
Police HQ.
Besides
Smita Thackeray, actor Akshay Kumar, Himanshu Roy – ATS Chief were present to
encourage the marshals and the cops.
Said
Smita Thackeray, “Tolpar training aims at empowering the female personnel that
is both the cops and the marshals, whose task was to take care of women
personnel. Tolpar is a small knife that
helps marshals and cops if disarmed and fits into their handbags." "The
Russian tolpar experts work on empowering police and army, the globe over. When
out Mukti marshals got this opportunity, we wanted the women cops to benefit
from it and are glad the Mumbai police
agreed to the same,” she averred.
Akshay Kumar
spent time with the tolpar experts and practised moves with them, learning the
nuances of the art. “I am a keen martial arts exponent and this move by Smita
Thackeray of Mukti to empower women has my support. I look forward to that day
where every student compulsorily learns martial arts in schools for at least
three years and martial arts becomes more famous than cricket. It is my dream,”
said the actor who was the first to arrive an hour before time to interact with
the experts.
Himanshu Roy
spoke strongly for women standing up to defend themselves. “Each woman should
stand up for herself and not fear offenders. This specialised training empowers
her and we would like every woman to train to be empowered to protect herself,”
he stated, adding more such training is always welcome.
Looking at
the way the Marshals and the cops broke language barriers and learnt the
techniques with enthusiasm, it looks like the tolpar knife-wielding women will
be here to stay and protect!
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