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Martial Arts Class Teaches How To Use Selfie Sticks As Weapons

They may be used for taking photos of yourself from a distance but selfie sticks are now being used as WEAPONS in martial arts classes.

The selfie defence lessons are being offered at the M-PROFI martial arts centre in Moscow, Russia, with tourists and travellers targeted to sign up.

Organisers want them to take part in the ‘Monopod Fighting’ classes, which will help them fight off anyone who tried to steal their smartphones while they are taking selfies.

The selfie stick is perfectly legal to carry on board planes - so organisers want people to make the most of having the ‘weapon’ wherever they go.

Spokesperson Daria Lapshina said: “Unfortunately very often a selfie-stick is the only weapon a tourist has when travelling abroad, and it has the advantage of often being at hand.

"A pepper spray or a stun gun in the handbag might also be effective, but by the time you’ve dug them out it will already be too late.

“A selfie stick on the other hand can be used instantly.”

Instructors will give advice on what type of selfie sticks work best during the five-lesson course, which also combines elements of Thai boxing and mixed martial arts.

Daria added: "It presents many challenges because if you have a selfie stick in your hand, and an expensive mobile phone on the end of it, it might achieve the desired effect to beat the attacker with the phone end, but you smash the phone.

"We teach people to use the handles if the selfie stick has a phone attached, and it is a very effective defensive weapon.”

And you can take pictures afterwards, of course.

Pics: CEN