The following photos were taken from a photo essay in the China Daily:
Muslim school girls from St. Maaz high school practise [sic] Chinese wushu martial arts inside the school compound in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, July 8th 2008. Girls from ages 10-16 participate in weekly sessions during the school terms. (Agencies)
While the photos are two years old, they’re still pretty bad ass. And only prove the Sino-Islamic alliance Huntington predicted. Awesome. Also note that this is not new to the region, as South Indian Muslims commonly engage in learning the various martial arts.
[tarboush tip: ahmed, uwais]
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Amazingggggggg!!! This makes me so happy. As someone who loves martial arts and martial arts movies, I just geeked out, thankfully my boss wasn't looking.
Posted by Angbeen | July 30, 2010, 7:47 pmI wrote something on a very similar topic a whiles back "Afghan Resistance Deploy New Weapon….Kung Fu"
http://hotterthanapileofcurry.wordpress.com/2010/…
Enjoy!
Posted by hotterthanapileofcurry | April 13, 2011, 6:50 amBruce Lee is turning in his grave as he does a martial arts move
Posted by Jade | July 31, 2010, 12:07 amman…havin a women how can woop ur ass is such a turn on!! i love strong women
Posted by OooKhalid | August 2, 2010, 12:38 pm'practise' is perfectly good British spelling — 'practice' is American
Posted by Guest | August 2, 2010, 3:15 pmpotato potato
Posted by SanaKF | August 2, 2010, 7:10 pmpractice refers to noun and practise refers to verb
Posted by xyz | August 6, 2010, 6:40 amno. one is a Noun & other verb
Posted by Roodran | April 23, 2011, 1:59 pmWell done to all these ladies and their parents for encouraging them to pursue this art. I want my 6 year old to see this and be inspired that a Muslimah can truly master this craft and be modestly attired in the process!! May they continue to be blessed and guided.
Posted by RaihanahMM | August 3, 2010, 12:27 amAwesome!
Posted by sahne | August 3, 2010, 11:39 amNEVER SEEN IT BEFORE
Posted by ASSERY | January 31, 2011, 4:19 amdont mess with these sisters! lol
Posted by Khald | August 4, 2010, 3:43 pmindeed
Posted by assery | January 31, 2011, 4:25 amThis is awesome! Elegant and powerful feminine movement !
Posted by Guest | August 4, 2010, 10:14 pmMashallah….simply mashallah. I well up with pride when I see our sisters accomplish to that degree. We need to have these sisters open dojos all over the middle east. Saudi Arabia to start!
Posted by Hamada | August 5, 2010, 4:06 pmyes, I would love to see that.
Posted by sali | March 21, 2012, 7:07 pmThis is simply amazing, mashallah.
Posted by shehzadi | August 5, 2010, 11:00 pmwow amazing group of young womens. I want to learn too!
Posted by azn | August 6, 2010, 1:01 amreally amazing
Posted by assery | January 31, 2011, 4:23 amsalaat 5x a day and other rituals and they got time to warm up,stretch,practice,and spar?? Frigging amazing dude!
Posted by HJWakelin | August 6, 2010, 3:19 amI want to go there and re-create Bruce Lee's 'The Chinese Connection.' JK
Posted by KABOBfestWill | August 6, 2010, 9:20 amVery Nice, It`s a triumph. But it should not published infront of people.
Posted by Mohammad | August 7, 2010, 12:34 amWhy? They're all in full hijaab and not exposing anything. Plus, it seems like their trainer is also male.
Posted by Tia | August 15, 2010, 12:55 amyour an idoit who doesn't know cuture from religion
Posted by john | October 6, 2010, 4:45 pmcan't you correct him without calling him an idiot? he's just showing a concern (rather you agree with it or not is another question). maybe it's you that needs to learn more about religion…
Posted by Peace | December 13, 2010, 4:37 amYou're right, John. As a arab and muslim, I agree Mohammad is mistaken.
Posted by Hud | January 11, 2011, 4:07 pmUmmmmm…..! Who should it be published in front of? Animals! Why not? What you see published even when you try not to look, shouldn’t be published. This should be, thank God it is! In front of people and animals.
Posted by saladin abdullah | February 22, 2011, 8:38 pmi agree…
Posted by ssskkk | September 17, 2011, 7:32 pmThis does not prove a Sino-Islamic alliance. That is equivalent to arguing that the practice of yoga in U.S. schools proves an Indo-American alliance. Plus, if it is not new to the region, then it likely also predates Huntington's so-called prediction. Great photos, though! I'll have to ask my Hyderabadi friends about this.
Posted by johapatro | August 7, 2010, 1:30 amTwas a joke, g.
Posted by Sana | August 7, 2010, 9:59 amI'm pretty sure the taliban would outlaw this if they haven't already! this is AWESOME!!
Posted by David Bur | August 7, 2010, 2:31 amYes, because the Taliban live in South India. Smart!
Posted by Tia | August 15, 2010, 12:53 amLOL
Posted by dada | August 15, 2010, 3:58 amyou may wanna read this before thinking what the taliban would do http://hotterthanapileofcurry.wordpress.com/2010/…
Posted by Haroon Waseem | June 8, 2011, 2:50 amI guess I'm just a tiny bit jaded in looking at these photos as it's not uncommon here in SE Asia to see Malay Muslims practicing wushu and other martial arts. You might find the pictures on the following webpages of interest: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2009/… (Malaysia) and http://gavingoh.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/4th-yout… (Brunei). Of course, the main martial art that Malay Muslims in SE Asia practice is Silat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silat
Posted by @JDunneSG | August 7, 2010, 7:27 amamazing
Posted by guest | August 7, 2010, 8:51 pmoh yea well americans idolize stars and we are fat,so take that.
Posted by truedat | August 9, 2010, 12:15 pmAWESOME indeed! How do i sıgn up??? Lol InshaAllah my futur minis me’s will accomplısh that!
Posted by Qamr | August 10, 2010, 9:31 amReally amazing. Subhanallaah.
Posted by Khan | August 14, 2010, 6:31 amGreat read and visual! Challenge Accepted -Sisters at UMMA Martial Arts (www.ummamartialarts.com) in Toronto, Canada
Posted by UMMA Martial Arts | August 15, 2010, 10:07 amevery one should know that these girls are not from China, Its from India, hyderabad.I my self have personally visited this school for a lecture to boys. this school has developed a very atmosphere for education as well extra curricular activities.its St.maaz high school.
Posted by aamer malik | August 16, 2010, 10:03 pmNice, lookin forward to seein them kick some Taliban ass!
Posted by guest | August 25, 2010, 11:50 amMuslim sux! Why the heck women have to wear those stupid things in their head… It only makes them ugly!
Muslim man are so disrespectful to their women, they are the only ones that believe that arranged wedding is a good thing… Love is the important thing… not only money,…
I believe that muslin man should learn how to respect their women instead of being afraid of their women showing their faces to another man. Get some balls muslins! I am an atheist after I learned how the world is being destroyed by religious wars! Suck up and let them be women, I am pretty sure that those girls would love to show their hair and dress nicer clothes!
The world needs a change and if nobody speaks it will never happen!
Be a bigger man and accept the women as she is… BEAUTIFUL!
Posted by Dan | August 26, 2010, 9:12 amUR DUMB LOL
Posted by UR DUMB | September 9, 2010, 4:11 amwhenever i see white guys associate muslims with arramged martiage and unhappy muslim girls,I laugh out loud.BECAUSE FYI THAT WOULD ONLY BE RELEVANT IF IT WAS A BILLION YEARS AGO.those sorta thing dont exist anymore except maybe the articles u read on bbc or whatever cause theyre know to want to only report the worse of us muslims.
im a muslim in s,e asia btw.where most muslims of the world live.pls pls pls I BEG YOU TO THROW AWAY THOSE old fashioned perception of islam.i join ballet,dye my hair red,and is midway finishing my karate courses.keep ur immature views to urself next time
Posted by amal | March 20, 2011, 4:35 amYou are stupid for saying that! You don't know any truth for Islam.
Being an Atheist makes it worse because you don't know any good things about this.
Posted by 00hbani | March 28, 2011, 11:34 amWe prefer our hijab, because in fact they are more freedom to us then letting the world see our beauty. We know that we are beautiful, that doesn't mean we have to show it off.
I'm going to be blunt here, EVERYONE knows the mind of the adult male sexually alert. In most cases. Women aren't aware of this as much as men, because they simply aren't men, they don't have those same feeling or w/e. When a woman is covered then is harder for men to feel this way towards men. And this is our intention. To be "Ugly" to the strange man, so that we don't cause too much tension.
Just because you, obviously, simply do not understand something, doesn't mean you should disrespect and troll about it.
Posted by Nadhiy | August 26, 2011, 5:19 pmWhen a woman is covered then is harder for men to feel this way towards **them.
Posted by Nadhiy | August 26, 2011, 5:21 pmis that legal in muslim? seems like it violates the laws of the quoran
Posted by Khan | August 27, 2010, 1:39 amkhan it doesn’t at all… its great !!
i want to go there and take lessons lol ..
according to the prophet there are 3 things a parent should teach their children its “archery” self defense, “horse riding” transportation now its driving lol; “swimming” so they may be able to survive .. both boys and girls .. and as for knowledge it is the right of every muslim to seek it … and not wait for someone to lecture .. but to strive to learn .. even if it was in CHINA !! goooo chinese martial arts !!
correct me if i’m wrong “allahu a3lam”
Posted by Muhajababe | September 8, 2010, 6:16 pmNo it doesn't violate anything in the qur'an@Khan, nor iz the religion "Muslim", Itz Islam and it is the Qur'an btw. @Dan, your way off with the reasoning for the HEAD SCARVES. It makes them ugly to you and thats fine. You obviously have no clue about just everything your talking about. Get it together sir. And we women know that we are beautiful and so do our men. We need not your approval in that, so we don't want to show you our hair to see if you like. We love ourselves and thats enough.
Posted by Me 2010 | September 26, 2010, 4:53 pmWell said. People are idiots.
Posted by Sick of Ignorant Ppl | December 12, 2010, 10:11 amsometime a good whoopin will turn a miscreant to better manners deter him or her to a better thought pattern
Posted by shamsuddin ali | November 8, 2010, 1:14 ami could probably do the splits like that, but then I'd need a new pair of pants.
Posted by not impressed | November 25, 2010, 11:20 pmit's about time…
Mashallah..
Posted by juta | December 22, 2010, 5:15 pm…ditto to all positive/supportive post.
Posted by Bilal | December 25, 2010, 5:39 pmIt's not how you fight, it's what you are fighting for that matters…
Posted by postal | February 6, 2011, 6:33 amthis reminds me of myself in a way….raised by my dad who had been teaching me tao wing chung when i was younger and now do capoeria as a muslim girl! ^_^
Posted by Haneefah | February 23, 2011, 2:02 amObviously not Arab Muslim women. They are doing exercise.
Posted by Rep. Peter King | March 11, 2011, 11:55 amI had read all above comments that some of guys don't agree due to what Islam has to be to them. I got a resources, Ironically, that mentioned One of the Muslim woman had traveled and doing researched for the World Map in the Golden Islamic era. It shall quit shock to them if they heard such things. I do believe that something is coming so that we must have ready for it. InshAllah, DEEP SENSE OF LONG TERM SICKNESS shall be disappear if we Muslim consider Brother & Sister.
Posted by ploncy | April 15, 2011, 7:21 amI had read all above comments that some of guys don't agree due to what Islam has to be to them. I got a resources, Ironically, that mentioned One of the Muslim woman had traveled and doing researched for the World Map in the Golden Islamic era. It shall quit shock to them if they heard such things. I do believe that something is coming so that we must have ready for it. InshAllah, DEEP SENSE OF LONG TERM SICKNESS shall be disappear if we Muslim consider Brother & Sister.
Posted by ploncy | April 15, 2011, 7:32 amthis is where al qaeda comes from
Posted by jim | May 28, 2011, 1:17 amAn odd combination of Islamic (or pseudo-Islamic) headscarves and English schoolgirl uniform.
Posted by D. | June 8, 2011, 3:42 pmsuugeee
Posted by zak | June 15, 2011, 7:58 amamazing. Subhanallaah.
Posted by zohra | June 30, 2011, 8:24 amvery nice.
Posted by goodthings | July 21, 2011, 12:02 amsubhanallah…i hope this is in my country………..
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Posted by Albertine Hansberry | August 24, 2011, 5:16 amrad!
Posted by studio69art | September 9, 2011, 3:41 pmReally interesting, may almighty Allah to continue guide and protect muslims ummah.
Posted by Bulama garba | September 18, 2011, 9:37 amJakallahu khairan
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Posted by weight loss | September 20, 2011, 11:01 amWhere are the islamic men? What are they doing? WHAT ARE THESE GIRLS BEING PREPARED FOR?
Posted by Bibi | October 27, 2011, 11:31 amSouth Indians always practice martial arts. Note the native art of Kerala/ Tamil Nadoo/ Karnataka is KALARI PAYAT,
with specialist arts SILAM BAM (stick), and MARMA ADU (nerve hitting). These arts are part of the Indian temple
in South India. Going south from there, in Malaysia and in Sumatera island you will see muslim peole practicing
their own art which is from Sufi'ism, called SILAT. Silat is more low to the ground and based on limb-trapping and
taking down to ground, for finish off. From South India to Thailand to Malaysia/Indonesia to Philippines, the arts are
more focussed on striking the limbs than the body initially, as they are based on geometrics of weapon fighting.
Posted by Guro Khalid Khan | November 2, 2011, 6:40 pmIt's amazing and I believe, these young women will grow beyond expectations. This practise will improve self awareness and inner strength. I love that.
Posted by Jurgen | November 8, 2011, 6:06 pm