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Womens Shaolin in Afghanistan
On a snowy mountain top to the West of Kabul, a group of Afghan girls practicing the flowing movements of Wushu. In a country where women's sport is severely restricted, Shaolin-Wushu club is one of the few places of training girls in self-defense. Coached girls 20-year-old SIMA Azimi (Sima Azimi). She says that martial arts teaches girls not only self-defense classes are also effective for the body and soul. Now in Shaolin club training 20 Afghan girls aged 14 to 20 years.