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For The Love of The Game

How to survive a worst-case scenario

Football may be Singapore's No. 1 sport but there are other sporting love affairs around our island. In this new fortnightly series, The Straits Times seeks out new games and discovers that a country's passion for sport, even in this time of Covid, burns brightly. Israeli martial art krav maga's techniques can come in handy when self-defence is needed

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Blinding strobe lights flashed frantically around Dawn Ng while thumping music blared. In front of her stood a gauntlet of five men, each armed with what appeared to be a knife and bad intentions.
But one by one, the 1.53m, 48kg woman swiftly and emphatically dealt with each threat.
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