[tps_footer]Akshay Kumar better known as Khiladi Akshay was recently seen launching an initiative for women’s self defense in collaboration with Yuva Sena Chief Aditya Thackeray.

Akshay Kumar himself is a martial arts expert and with the growing concern over women’s safety, he truly believes that women in the country should be very well versed with their own self defense and for that they should learn martial arts.

Akshay Kumar owns a black belt in Taekwondo, after attaining that he went to Bangkok to study further martial arts. After learning Muay Thai combat sport in Thailand, he became a martial arts trainer in Mumbai.

“It is important for women to learn self defense. Martial art training is a must and we all need it today. It is small initiative, I don’t know how far this will go,” Akshay, told reporters on Saturday at the graduation day of the current batch of the institute.[/tps_footer]