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Roisin Butler

City centre gym offering free self defence classes for women this weekend

A city centre gym is hoping to empower women through a series of free self defence workshops this weekend.

James Murphy is the founder of the Beat Box Boxing Club, which has a studio on Mount Street. The gym owner became determined to provide the community with free self defence sessions in the wake of Ashling Murphy's murder.

The fitness expert says the importance of acting out self-defence scenarios helps women out in the event of a worst case scenario. Self defence advice online doesn't adequately prepare people for what they could be coming up against, he argues.

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