Rabat – A video showing a martial arts coach beating up one of his female students during a training session in a Moroccan gym has gone viral on social media.
The video shows what appears to be a kickboxing coach punching a female student in the face. The student is not wearing any protective gear and does her best to block the coach’s punches.
After a few punches, the coach accelerates the rhythm of his blows. The fast and successive punches hurt the student, almost knocking her out.
Moroccan kickboxing champion, Badr Hari, shared the video on his Facebook page. He expressed his shock at the video and called on the managers of gyms and coaches to stamp out such behavior.
I am particularly shocked by this video which shows an unconscious « man » beating a young girl. This is not sport. This is not kick boxing. This horrific scene shouldn’t happen and I cannot remain insensitive. Please do not allow this cowarldy and irresponsible attitude in your gyms.
Posted by Badr Hari on Saturday, 12 October 2019
More than 11,000 people commented on Hari’s post, expressing their anger towards the coach and the shocking video. The post was also shared more than 11,000 times, by people from different countries.
The president of the Moroccan Federation of Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Savate and similar sports, Abdelkarim El Hilali, also intervened after the video went viral.
El Hilali called the presidents of all regional leagues for martial arts to lead investigations in order to find where the incident took place and prevent similar ones in the future.
