Jumping rope, kicking shuttlecocks, relay races, square dancing... Since the campus of Tianjin University was closed and managed, students who love sports have played tricks on the stadium. Muhammad, a young man from Turkmenistan, played his "national hand specialty" and made a group of cool and sassy "boxers" a remarkable scenery on the playground.
Mohammed is a junior at Tianjin University. The 22-year-old handsome guy is a hidden "slash youth" - he is Turkmenistan's fighting "national hand" and professional coach. Muham has had a keen interest in fighting since childhood, and at the age of 6 he embarked on the training path of fighters. In 2017, he won the national championship in the Junior Mixed Martial Arts Competition in Turkmenistan and won several awards in various martial arts competitions. He has become a well-known fighter and professionally qualified fighting instructor in Turkmenistan. In 2019, Muhamm came to China to study and became a hard-working international student in the School of International Education of Tianjin University, trusted and loved by teachers and classmates.
"Because of the epidemic, our campus has begun to be closed for management. Over the past few months, I have been infected by the optimistic and positive attitude of my Chinese classmates around me. I thought it would be great if my sports expertise helped people exercise and relax! At the beginning of April, Muhammed's "Old Campus Boxing Group" was officially opened, and he and his classmates met at the stadium every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings to volunteer to lead everyone to exercise and teach boxing skills.
As a martial arts coach who has obtained a professional license in his own country, "Teacher Mu" has rich teaching experience, while leading everyone to practice boxing, he is not relaxed at all about "safety" and "epidemic prevention", he said: "Boxing has relatively high physical fitness requirements for people, I will organize boxing training step by step according to everyone's actual situation, practice well but not tired; our training must wear masks, keep a distance, and the training content includes warm-up, air strikes, and hit hand targets, but never organize actual combat, so as to eliminate the risk of injury to students." ”
According to reports, nearly 200 teachers and students of Tianjin University have become Muhan's "students". "Everyone comes from all over the country, the dialects are different, [communicating with them] made me know more about and love China more." Muham said, "I especially appreciate the cultural concept of 'strengthening the body' and 'meeting friends with fists' in traditional Chinese martial arts, and hope that through my own strength, I can grow up healthily and live happily with everyone." ”
Photo: Zhang Ziyang