Akemi Look is one of the students interested in free self-defense classes taught by professional instructors who volunteer at the Pan Pacific Park in Los Angeles.
Akemi Look是洛杉矶泛太平洋公园的一名对免费自卫课程感兴趣的学生,这些课程的老师是专业的志愿者教练。
So you try to pull them down with those hands because I already feel her pulling...
试着用手把它们拽下来,我已经感觉到她在拉…
She hopes the techniques will be helpful when it's necessary as many Asians have been targets of violence.
她希望这些技巧在必要时能发挥作用,因为许多亚洲人已经成为了暴力的对象。
So if we get attacked, we have to know how to fight back.
所以如果我们受到攻击,我们得知道如何反击。
We have to know the techniques and we have to know how to protect ourselves.
我们必须掌握一些技巧,必须知道如何保护自己。
Geisha Colton is a single mother who has survived a sexual assault.
葛莎·科尔顿是一名从性侵犯中幸存下来的单身母亲。
Like Look, Colton hopes that learning self-defense is a preemptive step.
跟Look一样,科尔顿希望学习自卫只是为了提前预防。
I don't want to have to ever be in that position where I have to learn how to protect my own life if I'm being attacked but obviously because of the world we live in,
我不希望生活在一个我得知道遭到攻击时该如何保护自己的环境中,但很明显,因为我们生活的这个世界,
it's unfortunately a reality for all people especially now for Asian especially for women, women are always you know we're always going to be vulnerable for attacks.
这是一个不幸的事实,对于所有人来说,现在尤其是亚洲人,尤其是女性,女性总是更容易受到攻击。
Even with my arms, I can still feel this. I can grab and squeeze.
即便只有手臂,我也能感觉到。我可以抓和勒。
Sabrina Johnson and Alexandra Bernal volunteered to teach the self-defense class.
塞布丽娜·约翰逊和亚历山德拉·伯纳尔自愿教授自卫课。
Although they are not of Asian descent, they feel that it's important to use their expertise in helping other people combat violence against Asians.
虽然她们不是亚裔,但她们认为利用自己的专业知识帮助他人打击针对亚洲人的暴力是很重要的。
And I think as an ally, if you see if you're not Asian yourself but you see someone being attacked, that's Asian or of any race.
我觉得作为伙伴,即便你不是亚洲人,但如果你看到有人被攻击,不管是亚洲人还是其他种族的人,
If you know self-defense, you could intervene.
如果你懂自卫,你就可以插手。
You could have the confidence to tell that person harassing them like "Hey, stop bothering that person."
你可以自信地告诉那个骚扰他们的人“嘿,别再招惹人家了。”
Trying to say, they will continue to offer classes like this for the Asian american community hoping they will empower people to combat a rise in discriminatory attacks.
我想说的是,她们会继续为亚裔美国人群体提供这样的课程,希望她们能够增强人们对抗歧视攻击的能力。