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What to do if you are robbed and other self-defence tips for travel

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Travel is back! But some travellers from safe Singapore can be complacent about potential dangers as a tourist overseas. Travel correspondent Clara Lock gets some key self-defence tips from a krav maga expert.
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SINGAPORE - From bag snatchers on motorbikes to pickpockets on the subway, travelling carries an inherent risk.

So it pays to be equipped with basic self-defence skills, which my colleague, Straits Times multimedia journalist Cheow Sue-Ann, and I learn during a krav maga session at The Coactive Self Defense and Fitness school in Craig Road.

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