These are the amazing scenes as high school girls in China are put through their paces with military-style dagger drills . Each of the girls shout the words 'kill , stab , slash and jab ' as they perform each of the eight set movements involved in the high-intensity knife-fighting session . According to the People 's Daily Online , the girls of the 27th March Huizhou Integrated High School are being trained by former special forces solider Inspector Tan . The 68 girls involved in the training are all aged between 16 and 18 , however in a concession to safety , the knives are not real . School official Huang Anruo said : 'The daggers are fake . The school purchased them in bulk and they pose no danger to students . ' Every female student undergoes some form of self-defence training . According to Instructor Tan : 'If faced with real danger our female students can use any sharp object to hand to handle the attacker . Chopsticks and forks for instance . ' The girls aged between 16 and 18 are receiving intensive instruction in how to use a knife form a former special forces solider . The knives each have retractable blades to prevent injury , but the girls are being taught techniques which could save their lives . The first 68 of the girls underwent their five-day training session with Instructor Tan at the 27th March Huizhou Integrated High School . Every female student at the school will undergo some form of self-defence training to assist them in identifying dangerous situations . Instructor Tan said the girls , once trained , will be able to use any sharp implement to defend themselves in future including chopsticks . The school has purchased 250 of the knives , which have a plastic retractable blade and according to officials are entirely safe . The girls are all shown a series of eight moves which will enable them to defend themselves against a determined attacker . The girls are all encourage to shout 'kill , stab , slash and jab ' while they work their way through the various self-defence movements . The training , which takes five days , is proving incredibly popular with the girls who learn the latest self-defence techniques .
The school girls , aged five-day , undergo a between 16 and 18 intensive knife-fighting course to learn self defence . The students are being trained by a former special forces soldier called Inspector Tan who supervises the drills . The 27th March Huizhou Integrated High School purchased 250 knives - with plastic retractable blades for safety . However , Instructor Tan said following his course the girls will be able to defend themselves even with chopsticks .