?

李小龍是一位功夫大師，相信世界各地都是知道他的。在美國費(fèi)城有的人相信學(xué)習(xí)功夫能帶來很多好處,把功夫介紹給年輕人能更好的解決團(tuán)伙犯罪。我們來看看功夫在美國是什么樣子吧。

Philadelphia's not a dangerous city by American standards. But a recent spate of youth violence, much of it racially motivated, has left many scratching their heads about how to tackle the problem. Some believe the answer is kung fu.

"I'm standing in the center of one of America's largest Chinatowns in Philadelphia city. Just next to me is the entrance to a kung fu academy and I'm going to go in to see what's happening."

Inside senior student John Testino is practicing some moves.

"That was very impressive. Are noises important?"

"Yes, that enhances your power"

Academies like this are some of the few places in the city youths from all walks of life can come together and have fun. Sean Pond is one of them. Although coming here is expensive for him, he feels the benefit.

"I've definitely gotten stronger and I've changed my eating habits and when I've been training regularly my mind and memory even function better. So it has other effects, too, besides physical health."

Shu Pui Cheung is the teacher. He says kung fu is more than just fighting.

"I think the basic thing is to teach people how to respect and be friendly towards each other. That's very, very important. And teaching the individual how to focus on concentration and health. This is why a lot of people learn kung fu."

It's this philosophy that community leaders in Philadelphia hope to teach youngsters. Lieutenant Maurice Tunstall is a police officer focusing on school crime.

"Bullying, peer pressure, assaults, aggravated assaults, sexual assaults, drugs. Anything dealing with violence. We have it all from A to Z."

To tackle youth crime, Lieutenant Tunstall is helping to organize a kung fu exhibition for schools, partly sponsored by the Chinese community.

While some may question the logic of reducing violence through teaching kids how to fight, organizers hope kung fu can inspire youngsters to build discipline. Lieutenant Tunstall again.

"Even if we change just one youth, to change his demeanor to come round to a positive, as opposed to a negative, that's what we're doing."

Philadelphia's home state of Pennsylvania recorded 53 so-called 'hate' crimes motivated by prejudice in 2009, according to latest figures from the FBI. While that's 50 percent lower than five years before, community leaders hope to reduce these figures even more by inspiring youngsters through the Chinese art of kung fu.

Reporting from Philadelphia for CRI, I'm Dominic Swire.

聲明：音視頻均來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)鏈接，僅供學(xué)習(xí)使用。本網(wǎng) 站自身不存儲(chǔ)、控制、修改被鏈接的內(nèi)容。"滬江英語"高度重視知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)保護(hù)。當(dāng)如發(fā)現(xiàn)本網(wǎng)站發(fā)布的信息包含有侵犯其著作權(quán)的鏈接內(nèi)容時(shí)，請(qǐng)聯(lián)系我們，我們將依法采取措施移除相關(guān)內(nèi)容或屏蔽相關(guān)鏈接。