Martina was eight when she was first bullied. She decided not to ignore it.
She talked to her parents. They signed her up to a sport class that included self-defence.
Twenty years on she is an eight-times world champion in kick-boxing. She’s the first woman from Europe to win a black belt in hand-to-hand combat. She’s trained NATO soldiers in martial arts.
Now, she’s set her sights on bullying. Together with her brother and father, she runs bullying prevention and self-defence classes in schools. She recently addressed the United Nations. She’s about to launch a new book aimed at children who are being bullied.
I met her during a break in training to ask her how children can deal with bullying - and when they should fight back.
