Karate and taekwondo expert saw a man hit a woman: he fired a wild shot to save her

A martial arts champion subdued and neutralized a man who was beating a woman on a street in Guayaquil, Ecuador. the protagonist was Ruth Torrellowho is neither more nor less the director of the Academy of Martial Arts of the Municipality of Guayaquil, that is, an absolute expert in karate, taekwondo and self-defense.

On June 16, while walking through the streets August 10 and Pedro Carbo, he saw a couple arguing. The man, however, hit his wife in the face, so the athlete intervened and He applied an immobilizer key to the batter.

Torello remained on site until the police arrived and arrested the violent man. The same mayor of Guayaquil, Cinzia Viterihighlighted the athlete on social media, underlining to “work in the municipality giving self-defense lessons to girls and women”.

“Very well Ruth!” she added.

“The girl told her husband to let her go please, so when she tries to separate, he takes her right hand and slaps her in the face. When I saw that reaction, the first thing I did was between the two of them and hold this man by the wrists and throw him to the ground (…) There were a lot of people around and they did absolutely nothing, ”Ruth Torello later declared.

Official figures of gender-based violence in Ecuador

According to the official data available, in Ecuador:

-65 out of 100 women in Ecuador have experienced at least one act of some kind of violence in one of several areas in their lifetime.

-33 out of 100 suffered sexual violence (32.7%).

-77 out of 100 divorced women have suffered gender-based violence.

– Nationwide, 43 out of 100 women have experienced some type of violence from their partner.

-In Ecuador, every day 7 adolescents under the age of 14 give birth due to rape, every 100 pregnancies at this age of 8 end in abortion.

-48 out of 100 women in Ecuador have suffered an act of gynecological-obstetric violence throughout their life.

-In Ecuador 1 woman is a victim of femicide every 72 hours.