IT'S good to educate children about healthy eating, but a Japanese judo teacher has taken things a little too far after assaulting two of his students because they ate ice blocks.
50-year-old Takahiro Ueno was arrested by police in Takarazuka, Hyogo, over claims he had used judo to physically punish the pair, aged 12 and 13.
According to a statement from the Takarazuka Municipal Board of Education, Ueno became enraged after the children ate popsicles from a refrigerator in the dojo without permission.
Despite their apologies, he allegedly screamed "this is judo training" and proceeded to exercise his martial arts mastery by undertaking a series of manoeuvres including a choke hold which left one student unconscious.
The incident led to a formal police complaint from the students' families, with Ueno reportedly having acknowledged most of the allegations against him.
Local reports note a previous incident where Ueno broke a child's nose, as well as confirming he had undertaken some clearly ineffective anger management training.
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