Martial arts project helps veterans with PTSD

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BY CHRIS CAPPELLA

it was quiet, sunny saturday morning outside team Yohe MMA gym in East Berlin. Inside, Waylon Yohe was giving instructions on proper boxing technique.

“You have to be OK with getting hit and more than that, you have to be OK hitting someone else,” he said, sporting a black eye.

Yohe was talking to Jennifer Madden, an army veteran who traveled 90 minutes from Coatesville in Chester County to learn the basic techniques of mixed martial arts.hire vets

Madden takes the classes for free as part of Project Takedown, a new initiative that helps veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder study mixed martial arts as a way to relieve emotional stress.

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