It could be any youth club as children leap and punch, striving to perfect the moves of the high-energy martial art Kick Jitsu.
Yet the instructions are in sign language at this ground-breaking project in Merseyside, which brings together deaf and hearing children.
Run by the charity Deaf Active, after-school sessions also include football, zumba, and drama.
As founder Ian Duncan explains, he initially set out to create a youth club for deaf young people but in a process he terms "reverse integration" deaf members invited hearing peers to join.
It has resulted in all members learning sign language and about deaf culture as well as volunteering at the charity's playgroup.
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