An instructor from the Tianjiao Special Guard/Security Consultant Co Ltd shows female recruits how to subdue an attacker during a training session for China's first female bodyguards in Beijing Jan 13, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

An instructor from the Tianjiao Special Guard/Security Consultant Co Ltd shows female recruits how to disarm an attacker during a training session for China's first female bodyguards in Beijing Jan 13, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

An instructor from the Tianjiao Special Guard/Security Consultant Co Ltd, smashes a bottle over a female recruit's head during a training session for China's first female bodyguards in Beijing Jan 13, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

Female recruits practice how to subdue an attacker during a training session for China's first female bodyguards in Beijing Jan 13, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

Rubber guns are seen in the foreground as instructors from the Tianjiao Special Guard/Security Consultant Co Ltd show female recruits how to disarm an armed attacker during a training session for China's first female bodyguards in Beijing Jan 13, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

Female recruits practice how to subdue an attacker armed with a knife during a training session for China's first female bodyguards in Beijing Jan 13, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

Female recruits using rubber guns practice how to disarm an attacker during a training session for China's first female bodyguards in Beijing Jan 13, 2012. [Photo/Agencies]

Female recruits attend a training session for China's first female bodyguards in Beijing Jan 13, 2012.

According to the company, the training session consists of 20 women, mostly college graduates, who will undergo 8-10 months of training to develop sufficient skills to become security guards. The company will then offer the best trainee a chance to attend the International Security Academy in Israel.