Sylvester Stallone’s eldest daughters reveal how overprotective movie star hired NAVY SEALs to train them in self defense before moving to crime-plagued NYC

Sylvester Stallone has taken the title of overprotective father to the next level by hiring Navy SEALs to provide self-defense training to his eldest daughters before they moved to crime-ridden New York City.

Concerned for the safety of his daughters, Sophia, 27, and Sistine, 25, the movie star had to take extra measures by arranging a class in “military-style self-defense training” for them.

‘It was the hardest. It was about six o’clock that we were in those woods,” Sistine said New York Post ahead of the season two premiere of “The Family Stallone.”

“Sophia and I got beat up by these guys. They were the real deal,” she continued, adding that the workout was filmed for the family’s reality show.

Sophie and Sistine made the Big Apple their new home in March 2023, despite the presence of roaming criminals on the streets and skyrocketing violent crime in the city.

Concerned for the safety of his daughters, Sophia, 27, and Sistine, 25, the movie star had to take extra measures, including arranging a class in ‘military-style self-defense training’ for them

Sophie (left) and Sistine (right) made the Big Apple their new home in March 2023, despite the presence of criminals roaming the streets and the city’s skyrocketing rates of violent crime

Sophie and Sistine were even tasked with chasing chickens, reminiscent of a scene from the 1979 film ‘Rocky II’ starring Stallone.

The 77-year-old actor explained: ‘Chasing a chicken sounds like a fun game. You have to have speed, patience and agility and understand that you are going to be defeated by something that weighs three kilos and has a beak.”

Sistine said: ‘That is deceptively difficult. I went in there a little cocky, no pun intended. I was defeated by the chicken.’

The 25-year-old model said the images on camera looked “really nice and a bit light-hearted” but the training session was incredibly difficult.

She added, “I’m not surprised that my dad put us through something like that because we grew up with him all our lives doing this kind of military-style self-defense training.”

The sisters recalled that their upbringing involved a strict morning routine, waking up at 6 a.m. every day.

Sophie said: ‘He made us eat eggs and ketchup, for some reason that combination was an elite combination.’

“There was a lot of sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups, clean and jerks, it was golf, it was pool table, it was shot put…” she added.

“He made the perfect boys,” Sistine chimed in and laughed.

Sophie (pictured) and Sistine were even tasked with chasing chickens, reminiscent of a scene from the 1979 film ‘Rocky II’ starring Stallone

‘I don’t think he’ll ever be less nervous. He’s like a classic overprotective father. Three daughters at an age where, you know, we’re all over the place and on the go,” said Sistine (photo)

Sistine added, “I’m not surprised my dad put us through something like that because we grew up with him all our lives doing this kind of military-style self-defense training.”

Sophie and Sistine have been living in the city for a year, but Stallone is no less concerned about their safety.

‘I don’t think he’ll ever be less nervous. He’s like a classic overprotective father. Three daughters at an age where we’re, you know, everywhere and on the road,” Sistine said.

The actor’s concerns are valid, considering that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has reduced as many as 60 percent of felony cases to lesser charges in the past year.

The soft-on-crime prosecutor has also declined to prosecute 14 percent of all arrests, compared to just nine percent in 2021, when his predecessor was last in office.

Bragg has been criticized for his soft-on-crime policies, including calling on prosecutors to drop armed robbery charges and instead charge suspects with petty theft and not seek prison sentences for criminals.

It comes amid anger over criminals being allowed to roam the streets of the Big Apple, which continues to be rocked by a wave of violent crime.

Amid the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants at the borders, the latest incident involves migrants brutally attacking two police officers in Times Square last month

According to the NYPD, Yohenry Brito was at the center of the fight, which began when he resisted arrest

Crime in New York City is down 0.032 percent since before the pandemic, but the decline is not enough for many who feel unsafe in Manhattan.

Amid the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants at the borders, the latest incident involves the brutal attack by migrants in Times Square on two police officers last month.

Five migrants accused of assaulting two NYPD officers in Times Square last month pleaded not guilty in court in Manhattan on Friday.

Yohenry Brito, 24, Yorman Reveron, 24, Kelvin Servita Arocha, 19, Darwin Andres Gomez-Izquiel, 19, and Wilson Juarez, 21, were all sent to Rikers Island to await trial after being arraigned.

All are charged with second-degree assault and obstruction of governmental administration, except Juarez, who is charged with tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution. They all have to appear in court again on April 13.

A total of eight migrants have been charged as police continue to search for at least eight other suspects they believe were involved in the melee.