Gwalior Karate Team on Tuesday left for Pune to take part in the All India Karate Championship which will be held at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune from June 16 to 19. The ten member team is led by Santosh Pandey.
The championship is held under the aegis of the Karate India Organization (KIO) which is affiliated to and recognized by World Karate Federation, Asian Karate Federation and Commonwealth Karate Federation.
Talking to media persons during the send off ceremony for the team, Dr Keshav Pandey, President of the Karate Do Association of Gwalior said that all the ten members of the team are holders of the black belt and that they will be representing the Madhya Pradesh team. He added that teams from almost all the states of India including Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya and the UT, Pudcherry will be participating in the tournament.
Pandey further said that in the women’s category, Urja Kushwaha, Vaishanavi Pandey, Muskan and Niharika Kaurav will participate while Priyank Bhadouria, Shivam Kushwaha, Abhaya Singh Jadon, Mohit Chaurasia and Satish Raje will compete in the men’s category.
The team was seen off by Dharmendra Nagale, Shishupal Yadav, Jitendra Shakya, Pavan Malhotra and all the office bearers of the Karate Do Association of Gwalior .