Three- day All India Karate –Do National Championship being hosted by All India Karate –Do Federation is starting at Patanjali Yogpeeth Phase 2 auditorium from January 26 during which 850 players from 29 states of the Indian Union would participate.
The national vice- president of All India Karate-Do Federation Satish Joshi said during a press conference here on Wednesday that the 29th National Championship is being held in the holy city for the first time. “As many as 56 players would participate. Besides, national and international level players have been invited to be in the panel of the juries,” added Joshi.
It is learnt that Bhopal Singh Bisht from Ranikhet who has been practising Karate for the past 12 years and international medalist Neelesh Joshi from Dehradun are some of the jury members for the championship.
A martial arts trainer Arti Saini who has a long experience of teaching Karate and other self- defence techniques to the women in the villages said, “All martial arts are excellent ways of self –defence. They help a perfect balancing of body and mind. In Karate, the focus is on touching and not hitting opponents.”