Two days State level WUSHU championship concluded at Saini ashram in Jwalapur on Tuesday with 250 participants gathered from all the districts of Uttarakhand. Players from Police and different Army units across the state also participated in the martial arts. 28 Students from government three schools of the district learnt few tactics as part of their self defence learning exercise.
Speaking to the Pioneer, state secretary of Haridwar Wushu Association Arti Saini said, “15 winning teams from across the districts of the state participated in the state level championship. The selected winners would be participating in the National level championship which will be held next year.”
The craze of Wushu is fast gaining grounds as could be seen from the faces of the students who had come from primary school of Jamalpur Kalan, Roshanabad and Navodaya school.
Head of CSR department in SIDCUl based Anchor company Praveen David said, “We are giving an opportunity to the school girls from these government schools to learn this Chinese Martial Arts as part of their self defense training.”
The participants were tested for their skills in junior, sub junior and senior categories. In the opening match, under 20 kg category, Shazia won gold medal by winning over Sanjna, in 24 kg category, Khushai won gold over Sabia and in 32 kg category, Palak defeated her opponent Kajal sweeping away the gold medal.