Students of SMK Martial Arts Academy (IMSKA), Mysuru, won total 13 first place, 15 second and 22 third place trophies and emerged as Overall Champions in the recently held 32nd National-level Karate Championship organised by Hanshi N.G. Sivadas at Teresian Indoor Stadium in city.
The prize-winning karatekas are as follows:
FRONT ROW - from left: M. Dishan (Boys - colour belt - 3rd place in Kata - 9 years age category), A. Princy (Girls - colour belt - 3rd in Kata - 8 years), S.L. Preetham (Boys - green belt - 3rd in Kata - 8 years and 1st in Kumite - 18-kg weight category), Dishitha Pathak (Girls - colour belt - 3rd in Kata - 7 years), B. Tanish Raj (Boys - brown belt - 1st in Kata - 8 years & 3rd in Kumite - 25-kg), Mohamed Nuaym (Boys - colour belt - 2nd in Kata - 5 years & 1st in Kumite - 21-kg), Rida Fathima (Girls - colour belt - 1st in Kata - 6 years), Likith Gowda (Boys - colour belt - 3rd in Kata - 8 years), Kartik (Boys - green belt - 1st in Kata - 9 years), K. Vedanshi (Girls - colour belt - 2nd in Kata - 8 years), Owais Qurni (Boys - colour belt - 3rd in Kata - 10 years & 3rd in Kumite - 26-kg), Jairam Behera (Boys - green belt - 3rd in Kata - 10 years).
MIDDLE ROW - from left: M. Nishanth (Boys - brown belt - 1st in Kata - 13 years age category& 1st in Kumite - 42-kg weight category), Raj Bauri (Boys - brown belt - 3rd in Kata - 12 years & 3rd in Kumite - 33-kg), N. Nandan Nikhil (Boys - colour belt - 1st in Kata - 10 years), A. Grithik Reddy (Boys - colour belt - 3rd in Kata - 7 years), M.P. Yashmitha (Girls - green belt - 3rd in Kata - 10 years), U. Deekshith Gowda (Boys - colour belt - 2nd in Kata - 10 years), Shaik Muhammad Ibrahim (Boys - brown belt - 2nd in Kata - 11 years & 3rd in Kumite - 26-kg), Mavish Sai Reddy (Boys - brown belt - 2nd in Kata - 10 years & 3rd in Kumite - 28-kg), M. Madan (Boys - colour belt - 2nd in Kata - 13 years), M. Saanvi (Girls - colour belt - 1st in Kata - 14 years), V.S. Jwala Anushka (Girls - green belt - 2nd in Kata - 14 years), Sidharth Kumar (Boys - colour belt - 2nd in Kata - 13 years), M. Jeevan (Boys - brown belt - 3rd in Kumite - 61-kg).
Standing - from left: Shaik Moinuddin (Boys - green belt - 2nd in Kata - 17 years age category & 3rd in Kumite - 58-kg weight category), N. Harshavardhan (Boys - brown belt - 1st in Kata - 19 years), R. Rohith (Boys - brown belt - 2nd in Kata - 16 years & 2nd in Kumite - 49-kg), Sempai Shankar Prasad (Boys - black belt - 1st in Kata - 15 years), Sempai R.M. Kushal, Sensei Mohamed, Sempai Syed Afaan Ali, Sempai J. Nikhil Britto, Kiranya Reddy (Girls - brown belt - 2nd in Kata - 14 years), A. Bhuvan (Boys - brown belt - 1st in Kata - 17 years), Sri Hari (Boys - brown belt - 3rd in Kata - 14 years age category).
