A group of six students from Madurai schools has won as many as eight gold and two bronze medals in the Sixth All India Goa Open Karate Championship -2016 held at Mormugoa Port Institute at Vasco Da Gama in Goa on February 14.

The following students won the gold: M.J. Nithilan (kata) from TVS Matriculation Higher Secondary School; C. Santhosh (kata/kumite) from SBOA Matriculation Higher Secondary School; S.K. Akshaya (kata) from St. Mary of Leuca Matriculation School, R. Dinesh Kumar (kata/kumite) from Grace Matriculation Higher Secondary School,and A. Mohamed Madarsa (kata/kumite) and A. Hasan Sahul (kata/kumite) from Velammal Matriculation Higher Secondary School. Hasan and Dinesh Kumar won the bronze in the kumite category as well.

The winners are students of World Goju Ryu Karate Do – India, Madurai, which is a member body of WGKA Watanabe Ha, Japan and Shohbukai.

The students attributed their success to Shihan C. Ajith Prakash, Chief Instructor and Technical Director, World Goju Ryu Karate Do, India, for having trained them rigorously. He was the chief referee at the event while S. Suresh Kumar and B. Raja were the instructors.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Madurai / by Staff Reporter / Madurai – February 21st, 2016