23rd State Level Inter Dojo Karate Championship-2012 held at Mangalore
By Robin J. Martis
Bellevision Media Network
Mangalore, 04 Jan 2013: The 23rd State Level Inter Dojo Karate Championship-2012 of Institute of Karate and Allied Arts was held on 29th & 30th December 2012 at Kudroli Gokarnanatheshwara Temple Hall, Kudroli, Mangalore. This championship was organized jointly by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Dojo and Ujjodi dojo under the leadership of Sensei Kishore B and Sensei Ganesh K., under the guidance of Shihan Balakrishna Alva, Asst. Chief Instructor.
Institute of Karate & Allied Arts Mangalore is one of the esteemed martial arts institute in India. It has more than 125 branches in Udupi, Mangalore, Kodagu, Bangalore, Kasaragod and Karkala. IKAA was started by Mr. Praveen Kumar in 1989. Now it has become vast Martial Arts organization with thousands of young people learning the art of self-defense. It has produced more than 500 Black belt students and its members have bagged numerous medals in Regional, State, National and International Karate Championships.
Institute of Karate and Allied Arts is conducting the inter dojo Karate championship every year in the costal Karanataka starting from 1989 under the leadership of the Chief Instructor Kyoshi Praveen Kumar. This tournament is a good opportunity to karate students to show their talent.
This year more than 800 participants participated in this tournament and showed their skills.