Black Belt Grading at IKAA Mangalore

By Robin Martis
Bellevision Media Network

Mangalore, 08 May 2012: Institute of Karate and Allied Arts(IKAA) had their Black Belt Grading at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mangalore on Sunday 6th May 2012. Kyoshi C.Hanumantha. Rao, President, AIBKF, conducted the grading test with Chief Instructor Kyoshi Praveen Kumar. Altogether 29 Karatekas were promoted to Black Belt and higher ranks. Asst. Chief Instructors Shihan Anand Devadiga, Shihan Balakrishna Alva, Shihan M Suresh and Senior Instructor Shihan Dinesh Achar were Present for the grading.

Names of those who got promoted are as follows:
Promoted to Sandan ( Black Belt 3rd Dan ): 1. Robin Martis  2. Clement Sequeira
Promoted to Nidan ( Black Belt 2nd Dan ): 1. Shine Kumar M L 2. Vikas Amin 3. Nagesh Acharya 4. Praveena 5. Kushboo 6. Lohish Pinto 7. Jagannath Amin

Promoted to Shodan ( Brown to Black Belt ): 1. J.V. Harshith Rai 2. Vaishnavi Sathish 3. Rakshith K 4. Sukesh P 5. Nikshith K C  6. Ishani Sathish 7. Shary Ganesh 8. Sharol Annie Lobo 9. Shreyas Sharma 10. Aditya Sharma 11. Prathima S Prabhu 12. Sushanth 13. Dheeraj D Acharya 14 Jayalaxmi 15. Jayehs 16. Deepak Raj 17. Karthik D 18. Parashuram T 19. Shiv Kumar H 20. Manjappa B H.

 

 

About the Institute:

The Institute of Karate and Allied Arts was founded by Kyoshi Praveen Kumar in 1989 at Mangalore, Karnataka State, India, with just five members. Now it has become a vast Martial Arts Organization with thousands of young people learning the art of self defence under it. It has produced more than 1500 Black Belts and its members have bagged numerous medals in regional, state, national and International Karate championships.

In order to give more practical approach to self defence, the Chief Instructor has formulated a dynamic method of teaching, which includes practical self defence techniques and chosen techniques from other martial arts like Aikido, Judo, Jiu Jitsu etc. Seniors are also taught the Oriental weapons such as Nanchaku, Sai, Chinese broad sword, Tonfa, Double dragon stick, Kwanto etc. The Institute has earned its reputation by maintaining a very high standard at the grading test for promotion to senior belts.

The Institute is affiliated to All India Budokan Karate Federation, which was founded by Grand Master Chew Choo Soot. Budokan is a style of Karate started by Grand Master Chew Choo Soot in 1966 in Malaysia, which soon became famous worldwide with more than 2000 affiliated centres world wide. After his death, the AIBKF is managing the activities of Budokan in India. The All India Budokan Karate Federation is a member of World Union of Karate Do Federations (WUKF), which is a large international organisation with member federation in all the continents. Mr C. Hanumantha Rao, President of AIBKF is also the Chairman for Asian Region in WUKF.

The Institute offers a variety of other programmes in addition to Karate training.  A State Level Inter Dojo Karate Championship is organized at different parts of the state every year around October/November hosted by the branch Dojo at that place in which all the members of the Institute take part. A state level or All India level tournament is also held every year, in which Karate students of different styles participate. Students are encouraged to take part in the tournaments organized at other places and the annual  Budokan All India  Championship organized by AIBKF.
A conference is organized every year, where students from different branches meet each other and show their talents in a one or two day event. In addition, there are also other activities such as advanced training camps for seniors, Judo training at the beach, picnics and get-togethers.