Mysuru :

Okinawa Karate-Do Shorin Ryu Shorin Kai Association India had organised 12th Shorin Kai National Karate Championship-2015 on Jan. 10 and 11 at Nanjaraja Bahaddur Choultry in city. In all, 643 Karatekas from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and different parts of Karnataka (Begaluru, Mysuru, Hassan districts participated.

The chief referees of the tournament were Sensei E. S. Kumar (Black Belt 7th Dan), Renshi. N. Santana Krishnan (Referee – KAI, Judge- AKF) and Sensei Sudhakar (Black Belt 5th Dan) from Chennai.

The tournament was held for three separate groups — white and yellow belt, Blue, Purple and green belts and Brown and Black belts.

Bangalore team won the highest number of medals in white and yellow belt categories and also won the white and yellow belt trophy.

The overall championship was won by Mysuru team and the first runners of the tournament were H.D Kote and Nanjangud team under the leadership of Sensei B. Rajesh and the second runners were Periyapatna and Kudligi team headed by Sempai S. Eshwar, according to a press release from the tournament organiser Shihan S. Sunil Kumar.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / January 23rd, 2015