Mangalore: Black Belt Awarded to Karatekas of Coastal Karnataka

By Robin J Martis
Bellevision Media Network

Mangalore, 14 May 2013: The Institute of Karate and Allied Arts conducted a Black Belt Grading Test for its members at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, here recently.

Twenty-one members of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Bellary districts were promoted to Black Belt and higher degrees.
The grading test was conducted by Kyoshi Praveen Kumar, who is the Technical Chairman for Budokan Karate Federation as well as Chief Instructor of Institute of Karate and Allied Arts. Asst Chief Instructors of the Institute Shihan Anand Devadiga, Shihan Balakrishna Alva, Shihan Vinod Ullal and Shihan M Suresh assisted in the Grading.

 

 

The names of those who were promoted to black belt are as follows.

Promoted to Black Belt 4th Dan: Sathish Kumar Moodubelle
Promoted to Black Belt 3rd Dan: Ganesh K, Nagesh Yekkur, Ravishankar Nayak, Gayathri C
Promoted to Black Belt 2nd Dan: Priya Kulal, Prashanth Acharya, Karthik Vailaya
Promoted to Black Belt 1st Dan: Vasavi Rao, Asline D’souza, Prateek Naik, Varnith Shetty, Vachan Shetty, Samaahith Addoor, Pratheeksha, Mukul H S, Lizane D’Souza, Ankith Kumar, Jagannath, Adarsh V, Pooja H M