Kudos for kudo

Shihan Percy Bahmani received the Lifetime Achievement Award along with one lakh rupees from Shihan Akshay Kumar at the Vl Akshay Kumar Invitational Kudo Tournament held at the Andheri Sports Complex from September 11 to 14, 2014. Also present on the occasion were guest of honor, head of Yuva Sena, the youth wing of the Shiv Sena (SS), Aditya Thackeray, president of Kudo Federation of India So Shihan, Mehul Vora, and Aadesh Bandekar, general secretary of the SS, mentions an email received by Parsiana from Rustom Jasoomoney. Kudo is a form of martial arts akin to judo, explains Wikipedia.

(L-R): Mehul Vora, Aadesh Bandekar, Aditya Thackeray, Percy Bahmani and Akshay Kumar

Over 2,000 participants from all over India took part in the tournament where Bahmani, seventh degree black belt from Japan demonstrated the Sanchin kata (hard and soft breathing kata) on the second day. Bahmani, 62, technical director of the Kudo Federation of India, has dedicated nearly four decades of his life to inspire and teach martial arts in Bombay and Dahanu. Many of his students participated and won medals in this tournament, the email notes.