The Guyana International Kyokushinkai Martial Arts Academy (GIKMAA), having started the year on a high note, has continued on that road, with the first half of the year ending with the Academy growing in numbers, and students growing in confidence and ability.
Fazal Bacchus and Champions of Kyokushinkai Guyana
GIKMAA has held a very successful weapons workshop, coloured belt exams, fund-raising activities, its second Health & Fitness Walk, and National Championships, all from January to this present date.
At the exams, a total of 27 students from 4 branches (Mahaica, Wales, Enterprise, and Enmore) moved up another rank. The event saw two students move from 10th Kyu White belt to 9th Kyu Yellow Strip, and from 9th Kyu Yellow Strip to 8th Kyu Yellow belt. Also moving up the ranks were 9 students from 8th Kyu Yellow belt to 7th Kyu Orange belt, and from 7th Kyu Orange belt to 6th Kyu Green belt.
At the just concluded National Championships held on May 19, 2019, students were outstanding in their discipline, with Mahaica being well represented by 2 students winning a gold and a bronze medal respectively.
Enterprise also saw 4 students bagging 7 medals, 6 gold and 1 bronze; while Enmore sent 11 students and walked away with 21 medals, copping 7 gold, 10 silvers and 4 bronze. Rounding off the competition was the Wales branch, with 6 students being able to attain 15 medals consisting of 11 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze.
Some of the outstanding students were Enmore’s Sensei Kelvin Walcott with 3 gold medals, and Amika Hall and Daniel Lashley with 2 gold medals each. The Enterprise branch also saw 6-year-old Shonna Seusingh, Nicholas Rampersaud, and Instructor Vikash Somwaru walking away with 2 gold medals respectively.
For Wales, Christian Freeman, Marcus Chowtie, Ganesh Persaud, Sharda Sookwah and Sensei Marcell Yassim each won 2 gold medals. Other outstanding students were Bhudesh Shilchand and instructor Umish Parasram, with one gold each.
The Guyana International Kyokushinkai Martial Arts Academy expresses gratitude to Fazal Bacchus and Cacique Accounting College, along with Grandmaster/Soke/Dr. A. Nazim Yassim for sponsorship of this tournament; and to Guyana Sugar Corporation’s Uitvlugt Estate, for the use of the Wales Community Centre Building for the tournament.
Attention will now be turned to the annual Martial Arts Training Camp in July, the Suriname tournament in August, and the GIKMAA 7th Open International Tournament in September.
As GIKMAA continues to seek sponsorship for the upcoming events, persons desirous of obtaining further information are invited to contact GM/Soke/Dr. A. Nazim Yassim on 592-662-7211
Or email [email protected] or [email protected].
