Wushu coaching course for coaches begins in Imphal

Our Correspondent
Imphal, May 21 (EMN): The first ever five day National Wushu coaching course for coaches was inaugurated at the Special Area Games auditorium of Sports Authority of India(SAI) at the Khuman Lampak Sports Complex here on Monday.
The Coaching course is being organised under the aegis of Wushu Association of India in collaboration with SAI at National Sports Academy and Manipur Olympic Hall both located at the Khuman Lampak Sports Complex from May 21 to 25.
Altogether around 120 Wushu coaches representing 33 states and services from across the country are taking the National coaching course.
“We’ve produced World and Asian champions in the junior category,” says M Premkumar, a wushu coach in Imphal. “So we’re targeting to produce Asian champions (including Olympians if the game is introduced in Olympics) in the senior category.”
Manipur has produced eminent wushu players and India’s first three Arjuna Awardee in Wushu-W Sandhyarani (2011), M Bimoljit (2012) and Y Sanathoi (2014) in this discipline till now.
The 5-day national coaching course will be conducted by Professor Zeng Fang of Chinese wushu Association led five Professors from China namely- Li Qiaoling of Beijing Sports University, Zhang Xiao Ou of Chengdu Institute of Physical Education, Qin Rancong of Guangxi Wushu team and Liang Yadong of Wahan Institute of Physical Education.
Youth Affairs and Sports Secretary Bobby Waikhom, Regional Director Francis Marwein of SAI North Eastern Regional Centre (NERC) Imphal, Registrar National Sports University K Radhakumar and functionaries of the Wushu Association of India, and five Wushu experts from China and others attended the formal inauguration of the seminar.
Caption: Women folks in wushu attires displaying a demonstration during the inaugural function of the national seminar coaching courses for wushu coaches in Imphal on Monday.