Staff Reporter
DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 11
The third Faith in Action Taekwondo Academy (FIATA) tournament has kicked off today here at indoor Badminton Stadium, Dimapur State Stadium.
While inspiring the young fighters of the Academy, DC Dimapur Kesonyu Yhome said that martial art is all about ‘self discipline’ and urged the students to grow up as a true citizen.
“Especial Nagas, in term of horizon, are very confine”, Yhome said and stressed that there are lot of excitement for younger people if they are good at ability.
Appreciating the good job being done by Faith in Action Taekwondo Academy on motivating youth Yhome on behalf of District Adminstration said it has set classic example and look forward the same in future.
Earlier, highlighting about the academy Deep Kumar, Chief Instruction Faith in Action Taekwondo Academy said “it is the strong zeal, determinations and commitments to track and field the participations of our youths in every sports arena and which is why we have all gathered here.
In 2008 with some few students and till date it had exceeded more than 600 students and we have clubs and institutions affiliated under our academy in other states like Assam, Tripura, Bihar and Jharkhand. FIATA is affiliated to Kukkiwon, The World Taekwondo Headquarter, South Korea and also one 9f the members in the World Martial arts Council, United Kingdom and our team have competed and won in many of the most anticipated and reputed Indian TV Reality shows such as in Sony channel, life OK channel, zee TV, Doordarshan and in Colors channel, Kumar said.
“We are also the first ever martial art team to perform in the presence of Indian President Pranab Mukerjee consequently the FA Taekwondo Team was declared as the first Indian international Demonstration to represent the nation in any of the international demonstration competition
bY i..kwondo Board of India at 2nd BR Ambedkar National Game 2013 which was held at Talkotra Stadium, New Delhi”, he added.
Altogether around 200 hundreds fighters are participating in the recent ongoing tournament.
The teams are Christian Higher Secondary School, St, Thomas Montessori School, Corner School, St. Paul Higher Secondary School, Livingstone Higher Secondary School, Testo College, Hope Acamedy, Dimapur Club, Immnuel Hall, Y Zhimo Colony, Gracious Academy, Exalted Taekwondo Academy, Little Tiger Taekwondo Academy, Carmel School, and Vision Home Higher Secondery School.
