Hoshiarpur(The Stellar News)- The 8th OGKFI National Karate Championship will be organised at Shakti Hall, by Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate Federation of India here on Sunday in collaboration with Jagmohan’s Institute of Traditional Karate. The president and chief coach of the federation, Shihan Jagmohan Vij, and General Secretary Advocate Dr. Deepak Sharma said that the championship is being organised in the state for the second time under the leadership of Member of technical commission of World Karate Federation and Secretary General of Karate Association of India Hanshi Bharat Sharma. As many as 500 players from various states and Union Territories will participate in the event.
More than 100 international players will participate in the tourney. Convener of the organizing committee Shihan Gurpreet Rozy Sethi told that in order to organize the tourney smoothly, the Asian Karate Federation’s approved Refrees and Judges Shihan Vijay Kumar Kanpur (UP), Shihan Vishal Jaiswal Delhi, Shihan Jagmohan Vij, ( Punjab) , Hemant Kumar Sharma Ambala (Haryana) and Sensei Hem Raj from Mussuri, Uttarakhand and Dr. Karate AP Srinath from Bangalore (Karnataka), as well as the referees and judges of the Karate Association of India from different states will be officiating. During this time, various will be specially honored for their contribution towards Karate in the country and abroad.
