Kashmiri girl to play international Ju-Jitsu championship

Bandipora: Sabkat Malik, a teenage girl from the Vijjhara area of Bandipora district is all set to represent India in Ju-Jitsu International Federation’s World Championship scheduled in Mongolia this year.

Maintaining that she had to face difficulties to emerge in this male dominated martial arts game, Sabkat said that she was interested in martial arts since her childhood but she faced many challenges in order to achieve her dream.

“I came to know about Ju-Jitsu in my locality around 11 years ago and started learning it with an aim to become a champion in Ju-Jitsu,” she said, adding that choosing a male-dominated game at an early age and then practicing with negligible infrastructure wasn’t an easy thing.

“However, I remained determined and worked very hard to leap the ladder of success starting from district, followed by State, National and now International,” she said.

“Playing at international level and to become a champion in Ju-Jitsu martial arts is aim of my life,” teenager said.

She said that he has been practicing continuously to achieve her goal of representing India in Ju-Jitsu International Federation’s World Championship scheduled in Mongolia this year.

Muzaffar Ahmad, coach of Sabkat while expressing happiness over her selection said that she is very much talented and will definitely prove her mettle whenever she will get opportunity.

“I am very happy that her determination and hard work has paid off and has inspired other girls to take part in martial arts,” he said. (KNO)