31-Dec-2011
The News
By Our Correspondent
KARACHI: The annual awards ceremony of Tai’s Karate Centre for 2011 was held with great fanfare at its international headquarters at the KGA Gymkhana on Thursday evening.
Grand Master Mohammad Ashraf Tai, who founded the centre in 1971, shared the highlights of four decades in his welcome speech.
Tai revealed that there were plans to hold the 40th anniversary celebrations of the centre, which has branches in many countries, in a befitting manner early next year.
Chief guest Jahangir Moghul, Member Managing Committee Karachi Gymkhana, advised the youngsters to acquire expertise in martial arts to bring about a healthy change in their lives.
He said that in the present age of internet and satellite channels it has become all the more important to bring the kids out of the comfort of their living rooms and engage them in healthy activities like karate.
The outstanding performers of 2011 who got trophies were Maham Tai, Ali Tai, Jamil Ahmed, Abdul Samad, Mohammad Babar, Jawwad Mahmood and Syed Asad Shah.
In the belts graduation ceremony, yellow belts were awarded to Syed Waqas Ali Shah, Mohammad Naveed and Mohammad Faisal. Mohammad Ali received orange belt.
Faizan Farooq, Aamer Arif and Nida Gulzar became green belters, Savera Raza, Mohsin Abdullah and Daniel Qadri got blue belts, while Syed Asad Shah and Faizan Qadri were presented brown belts. |
