Aravind Kumar takes over in his karate master’s absence
— Photo: T. Singaravelou
Achiever: The Young Master at work.
PUDUCHERRY: This is one angry young kid, and his ears turn red when a student doesn’t perform his ‘katas’ properly. Though Aravind Kumar is only in Standard V, this student of Sri Sankara Vidyashramam in Odiampet manages his master’s class in the latter’s absence.
Classes
Last week, the boy took over the class at Tamil Thirumana Nilayam in the absence of his master M. Ilangovan, who was returning from Korea.
Having started learning karate when he was barely three years old (two years and 8 months to be exact), Aravind has received three black belts till date!
That’s what his father, Ravikumar, who is also trained in karate, says. “I have learnt karate but wasn’t able to achieve anything big in it. So I wanted him to do something big. I am happy that he has three black belts to his credit,” he says.
Aravind says that he takes karate very seriously, and that if someone doesn’t go through the motions properly he would make them do it right.
His mother, Bhagyalakshmi, who takes him to class every day by bus from Villianur to Kathirgamam, loves to watch her son do the warming up moves and other postures.
“He works very hard and practices twice a day.
“In the absence of his master it doesn’t matter to him (Aravind) if the students are much senior to him. If they don’t do the exercises properly he would get angry and really make them do it right.”
M. Ilangovan of Japan Karate School, who has been a Sensei for the past 25 years, says that Aravind is a very talented boy and has learnt the basics quite well.
“Unless a student is quite strong in his basics he cannot get a black belt and even if he has a black belt he needs to be able to pass on what he knows to others. Aravind has been with me for the past 2 years now and I have trained him well,” he adds.
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