Students of G.D.Goenka took to self defence

On Sep 19, 2015

With the growing concern about the safety of the school children almost everywhere in the current lifestyle, the need to have protection program for these students is being recognized by the schools as well as the parents. In this context G.D.Goenka Public School Faridabad has been educating its students in martial arts. From time to time the school keep organizing competitions to have an assessment of the preparedness of their students resisting any unsolicited attempt on them by some unknown person or persons.

In the chain of such events, Kyokushin Karate tournament was organized in school arena on 8^th September , 2015 for classes III to VII. In the interclass competition, 42 students participated that includes girls too.

In an urge to demonstrate their karate skills the students participated with much fanfare under the supervision of Ranjit Singh, Karate coach. In the tournament, the students were judged according to their watchfulness, agility and application of the correct skills at the right time. Students were judged under various categories.

After the tournament, the winners were announced and were awarded with prizes. In the light weight category in the weight category (boys) of 25 to 30 kg all the students were of 8-9 years of age group. Kartikay Verma of class IV A got the first position while Himanshu Singla trailed behind getting second position. Ojas Kapoor of Class IV B got the third position. In 30-35 Light weight category of 9-10 years age group (boys), PRASUK JAIN of class V A bagged 1^st position, SURYANSH VERMA of class V B stood 2^nd, and TEJAS RAO of class V A stood 3^rd.Coming to 35-40 Middle weight category of 10-11 years age group (boys), UJJWAL JAIN and HARDIK BINDAL of class VI A achieved 1^st and 2^nd position respectively. RISHIT SINGH of class VI B got the 3^rd prize. In the category of 45-50 Heavy Weight of 10-11 years age group (boys), AYUSH GUPTA of class VI B got the 1^st position, SUYASH GUPTA of class VA, got the 2^nd position and SAHIL SINGLA of class V B secured the 3^rd position. Among girls,in the age group of 9-10 years in 25-30 Light Weight category, SANCHI KEENA of class IV C secured the 1^st position. In 30-35 Middle weight category of 9-10 years age group , VARNIKA GOENKA of class IV A got the 1^st position, DIKSHA GOYAL of class IV C bagged the 2^nd prize and NAINA DAGAR of class IV B got the 3^rd prize. Coming to 45-50 Heavy weight category of 11-12 years age group , SNEHA DAGAR, HARMAN K. and DORRI SHARMA of class VII A achieved 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd positions respectively.Overall, the tournament proved to be highly motivating for the students.

On this occasion Principal Dr. Shreesh Bhardwaj appreciated the performance of the students. He also called for more students join the self defence program to keep themselves ready for any need of self defence.