DPS Mihan’s maiden open-house karate tournament hosted at its sprawling campus to promote the sport as well as develop sportsmanship amongst students, got huge response. Around 175 students from various schools and clubs of the city participated enthusiastically in the event. Karate teaches the art of self-defence, improves physical and mental health. The event was held in association with Amateur Traditional Karate Association, Nagpur. There were two categories in the event — sub-junior boys and girls (6-13 years); cadet boys and girls(14-15 years).

 

The event saw some deft kumite and kata techniques presented by the karatekas. The winners in different categories were presented with medals and certificates. Trophies were also presented to the winning teams. The opening ceremony was graced by the Sandip Joshi, former Mayor and guest of honour Piyush Ambulkar, Sports Officer of NMC. Principal Nidhi Yadav in her welcome address highlighted the efforts of the school management for encouraging a strong sports culture in the school and hoped that the participants would showcase outstanding performance with fair play in the event.

 

Anaya Malhotra, a badminton prodigy who was a semi-finalist at state-level junior championship and Kaushik Choudhari, four times DSO champion in athletics and winner of the CBSE national silver medal in 800m, who brought laurels to the school were felicitated on the occasion. Pavni Gaur and Sharvi Sharma conducted the event.