Karate
Seven years. One black belt. A national gold.
I train with the Danketsu Shito Ryu Karate Association of India (Hreedev Academy), about five hours a week, all year round, and compete in Shotokan championships.
7years training
1stplace, national kumite 2024
20+juniors coached
Competition record
Results
7 May 2026
Shodan: 1st Degree Black BeltDan certificate · Danketsu Shito Ryu Karate Association of India
Shodan
7–8 Sep 2024
14th Gujarat State Shotokan Karate ChampionshipIndividual Kumite · 14–15 yrs · +70 kg · Anand
3rd
26–28 Jan 2024
13th National Shotokan Karate ChampionshipIndividual Kumite · 14–15 yrs · 70 kg · Anand
1st
14–15 Oct 2023
13th Gujarat State Shotokan Karate ChampionshipIndividual Kumite · 14–15 yrs · −70 kg · Anand
2nd
Black belt
Shodan: 1st Degree Black Belt, 7 May 2026.
Awarded by the Danketsu Shito Ryu Karate Association of India after passing the black belt exam, and officially recognised as a 1st Dan by the Karate India Organisation.
- Punches, kicks, blocks and combinations, kata and kumite.
- Junior Training Mentor since Grade 11: running warm-ups, demonstrating kata and giving one-to-one technique feedback.
- Plan to continue karate in college.
Why it matters
Karate is the lab for my research question.
Self-control and emotion regulation are trained in the dojo. My IJFMR paper asks whether they also show up in how people invest.
Junior Training Mentor
Coaching the next batch.
Since Grade 11 I help run junior classes at the academy: leading running and warm-ups, demonstrating kata and kumite, correcting technique one-to-one and taking basic workout classes under my Senpai’s supervision.
Gallery
On the mat.
