In a country where Cricket rules the roost, Om Prakash Thapa, founder of Lu Tran Kung - Fu Association (INDIA) has organised the first ever National Lu-Tran Kung Fu Championship in New Delhi. He plans to take an Indian team to the Kung-Fu World Cup.
By Ashim Sunam
Om Prakash Thapa, founder of Lu Tran Kung - Fu Association (INDIA), is not satisfied as he has not received any financial help from the government in organising National Lu-Tran Kung Fu Championship. In an exclusive interview, Thapa told this CJ that, “People in India only know about cricket, hockey, etc, so this Championship would help in spreading awareness of the game and help in spotting talent across the country.” In a confident tone, he later said, “I would like to place India in the Kung-fu world map”.
Om Prakash Thapa and Sanjay Sharma, founders of Lu Tran Kung - Fu Association (INDIA) decided to host a first ever National Lu-Tran Kung Fu Championship in New Delhi. The event started today at Jamia Millia Islamia university sports complex, which had also been used during the Commonwealth games 2010.
Martial arts players, which includes both boys and girls from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh along with other states would be competing in the first ever National Lu-Tran Kung Fu Championship in New Delhi. He further said that Delhi and Assam have good Kung-Fu players.
With the Kung-fu World Cup scheduled in the US, he has high hopes of taking an Indian team to the world cup. “One of the main motives for organizing the event is to look out for players who can represent India at the world cup,” says Thapa, who is also the chief coach for LFTKA (India). But he also adds that if he does not find suitable players, India would not be sending a team for the World cup.
The winners of the Kung-Fu championship would be given certificates, medals, and uniforms, etc. They would not be given any cash prize money. It is with some help from his friends and sponsors that he has been able to organize this Kung-Fu championship.
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I fully support the desire of Mr. Om Prakash Thapa. We should definitely hold the championship of international standard and can take donation or sponsorship from corporates. I will help this Association and make it a grand success.
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