Naga girl wins bronze medal at 8th South Asian Karate Championship | MorungExpress

From left to right: Renshi Soibam Bindeshori Chanu, Technical Secretary of ISKF-INDIA as female official; Akumienla Limanungsang Imchen; and Kyoshi Mutum Bankim, Head of International Shito Ryu Karate Federation, India.

Dimapur, July 20 (MExN): Akumienla Limanungsang Imchen from Nagaland has won a bronze medal at the 8th South Asian Karate Championship 2024, held from July 13 to 20 at the Royal Institute of Management, Thimphu in the Senior Female Kumite category.

All Nagaland Karate-Do Association (ANKA) Secretary General Temsu Nungsang Sangtam said in a press release that Akumienla is “the first in the karate history of Nagaland representing India” to win bronze at the South Asian Karate Championship.

She was selected to represent India by the National Federation of Karate. The championship was organised by the South Asian Karate Federation, hosted by the Bhutan Karate Association and supported by the Bhutan Olympic Committee.

She is a Senior Karate of ANKA under Logdrum Higher Secondary School Dojo, Sangtamtilla, Dimapur under the Chief Instructorship of Sensei Temsu Sangtam as Chief Instructor of the dojo. She is currently serving as Rifle Women in IRB 15th NAP Mahila Battalion. She is the daughter of Limanungsang Imchen and Achala Tzuder of Landmark Colony, Dimapur.

“As she is participating in an official international championship for the first time,” the press release said, she was accompanied by the Chief of International Shito Ryu Karate Federation, India, Kyoshi Mutum Bankim Singh and Renshi Soibam Bindeshori Chanu, Technical Secretary of ISKF-INDIA, as the female official.

“Today, the All Nagaland Karate Do Association under the leadership of Kyoshi T Sangtam as President, Sensei Lanu Imchen as Working Chairman, Shihan Thsathriba Sangtam, Technical Director, Sensei Rongsen as Vice President, Shihan Dr Senliwati Logkumer, Sensei Kasheto and all the officials and players expressed their happiness and congratulations to Akumienla for winning a medal in an official International Karate Championship for the first time in the karate history of Nagaland,” the association added.

The association also thanked Nagaland DGP Robin Sharma and the Commandant of 15 IR for their support and the opportunity to participate in the Karate Championship for which they brought Laurel for the state.