{"id":191,"date":"2022-11-12T14:02:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T14:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mta-taekwondo.com\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2026-09-15T06:37:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T06:37:03","slug":"about-the-founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mta-taekwondo.com\/index.php\/about-the-founder\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2025- Received Doctorate in Martial Arts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2023- Grandmaster of the year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022-International Hall of Fame, Golden Life Martial Arts Legend Awardee &amp; International Sports Celebrity Awardee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019 International Hall of Fame Awardee, Master of the year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coach \/ Jury 9 years Indian Taekwondo team<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ex trainer Air force &amp; Police<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Women&#8217;s self defense trainer for various sectors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>48 + years expertise in various Martial Arts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Technical Qualification<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5th Degree Black Belt IPTF- USA and India<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5th Degree Black Belt World Taekwondo &#8211; Korea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5<sup>th<\/sup> Degree Black Belt Murthy\u2019s Taekwondo- India<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2nd Degree Black belt- Dynamic Jujutsu- India<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technical Director &amp; Chief Instructor for MTA &amp; VIFA Taekwondo\u2013 INDIA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Professional Profile<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Martial Arts Black Belt in 4 styles of Taekwondo and Dynamic Jujutsu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 48+Years of experience in Varied Martial Arts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conducted workshops for Women&#8217;s Self defense in various sectors of the society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coach 9 years for Indian Taekwondo team<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hon Ex Vice President of Karnataka Taekwondo Association<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trained students, working professionals; Police and Indian Air force personnel at BEL Sports Club.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ex-Chief Instructor BEL Sports Club Taekwondo Centre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trained and helped many students achieve their Black Belts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Well versed in Martial Arts, Weight Training, Physical Fitness and complete Body Workout Techniques.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Represented Karnataka in National tournaments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karnataka State Medallist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member and Captain of Karnataka State demo team<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Certified National Referee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Certified National Instructor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chief Jury, Team Coach, Team Manager and Referee for many tournaments across the International, National &amp; State<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Experienced in Taekwondo, Weapons and Self-defence Techniques<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participated in many Martial Arts Seminars of various styles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Previous head of the IPTF and Indian Taekwondo Association in Karnataka representing Grandmaster Javed Khan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Achievements &amp; Detailed Technical Experience<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2025- Received Doctorate of Martial Arts- Global Human Peace University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2025- Chief Jury 7<sup>th<\/sup> Vifa National Taekwondo Championship- Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2025-Invitee Nunchaku Technical seminar \u2013 Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2024- Chief Jury International Taekwondo championship- Goa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2024- Chief jury 6<sup>th <\/sup>Vifa National Taekwondo Championships \u2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2024- Conducted Women\u2019s Self Defense for 5 sessions, 250 women at<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Auto Liv- International Women\u2019s Day -Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2024- Received 5<sup>th<\/sup> Degree Black belt, Murthy\u2019s Taekwondo \u2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2024- Chief Guest Ryan International School -Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2024- Kickboxing Training camp \u2013Mysore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2024- Technical Director 4<sup>th<\/sup> Open International Taekwondo cup-<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kolkata<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2023- Awarded Grandmaster of the year World Sports Star Council USA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2023- Chief Jury Bangalore Taekwondo Festival<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2023- Chief Jury Gurukul cup Taekwondo- Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022- Invitee 3rd AOT International Taekwondo Championship Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022- Conducted Self Defense workshop at St. Stephen\u2019s Church Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022- Coach Taekwondo India Team at Malaysia Open Championship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022- Golden Life Martial Arts Legend &amp; International Sports Celebrity Awardee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020- Conducted WARDA women against Rape and Domestic Abuse self-protection workshop at Anriya Apartment Residents Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019 &#8211; International Hall of Fame Awardee, Master of the year 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019 &#8211; Honoured in St. Stephens Church for contribution in women&#8217;s self defense<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019 &#8211; Conducted WARDA workshop for rural women at Prakash Padukone Sports Centre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019 &#8211; Coach for Taekwondo India team International championship Bangkok<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019- Coach for team for South India Open Taekwondo Championships Blore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018- Participated in International Taekwondo Championships Bangkok as Coach for Indian Team<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018 \u2013 WARDA workshop conducted for Justrufs, Namakh Store &amp; Envision Financial Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018 \u2013 Invitee for Dynamic Jujutsu Black belt grading test<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018 &#8211; Attended Taekwondo IPTF camp with Bangalore team at Gujarat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017- Invitee for Weapons Demo Dynamic Jujutsu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017- Invitee for 43rd Anniversary of Oriental Martial Arts Bangalore on Dec 17th and honoured with Bokken a word sword a symbol of respect and achievement in martial arts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017- Certified Master Instructor IPTF, WARDA Instructor (Women against rape and domestic abuse) and Khan do Kwan Instructor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017 &#8211; Coach for Indian Taekwondo team held in Oct at Bangkok<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016 -Participated in Bokken Jutsu (Samurai Sword Art) Seminar Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016- Conducted Women&#8217;s Self Defence at Essilor for 40-Doddaballapur<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016- Conducted Combined Self Defence for Company Secretaries- Blore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016- Attended Mixed Martial Arts, Dynamic jujitsu and Aikijujitsu Masters Seminar- Blore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016- Attended IPTF Martial Arts Summer camp 5 days at Silvasa- Gujarat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015- Technical Director and Chief Instructor Manoj&#8217;s Taekwondo and Self Defense Academy &#8211; Blore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015- Invitee Kaze Arashi Ryu Aiki Jujutsu Seminar- Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015- Conducted Women&#8217;s Self Defence at Essilor for 40-Doddaballapur<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015 &#8211; Invitee Dynamic Jujutsu Self Defence Seminar- Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2003 &#8211; Invitee 29th Anniversary Black Belt Grading Ceremony of Oriental Martial Arts International- Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2000 &#8211; Jury 5th State Inter dojo Taekwondo Championship- Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1999 &#8211; Jury 6th State Taekwondo Championship- Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1999 &#8211; Invitee Interdojo Championship \u2013 Rek-Kyo-Shin-Kai Karate Do Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1994 &#8211; Invitee for 1st year Anniversary Seibudokai Karnataka.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1993 &#8211; Judge 4th All India Martial Arts Full Contact Tournament Fist India- Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1992 &#8211; Team Manager 12th National Taekwondo Championship- Imphal Manipur<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1991 &#8211; Team Manager Karnataka for 7th South Zone Taekwondo Championship \u2013 Tirupathi Andhra Pradesh<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1991 &#8211; Referee 10th State Taekwondo Championship- Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1990 &#8211; Referee 9th State Taekwondo Championship- Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1990 &#8211; Referee 11th National Women\u2019s and 1st National Men\u2019s Black belt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1989 &#8211; Referee 8th State Taekwondo Championship- Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1988 &#8211; Referee 7th State Taekwondo Championships- Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1988 &#8211; Referee 5th South Zone Championships- Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1987 &#8211; Referee 6th State Taekwondo Championships- Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1987 &#8211; Participant Freedom Run \u2013 Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1986 &#8211; Referee 7th National Taekwondo Championships Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1985- Received 1<sup>st<\/sup> Degree Black Belt from World Taekwondo Federation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1984 &#8211; Participant 22 Karnataka State Olympic Games \u2013 Bagalkot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1983 &#8211; Participant 2nd State Taekwondo Championships \u2013 Bangalore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1982 &#8211; 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