Khalid completes 39 years in martial arts

One of the pioneers of karate and martial arts in Sri Lanka grandmaster M. Hassen Khalid celebrates 39 years in martial arts. Khalid's martial arts life started way back in 1969 when he started practising karate by learning and training through a book written by Bruce Tegner.

But his interest and craving to learn, practise and master, martial arts soared sky high when he witnessed a karate demonstration by Brad Harris. From then onwards there was no looking back for Hassen Khalid it was karate and martial arts throughout his life to this day.

During the initial stages he had trained with some leading Sri Lankan Martial Arts instructors of that time and visiting foreign instructors. Grandmaster M. Hassen Khalid has visited a large number of foreign countries to learn martial arts and build friendship and cooperation with the instructors of those countries. In 1972 he was the chief instructor of the Sri Lanka Martial Arts Academy.

Coaching a large number of men, women and children school children. Khalid was the chief karate instructor of the Sri Lanka Reserve Police coaching Regular Police officers as well in the mid seventies.

Khalid was recognized for contribution to martial arts by grandmaster. Wang Eu Cheul (Tai Kwon Do) of South Korea, grandmaster Tan Seng Lee (Kong Chang) of Singapore, Shihan Mohamed Yoosuf Al Najr (karate) of Aqaba, Jordan and Capt Emad Karale of Aqaba, Jordan, Grandmaster Mohamed Ashraff Tai of Karachi Pakistan grandmaster. Inamulla Khan of Karachi Pakistan, grandmaster - Choo Chew Soot of Karate Budokan International Malaysia and several other foreign martial arts instructors.

In 1985 Hassen Khalid was awarded the 4th Dan (Yondan black belt) by grandmaster Chew Choo Soot of the "Karate Budokan International" Malaysia from then onwards grandmaster M. Hassen Khalid's dream, vision and goal was to create a martial arts solely Sri Lankan in origin and style with multi ethnic, multi cultural values with this herculean ambition in mind after much research, hard training and travelling to several foreign countries he created and introduced Fei Quan Do (way of the flying fists martial arts) to Sri Lanka in 1993.

Since 1972 thousands of ladies, gents, school children from all walks of life have undergone karate Fei Quan Do Martial Arts Training under grandmaster M. Hassen Khalid's personal supervision.