Rangama a rising star

A.U.B. Rangama

A.U.B. Rangama of Ashihara International Karate Organization (Sri Lanka) (A.I.K.O) emerged champion of 65kg-75kg category at the first full contact National Karate Championship organized by the Sri Lanka Karate Do Federation under the guidance of Ministry of Sports and Public Recreationan and held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium recently.

Rangama won the inaugural Ashihara Inter-club full contact Karate tournament which was held in 2006, just after the art was introduced to Sri Lanka.

A.I.K.O. is based in Netherlands and Shihan Dai Jonkers (9th dan) acts as the Director of the organization. A K-1 kick boxing World Champion (World K-1 GP 2005, 2006 and 2007) Shihan Semmy Schilt (6th dan) performs the role of the Technical Director. The organization is one of the most powerful full contact Karate organizations in the world.

Rangama praises the support he gets from Sensei Priyantha Rajapakse (2nd Dan) the branch chief and the chief instructor for the A.I.K.O., Sri Lanka branch at Kurunegala.